To make it I used Vanilla beans, Orange Peal, Nutmeg, Cinnamon, Lemon, Lime, and Coriander. I soaked this in Vodka to extract the flavors and added two doses into the beer. No real way to tell how much to put in with a beer like this. I wanted to make sure the spices came through nicely. Definitely did that but may have overdone it slightly.
It was made up of 5 beers which were between 2 and 3 years old. By themselves the beer were bold and complex.
I bottled about 8 months ago with extra sugar for back-sweetening and then pasteurized a month later. Here is the official tasting of this weird but interesting experiment.
Tasting Notes:
- Aroma:
- The spices come through very prominently. Vanilla is the strongest with orange next. It is very much like a coke. Some Brett earthiness comes through faintly in the background
- Appearance:
- Reddish brown and a little murky. Pours with just a think wisp of foam that disappears immediately
- Flavor:
- Bright, fruity, and sweet & sour flavor hits first. The spices then come in, vanilla most prominent again but very well mixed with the other flavors. This lingers into the finish along with an acidic bite. Maybe get a bit of bready malt in the finish as well. The spices are so dominant I don't get much base beer flavor.
- Mouthfeel:
- Medium-light bodied and slightly sweet. Has a small amount of prickly acidity that hits the back of the throat on the swallow. Easy drinking and fairly refreshing.
- Overall:
- A very interesting beer. I think the spicing gives it a very strong resemblance to coke. The base beer blend was made up of boldly flavored beers but they didn't stand up to the spicing. It doesn't really resemble a Flanders Red in any way - base beer doesn't come though. So, while it is a very boldly flavored beer with a certain complexity it doesn't quite hit the mark for what I was hoping the beer would be. Lighter spicing would be in the cards next time
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