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Just for you fools out there, mama juana is NOT a euphemism for pot.
I was in the Dominican Republic last week. I drank a good bit of mama juana.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mama_Juana
It's basically spiced rum. According to Wikipedia, "Mama Juana (or mamajuana) is a drink from the Dominican Republic that is concocted by allowing rum, red wine, and honey to soak in a bottle with tree bark and herbs. The taste is similar to port wine and the color is a deep red."
I bought two pounds of root/stem cuttings one for the real thing and the other to make a beer.
I plan to make a base beer, then secondary on the mama juana root. I'm thinking an amber or a low hoped red ale. Whatever it is needs some malt character.
A Mama Juana shot has spice somewhat like cinnamin but NOT like fireball. Think of a sweet port wine with a subtle cinnamin, raisen, fruit taste. It's more than that, but that the cinnamin is only spice I recognize.
I'm looking for your thoughts, especially if you have tasted mama juana and thought it was ok.
What beer would you use?
I suppose a big stout, porter or barleywine would work too. The alcohol would extract the wood flavors.
Let me know what you think. Thanks.
I was in the Dominican Republic last week. I drank a good bit of mama juana.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mama_Juana
It's basically spiced rum. According to Wikipedia, "Mama Juana (or mamajuana) is a drink from the Dominican Republic that is concocted by allowing rum, red wine, and honey to soak in a bottle with tree bark and herbs. The taste is similar to port wine and the color is a deep red."
I bought two pounds of root/stem cuttings one for the real thing and the other to make a beer.
I plan to make a base beer, then secondary on the mama juana root. I'm thinking an amber or a low hoped red ale. Whatever it is needs some malt character.
A Mama Juana shot has spice somewhat like cinnamin but NOT like fireball. Think of a sweet port wine with a subtle cinnamin, raisen, fruit taste. It's more than that, but that the cinnamin is only spice I recognize.
I'm looking for your thoughts, especially if you have tasted mama juana and thought it was ok.
What beer would you use?
I suppose a big stout, porter or barleywine would work too. The alcohol would extract the wood flavors.
Let me know what you think. Thanks.