Carrots in beer?

So I made an Old Peculier clone this summer. One of the ingredients is treacle sugar (beet sugar). I smelled it and tasted it before I put it in the boil and moved on.

Several days later I was eating a carrot and I chewed on that carrot until a lot of the sweetness came out. Then it hit me, I wonder what some carrot sugar or syrup would be like in a porter.

Anyone done anything like this? I am not planning on doing anything with this idea for a while but I mostly just wanted to talk about it.

I think this is an interesting idea...i'll have to go chew on some carrots a while. If nothing else, it should providesome nice color.

i would think just making a cereal mash to gelatinize sum of the starches and throw it in the mash... what % would be the question for color and sum flavor... i would say a good start would be 15% of the grist...

Maybe roast them to soften them up then put them in the mash? Or maybe boil them in a little water then add the whole thing to the boil?

I know some say pumpkin has to be added to the mash to get the sugars and flavor out. Maybe carrots are the same? Just thinking here.

http://***********/stories/recipeindex/article/recipes/104-india-pale-ale/2301-24-carrot-ipa

that recipe looks good

Maybe this would counteract getting blind drunk...

I had an ipa made with lots of sweet potatoes, it wad really good. I could imagine the carrots would lend and earthy flavor. Should be good

Carrot cake is damn good. So maybe carrot beer would be too

ChshreCat said:

Maybe this would counteract getting blind drunk...

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jokes :rockin: