Candy Corn Beer

[eschatz]

Well, have you had a Belg Strong Gold before? You can make that call about non-brewers. I'd say you could get it done before Haloween if you started soon. It would be green but who knows.

 

[buckeyebrewer]

Also a good idea. I need something that is going to be nice in 10 weeks. Cheaper is always good for an experimental brew. I don't have time to run a gallon test batch or I would. I think I have everything I need for a cream ale already in the basement......time to take a quick inventory. Thanks for the suggestion......the topic is not closed yet though......

 

[eschatz]

Yeah, cream ale would also be great. Although it might get funky from the candy being in the bottle. I think BM did a version of his cream ale that used sugar as an adjunt you could boil down the candy for that. Although I might worry about chill haze.

 

[buckeyebrewer]

I would probably just boil the candy in some water and add it to the boil. Recipe I have for Cream Ale calls for .75lb cane or corn sugar. If CC is 95% sugar I should just be able to use .75 lbs of CC instead?

 

[eschatz]

Yeah, I'm sure that would work. It's pretty hard for a cream ale to be too dry.

 

[bsay]

Or you could do a "Kit and a kilo" with a kilo of candy corn....

I like the cream ale idea though. I say brew it up and see what happens!

 

[buckeyebrewer]

So be it....5 gallons of Candy Corn Cream Ale coming right up....I'll keep you posted. May even have some samples to send out....who knows? Now for a label...?

 

[buckeyebrewer]

Alright the Candy Corn beer is fermenting as I type. Everything went as planned. Hit an OG of 1.055. I was going to put it in my "son of a fermenter" but my thermostat isn't working. So it's in the basement with a cold towel and a fan on it. It's holding around 68. A little warm but it should be ok. I used safale 05. I melted the candy corn in 1 cup of water. It turned this crappy brown color and when added to the wort it turned the wort a semi crappy brown color.....who knows....well see what happens. I'll keep ya posted.

 

[BSBrewer]

what was the end result?

 

[buckeyebrewer]

It turned out very nice.....couldn't really taste the candy corn. I guess that was a good thing. I only had a little bit of it.....I wasn't able to attend the party. I was very pleased with the result. I have been hired to brew it again for this years party.

 

[psusoccer21]

Please post your recipe. I would like to brew this asap for an upcoming party.

It turned out very nice.....couldn't really taste the candy corn. I guess that was a good thing. I only had a little bit of it.....I wasn't able to attend the party. I was very pleased with the result. I have been hired to brew it again for this years party.

 

[signal2noise]

Getting ready to brew a Halloween beer and thought to use candy corns. Is there any further updates on this topic?