Sweet Potatoes?

[WreckinBrewCo]

It's that time of year.
It seems like pumpkin beers are a popular topic lately. I made one last year that was pretty good, I was going to make a few subtle changes. I've been kicking around the idea of adding canned sweet potatoes instead of pumpkin. Spice it very similar to a pumpkin ale, maybe add cinnamon.

Any thoughts on this? I was going to add the sweet taters in the mash just like the pumkin recipes.

 

[CrystalShip]

I have also flirted with this idea a bit. The Bruery produces a beer called Autumn Maple that is made with Yams...quite tasty. I would smash them up really good and be sure to use some rice hulls so you dont get a stuck mash.

 

[Poobah58]

I add pumpkin, butternut squash and sweet potato to my Pumpkin Ales. I put some in mash and some in boil.

 

[WreckinBrewCo]

Added 4lbs of sweet potatoes to a brown ale...

-7lb pale malt extract
-5lb Amber extract
-4lb Sweet potatoes

-2 oz Cascade @ 60 min
-1oz Cascade @ 15 min

-@ 10 - 5 min-
-1.5 tsp cinnamon
-1 tsp nut meg
-1 tsp vanilla
-1 cup brown sugar

OG - 1.081