Capturing that German Beer Flavor

[Bryan R]

[Beersk]

I've gotten that from the Heidelberg as well.

[Bryan R]

Man, I just don't recall, its been a few years.

[unionrdr]

I posted on HBT last April a recipe for the near-extinct German Mumme' ale. Well, yesterday, I finally went through the either AG or AE recipe page, & all the odd gruits that were subs for cucumber, cloves, spearmint, etc. Some of these plants oils are toxic, so instead of using them, or the ones I couldn't obtain , I used the herbs & spices that these plants sub'd for. I am curious if anyone's ever had this beer somplace? What color was it & how did it taste? Here's the ingredient list I came up with in BS2 so far;
******************Mel's Mumme'********************************
PB/PM BIAB, 6 gallon batch
The Mash-----
1lb- great northern beans
4ozs- chocolate malt-crisp
11.2ozs-crystal 10L
1lb-oats, malted
1lb, 11.2ozs-pale wheat malt-weyermann's
3lbs, 8ozs-pale malt-weyermann's
At flameout----
3lbs-Bavarian wheat DME-briess
3lbs-plain light DME
2 smack packs-WY1275 Thames valley ale yeast
After four days in primary, add in bag-----
2ozs-elderflowers
2g-sweet gale
4g-cardamom
7g-black tea
7g-borage
7g-cloves
7g-marjoram
7g-spearmint
7g-thyme
15g-blessed thistle
**********************************************
To priming solution, add 2ozs spruce extract
Est OG 1.076
Est FG 1.018
SRM 18.1
Est ABV 7.8%
Single infusion, medium body, batch sparge
Ale, single stage
Based on the British strong ale style, as no others seemed to fit. Want to order the ingredients this weekend. Thought y'all might be interested?

[Beersk]

[Brandon]

[Hoenischbrau]

Anybody else have Sienrra Nevada's Oktoberfest this year? I was very impressed and thought it came pretty close to drinking a fest bier like I've had in Bavaria. A lot of the characters mentioned above and especially that wanting to take another sip mouthfeel. I've been wondering if was just me. Anyway, they have some info on their site about the collaboration they did with a brauerei in Bavaria to create the recipe. I would love to know more about the process they used to create the beer here as it hits so close to the mark for me on that German beer flavor.

[Techbrau]

I had it on draft and in bottles, and while it was a solid beer it did not at all have "it" to me. Again, not a bad beer, but it tasted more like my own home brewed attempts at cloning German beers before I really dove down the rabbit hole.

[Roachbrau]

I agree with Techbrau, for the most part.

I think there was "it" in there, but of course, being Sierra Nevada, they hopped the hell out of it and it was all out of whack as far as balance. But, I do think there was a German beer hiding under everything.

[Brandon]

I agree, nice malt, light German flavor (it), but overhopped. Bummer, too, because without the hopping it'd be really nice.