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I agree, updates anyone? I've been looking at the "24 carrot ale" recipe in BYO. Think I'm going to try something similar tomorrow with my extra keg. I just can't resist trying to make a bright orange ipa
 
Went ahead and brewed the 24 carrot recipe with a few hop substitutions. Ended up with a foamy orange mess but it came out a solid IPA. The hops were a little strong for a carrot focused beer, couldn't taste them much if at all. Only thing I picked up was perhaps a mild oily feel compared to IPA minus carrots. May rebrew in the future using less flavor/aroma hops and add the carrots to secondary in larger quantity
 
I am brewing a ginger beer right now, and got to thinking about other roots that one might brew. Carrot immediately came to mind.

I'm thinking, brew it just like one would ginger beer. Cook thin slices of carrot in water with sugar, almost like a carrot tea, and then ferment that...just like for ginger beer.

I might give it a try. If I do, I'll post how it comes out.
 
I am brewing a ginger beer right now, and got to thinking about other roots that one might brew. Carrot immediately came to mind.

I'm thinking, brew it just like one would ginger beer. Cook thin slices of carrot in water with sugar, almost like a carrot tea, and then ferment that...just like for ginger beer.

I might give it a try. If I do, I'll post how it comes out.
Just stumbled upon this. Brooklyn Brew Shop put out a recipe for a beer called Carrot-Pils (ha-ha) that was brewed with carrots. Never tried it myself but maybe worth looking into .
 
I've heard that carrot juice makes a nice wine. I've never had the um, guts, to try it, but why not?

Let me know if you want some recipes- I have an old book that has several. It calls for carrots, boiled and squeezed and strained, but I'm sure the juice would be a time saver. One of the recipes calls for 1 cup DME per gallon, and a couple of them call for 1/2 ounce "dried hops".

Hey im trying to develop a recipe for a carrot beer and was wondering whats the name of the book??
 
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