Help with a recipe idea

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  1. brchapman

    brchapman Initiate (0) Nov 18, 2014 Georgia

    Hello,

    My brew club is having a brew-off of sorts where we choose 4 adjuncts out of a hat and need to incorporate at least 2 of them in a beer. In November we will present our beers to the club where we will place our votes on which beer we like the best. I pulled, Cactus, Cranberry, Powdered Peanut Butter, and Pumpkin from the hat.

    My initial thought was to create a holiday type beer with the pumpkin and cranberry but I am not a huge fan of pumpkin beers and would prefer to brew something I may enjoy more. Another thought was sort of a PB&J themed beer. Also, I am going to presume I could use prickly pear and still be ok from conforming to my adjunct list.

    Also, I usually do 5 gallon batches, but in this case, I think I may do (2) 3 gallon batches and decide which beer I enjoy more to send to the club.

    Any help you all could provide would be appreciated and thanks in advance!
     
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  2. EvenMoreJesus

    EvenMoreJesus Initiate (0) Jun 8, 2017 Pennsylvania

    God fucking dammit!
     
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  3. EvenMoreJesus

    EvenMoreJesus Initiate (0) Jun 8, 2017 Pennsylvania

    That said, what types of beers do you enjoy making and drinking? The PB and cranberry have many applications and prickly pear is a very interesting ingredient.
     
    #3 EvenMoreJesus, Aug 11, 2017
  4. FeDUBBELFIST

    FeDUBBELFIST Pooh-Bah (1,765) Oct 31, 2009 Pennsylvania
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    I'd consider a prickly pear and cranberry gose if it were me
     
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  5. Granitebeard

    Granitebeard Zealot (549) Aug 24, 2016 Maine

    If it were me, nothing sour or funky and no PB anything.

    I would try a cranberry cactus kind of thing. Something with the bit and smell of cranberries up front then a nice refreshing cactus at the end. How I would pull that off, I do not know. But a local guy here did a Dill cucumber pale that I was skeptical about but ended up liking so figured it is kind of do able.
     
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  6. brchapman

    brchapman Initiate (0) Nov 18, 2014 Georgia

    I am a German style kind of guy but can drink about anything. Not a huge fan of sours though I appreciate the effort....
     
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  7. brchapman

    brchapman Initiate (0) Nov 18, 2014 Georgia

    Cool. You thinking a pale ale for this in order to highlight the cactus and cranberry?
     
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  8. brchapman

    brchapman Initiate (0) Nov 18, 2014 Georgia

    Not a huge fan of gose but that sounds like a tasty beer. I wasn't putting the PP and CB together but that seems like the best combo that I have to work from.
     
    #8 brchapman, Aug 11, 2017
  9. CarolusP

    CarolusP Zealot (590) Oct 22, 2015 Minnesota

    You beat me to it. I was going to suggest exactly this. Sierra Nevada's Gose (Otra Vez) uses prickly pear cactus, and it's delicious. I could see a hint of cranberry melding well with it.
     
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  10. brchapman

    brchapman Initiate (0) Nov 18, 2014 Georgia

    I will take a look at that...it sounds good just not in my wheelhouse.
     
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  11. EvenMoreJesus

    EvenMoreJesus Initiate (0) Jun 8, 2017 Pennsylvania

    How do you feel about Belgian styles? I think the prickly pear fruit is your best bet and I think it would work VERY well in a Belgian Table Beer or even a Tripel/BSG.

    The cranberry is tough as it can be tannic. Your best bet for this would have been a sour ale of some type. Actually a prickly pear and cranberry sour would have been my suggestion, if you liked to make and drink those types of beers.

    PB porters are great and you can easily use PB2 for such an application.

    Screw pumpkin. The gourd itself doesn't bring much to the table and, IMO, is not worth using.
     
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  12. Hogue2112

    Hogue2112 Initiate (0) Apr 7, 2016 Ohio

    If you are not into making sours really, you can do a quick kettle sour. Not as complex, but easy to rebrew if you mess it up/don't end up liking the results of the beer.

    Do you have to declare up front what you are brewing?
     
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  13. CarolusP

    CarolusP Zealot (590) Oct 22, 2015 Minnesota

    Agreed. It's only good for pies and jack-o-lanterns. Any brewery that foists an autumn pumpkin seasonal ale upon the unsuspecting public should be guilty of crimes against humanity.
     
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  14. Granitebeard

    Granitebeard Zealot (549) Aug 24, 2016 Maine

    Yes, something pale like to let the both shine through at different stages in the sip.
     
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  15. brchapman

    brchapman Initiate (0) Nov 18, 2014 Georgia

    Hey, don't have to declare and I am not into making sours but the suggested gose resonates with me for some reason. I have started researching and expect I will make this recipe. It's not that I don't like sours, it's just not a beer I would drink everyday. May be fun to expand my neighbors palates as well...
     
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  16. brchapman

    brchapman Initiate (0) Nov 18, 2014 Georgia

    I love me some Belgians....I may actually brew a triplel as well as a Gose....why not?!?
     
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  17. utahbeerdude

    utahbeerdude Maven (1,374) May 2, 2006 Utah

    If you don't want to do a sour, a PP and CB Saison seems like it might work. Cheers!
     
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  18. brchapman

    brchapman Initiate (0) Nov 18, 2014 Georgia

    I am going to try a Gose and a Tripel....sourcing the prickly pear now though it is looking pretty pricey. I usually have a bumper crop of PP fruit in my yard but of course this year I don't. I will report back once I have made them.
     
    #18 brchapman, Aug 12, 2017
  19. SFACRKnight

    SFACRKnight Grand Pooh-Bah (3,348) Jan 20, 2012 Colorado
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    Late to the party buuuuuut prickly pear cranberry saison or kölsch came to mind. Or maybe an english mild brewed with 1318 would be nice too.
     
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  20. brchapman

    brchapman Initiate (0) Nov 18, 2014 Georgia

    For sure I have talked myself into a Gose but may flip a coin between the trippel or a Kolsch...
     
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