jaytizzle
Well-Known Member
I have an Indian (i.e. NOT Native American) friend who wants to fool with adding some Indian spices in his beer. He texted me over the weekend to say he picked up pudina and lemon. I'm not sure exactly how to go about this one. Pudina is a species of mint that they often use to make chutney.
I was thinking of starting with a wheat beer base. That's about as far as I've gotten. Lemon zest (soaked in a small amount of vodka)could go in secondary. I'm not sure how to incorporate the mint. I could try out some hops that have more spicy and earthy notes rather than floral notes and that could balance it, perhaps?
Please gimme some help on this one... recipe needs to be extract (w/ or w/o specialty grains) based and has to be an ale as I can't lager right now. Would be even better if a kit from Northern Brewer is recommended as they're still 15% off for a couple of days.
I was thinking of starting with a wheat beer base. That's about as far as I've gotten. Lemon zest (soaked in a small amount of vodka)could go in secondary. I'm not sure how to incorporate the mint. I could try out some hops that have more spicy and earthy notes rather than floral notes and that could balance it, perhaps?
Please gimme some help on this one... recipe needs to be extract (w/ or w/o specialty grains) based and has to be an ale as I can't lager right now. Would be even better if a kit from Northern Brewer is recommended as they're still 15% off for a couple of days.