Subterranean Competition

Subterranean, as in you have use ingedients that come from the ground? Licorice root, sweet potato, truffles are three that immediately come to mind. Of course you should use well water. There are probably some other spice root type things. Be sure to fine your beer with bentonite. Or are you stuck with beets

 

I think roasted beets are delicious, but I would never put them in beer

If you really want to use beets, I would go for something that would work with their "earthy sweetness" maybe a dark beer with caramel malts, maybe a little bit of roasted malts, a saison yeast might work.

With all that said, I still would not add beets to beer

 

Parsnip Porter?

 

Rutabaga Roggenbier?

 

Sweet Potato Stout?

 

Bat Guano Beer? ...the perfect trifecta : )

 

Carrot kvass?

 

Garlic gueuze?

 

Peanuts grow under ground. So maybe a peanut butter stout?

Carrots are relatively high in sugar content and you can use them to make a carrot cake beer, or use carrots in place of pumpkin in a pumpkin ale and keep everything else the same. I made a beer with carrots before and it turned out ok. I used too much ginger though.

Or, just go all out on ginger. Off the top of my head, Make a slightly more malty pale ale (75% 2 row, 10% munich, 10% crystal 40, 5% Golden Naked Oats) add lots of ginger and use some spicy/floral hops to bring it out (maybe a good use for Crystal hops).

 

READ: Dirt. They taste like dirt. Did you ever eat a mud pie as a kid, tastes like that. Dirt.

 

sassafras root?

 

Marshmallows are sugar, corn syrup, and gelatin, coated with corn starch. I think their flavor is pretty much just sweet. It's the texture that makes them unique. But if it's a toasted marshmallow flavor you want, maybe try mixing some corn syrup with sugar, and boil the bejeesus out of it until it's scorched a little. Just an idea...I've never done this.

 

@jbakajust1 ya gotta wash beets before ya cook'em, amateur.

I make a beet IPA which is different, not dirty, but good enough to make every year. Also like the bright red color.

 

Breiss Extra Special malt is supposed to make toasted marshmallow notes.

http://www.brewingwithbriess.com/Assets/PDFs/Briess_PISB_ExtraSpecialMalt.pdf

I haven't tried it yet.

 

Don't really see the point in washing the dirt off of a food that tastes like dirt. Beets straight from the ground covered in muck taste like dirt. Washed beets roasted on a plate taste like dirt. Dirt.

 

Agree to disagree

 

Flavoring (https://www.spicesetc.com/product/4097/Natural-Flavorings)