Has anyone made any wasabi beer or tasted some? I have a friend in
Japan who loves the stuff and I've been thinking about trying to brew
some up. I get the feeling that getting the right taste and intensity
will be a bit more difficult than just adding wasabi to the boil or even
dry-wasabiing the beer.

Any thoughts?

Ben (avid a.b.h-b. lurker)

Ben wrote:[color=blue]
> Has anyone made any wasabi beer or tasted some? I have a friend in
> Japan who loves the stuff and I've been thinking about trying to brew
> some up. I get the feeling that getting the right taste and intensity
> will be a bit more difficult than just adding wasabi to the boil or even
> dry-wasabiing the beer.
>
> Any thoughts?
>
> Ben (avid a.b.h-b. lurker)
>
>[/color]

My only thought, Ben, is that that sounds absolutely foul.
I'm sure there must be something to commend it, or it wouldn't be done,
but . . .

wasabi?

in beer?!

rather you than me.

Ben wrote on 1/13/2006 2:10 PM:[color=blue]
> Has anyone made any wasabi beer or tasted some? I have a friend in
> Japan who loves the stuff and I've been thinking about trying to brew
> some up. I get the feeling that getting the right taste and intensity
> will be a bit more difficult than just adding wasabi to the boil or even
> dry-wasabiing the beer.
>
> Any thoughts?
>
> Ben (avid a.b.h-b. lurker)
>
>[/color]
That really sounds nasty. I like a nice wine with steak every now and
then, but I dont want to put steak in my wine.

Reminds me of that Happy Days episode where Fonz had a cavity and was
putting all of his food into a blender: burger, fried, milkshake and all!

Jim

Sam Wigand wrote:[color=blue]
> Ben wrote:
>[color=green]
>>Has anyone made any wasabi beer or tasted some? I have a friend in
>>Japan who loves the stuff and I've been thinking about trying to brew
>>some up. I get the feeling that getting the right taste and intensity
>>will be a bit more difficult than just adding wasabi to the boil or even
>>dry-wasabiing the beer.
>>
>>Any thoughts?
>>
>>Ben (avid a.b.h-b. lurker)
>>
>>[/color]
>
>
> My only thought, Ben, is that that sounds absolutely foul.
> I'm sure there must be something to commend it, or it wouldn't be done,
> but . . .
>
> wasabi?
>
> in beer?!
>
> rather you than me.[/color]

LOL

That's one of the reasons I was hoping someone had tried it. I can
imagine that a slight wasabi tang to a beer might be decent. Maybe an
IPA with a slight edge to it.

I imagine it would have similar issues to chile beers though. It would
end up either too strong or too weak for most people's taste.

I'll have to wait until he imports some from Japan before bothering to
replicate it.

Ben

--
Squirting rubbing alcohol up your
nose is rather unpleasant.
-Sanford, ABSFG