LOTUS EATER

7.8% ABV

OG: 18.6P

FG: 5.6P

ABV: 7.8%

IBU: 24

malt: 38% Joe White Pils, 38% Coopers Pale malt, 8% golden naked oats, 8% rolled oats, 4% roled wheat, 4% wheat malt, 1% oat hulls

hops: Krush at 10min and whirlpool, Krush, Citra and Nectaron in double dry hop

yeast: AEB fermoale new E

water: 14:1 chloride heavy

other: Madagascan vanilla tincture, Mango Euphorics terpene

This beer idea came to me when Israel and Trump were trying to provoke a war with Iran, and it took me back to my teenage years of phony weapons of mass distruction in Iraq. I originally wanted to call it Yellowcake Uranium in Aluminium Tubes. While that joke would have been funny to approximately 1% of the audience, what stopped me was the apparent absent mindedness of the leader of the free world who promptly forgot about it a week later.

Good, I guess?

Instead, I named it after something that I can relate to. The Lotus Eaters, who abandon all aspects of life beyond the pursuit of flavour and indulgence.

Enjoy.