And the hops don't really lend themselves to a Porter or something like that. I've been mulling over the possibilities for a couple of days now and I don't think a big beer will have time to really come into its own. I've never done it, but I'm game! Can't use any other adjuncts. No reason I couldn't smoke or roast some malt. A month probably isn't enough time for a strong beer, but it's worth considering. One last thought: if you're not limited to a certain batch size, a smaller batch size would allow you to make something stronger. I'm not sure how well that would work in a CDA. I haven't used that one, but my experience with caramel malts in that range is that they tend to give a lot of dried fruit flavors, like a milder Special B. I'd be wary of using much of the C90, too. In the unlikely event that you're allowed other adjuncts like coffee and vanilla, you could potentially go the golden porter route, with or without midnight wheat for color. Are you allowed to modify the malts yourself, such as roasting some 2-row in the oven or smoking some in a smoker (if you have access to one)? You don't have significant roast in the midnight wheat, but if you could get some roast flavor from home-roasting some of the malt (not sure if that's even possible to do with positive results), you could do a stout or porter of some kind, perhaps a smoked chocolate porter if you can smoke some of the malt.
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