Fantasy draft ingredients

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  1. billandsuz

    billandsuz Pooh-Bah (2,097) Sep 1, 2004 New York
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    Not a terrible draw.

    Four ounces of oats. No more. That seems to be the oddity here. .
    Otherwise not a bad draw. Bittering from El Dorado, Mittlefrau in the middle and lager the hell out of it. Lime is going to be the center stage star. Mash for dryness. ABV 6%?

    At least that's how I would play it. At this moment.

    Good luck. Could be a winner.
    Edit.
    I feel bad for Dorian. Strawberry? Coriander? Ha!
     
    #21 billandsuz, Sep 24, 2018
  2. Prep8611

    Prep8611 Savant (1,208) Aug 22, 2014 New Jersey

    I’m thinking like a pound of flaked oats.... go big or go home. You get points off for “ignoring” an ingredient. Gonna be 9lbs MO 1lb oats, 8oz carahell. No 60 minute additions HMF at 30,15, WP. El dorado whirlpool. Dry hop with El Dorado and lime zest tincture. Lager for a month...

    Dorian.... poor Dorian
     
    #22 Prep8611, Sep 24, 2018
  3. riptorn

    riptorn Pooh-Bah (1,776) Apr 26, 2018 Georgia
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    If one of the objectives is make each ingredient recognizable, seems like Matt L will have a challenge making coffee and ginger a tasty combo.
     
    #23 riptorn, Sep 24, 2018
  4. Prep8611

    Prep8611 Savant (1,208) Aug 22, 2014 New Jersey

    He’s a good brewer and he is hoping to get some dark roast astringency from the coffee since he got stuck with carafa instead of roasted barley.
     
    #24 Prep8611, Sep 24, 2018
  5. Dave_S

    Dave_S Crusader (429) May 18, 2017 England

    It's the amber vanilla saison that I'm really interested in - surely French Saison is going to clash horribly with two different sorts of crystal, even before you add vanilla?
     
    #25 Dave_S, Sep 24, 2018
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  6. wasatchback

    wasatchback Pooh-Bah (1,574) Jan 12, 2014 Tajikistan
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    You could also make a pretty good hoppy beers of sorts with 34/70 fermented at 60-65. If you believe in biotransformation or not 34/70 is definitely one of the ones capable of it. Not sure how HM/El Dorado combo would work though.
     
    #26 wasatchback, Sep 24, 2018
  7. riptorn

    riptorn Pooh-Bah (1,776) Apr 26, 2018 Georgia
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    Just curious, ground ginger or fresh ginger root?
    Regardless.....sounds like fun and I hope yours turns out great.
     
    #27 riptorn, Sep 24, 2018
  8. Prep8611

    Prep8611 Savant (1,208) Aug 22, 2014 New Jersey

    I’m going for a dry hoppe lager. Going to ferment at 50 to keep it clean. The oats were my biggest regret.
     
    #28 Prep8611, Sep 24, 2018
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  9. Prep8611

    Prep8611 Savant (1,208) Aug 22, 2014 New Jersey

    Brewers choice. I’m guessing he goes fresh.
     
    #29 Prep8611, Sep 24, 2018
  10. billandsuz

    billandsuz Pooh-Bah (2,097) Sep 1, 2004 New York
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    Oats in a lager. Honestly that seems like such a simple place to go and never once occurred to me it could be tried. As far as traditional ingredients go that is about as far off the style spectrum I can imagine. Good luck with that.

    Cheers.
     
    #30 billandsuz, Sep 24, 2018
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  11. Eggman20

    Eggman20 Crusader (433) Feb 14, 2017 Minnesota

    This is a cool idea! You can tell some brewers went for tougher combinations than others. I'd guess they wanted to challenge themselves a bit. I'm with Dave on the Vanilla Saison. That should certainly be unique and pretty amazing if he pulls it off
     
    #31 Eggman20, Sep 24, 2018
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  12. Prep8611

    Prep8611 Savant (1,208) Aug 22, 2014 New Jersey

    I’ll use a good amount of oats because it’s points off if it’s obvious I’m trying to hide them. Von Trappe does a hazy IPL lager that is very good so I’ll be pushing for something along those lines.
     
    #32 Prep8611, Sep 24, 2018
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  13. NorCalKid

    NorCalKid Initiate (0) Jan 10, 2018 California

    Cool experiment. Hopefully the lime, El Dorado & HM jive, I would think they should.
     
    #33 NorCalKid, Sep 26, 2018
  14. Prep8611

    Prep8611 Savant (1,208) Aug 22, 2014 New Jersey

    So I didn’t win the competition.... the DME Hefeweizen won. It honestly was very good. My beer scored a 36 so overall I was pretty ecstatic. They stated that it had too much lime and while I agree I didn’t want to shy away from any ingredients and have them be hidden. I’ll take a pic when I get home.
     
    #34 Prep8611, Nov 21, 2018
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  15. SFACRKnight

    SFACRKnight Grand Pooh-Bah (3,348) Jan 20, 2012 Colorado
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    Wa
    Wait, Dorian won?
     
    #35 SFACRKnight, Nov 22, 2018
  16. pweis909

    pweis909 Grand Pooh-Bah (3,250) Aug 13, 2005 Wisconsin
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    Other memorable beers or observations? Seems like fun.
     
    #36 pweis909, Nov 22, 2018
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  17. Prep8611

    Prep8611 Savant (1,208) Aug 22, 2014 New Jersey

    Someone made a chocolate raspberry porter that wS very good. The vanilla saison tasted exactly like hard cream soda. The worst beer was the ginger beer. Straight up soy sauce with the dark malts and ginger melding in a weird way.
     
    #37 Prep8611, Nov 22, 2018
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  18. Prep8611

    Prep8611 Savant (1,208) Aug 22, 2014 New Jersey

    Yes go figure...
     
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  19. VikeMan

    VikeMan Grand Pooh-Bah (3,067) Jul 12, 2009 Pennsylvania
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    Sounds like someone had a good ingredients draft.
     
    #39 VikeMan, Nov 22, 2018
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  20. Prep8611

    Prep8611 Savant (1,208) Aug 22, 2014 New Jersey

    that would be nick.... you can see the full list up at the top.
     
    #40 Prep8611, Nov 23, 2018
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