Of the Beet'n Track

This is a lager beer made with beet roots.
The beer is a BJCP categorized 21A Spice, Herb or Vegetable beer, based on 2C Classic American Pilsner
The red color from the beets is not indicated in the SRM calculation.
There is a minute taste of the beets in the beer (and this is from someone who does not like beets at all) and just a whiff in the nose. Bitterness is low, clear and dry finsh.

Method (Partial mash)
– Remove the WLP840 from the fridge and warm to room temperature
– Cereal Mash the Maize and the Carapils as per schedule
– Boil 60 min.
– Add .3 oz. of Cluster hops at 60 min.
– Add DME at 30 min.
– Add beets at 20 min. (Beets were roasted earlier at 400ºF for 40 min. , peeled cut into slices and frozen for storage. Thawed for 1 hours before needed)
– Irish Moss at 15 min.
– Add .25 oz. Cluster hops at 5 min.
– Cool the wort to 70ºF
– Strain in the hot wort to the fermenter
– Top up fermenter to 3.25 gal. of liquor
– Pitch WLP840 yeast when at 70F http://www.whitelabs.com/beer/homebrew_strains.html#LAGER_YEAST
– Move to 60º area
– The OG of the malt was 1.063 and the beet sugar added 1.007 to the gravity of the wort for a total OG of 1.070.
– adjective, "off the beaten track" - remote from populous or much-traveled regions;