Hojicha tea & wild rice amber ale critique

[osbick_bird]

Hey! So I was just sort of kicking around the idea of an autumnal tea-infused amber with some toasty & nutty notes. Wild rice is a pretty perfect Thanksgiving-y grain, and Hojicha tea is a really delicious Japanese roasted green tea, less astringent/vegetal, more roasty/caramelly than regular green tea. I'm not entirely sure what to do with my hops, was thinking I didn't want anything overwhelming but a little floral presence might go well? Anyway, here's my rough draft! Any & all bits of feedback or advice definitely gratefully appreciated!!

Tentatively calling this my "Kouyou Amber". Intended for a 5 gallon batch, and I have a BIAB setup.

Grain bill:

7 lb 2 row
1 lb Victory malt
1 lb Munich malt
8 oz Carapils
5 oz Chocolate malt
1 lb cooked wild rice

Hops:
1 oz Northern Brewer at 60 min
1 oz Willamette at 10 min

Probably something like Safale S-05 for yeast

Maybe 1 oz hojicha after flameout when the wort has cooled down some, and either some 'dry hopped' into secondary or else adding some brewed tea when bottling

So when plugging this all into my brewing software I used brown rice flakes, as wild rice wasn't an option. That makes some of these numbers suspect, but here's the vital statistics:

OG: 1.052
FG: 1.013
ABV: 5.13
IBU: 23.55
SRM: 14.98

Thoughts? Feelings? Opinions? Thank you so much, everybody!

 

[TandemTails]

paging @deadwolfbones

I know he's brewed with both tea and rice and can probably give some input on the quantities and timing.

Keep us posted! I'm curious to hear how yours turns out.

 

[bracconiere]

for what it's worth, i'd drink it....

 

[deadwolfbones]

Oh hey! So I did one "dry tea'd" beer: a saison with a Vietnamese green tea (loose leaf). It was a 3 gallon batch and I did 75g of tea in a stainless hop spider for 7 days at room temp. Beer came out wonderfully, with plenty of tea flavor and a slight tannic bitterness. It also had the best, longest-lasting head of any beer I've ever brewed.

I think your recipe looks great overall. Definitely something I'd drink!

 

[osbick_bird]

About a week away from bottling! I will let you guys know how it turns out. Thank you so much everybody for your input!!