I had some dried figs still laying around and wanted to use them wisely. So I decided to try a bit of brewing with them. Here are the ingredients I used:

1 1/2 lb dried figs (chopped)        
1 1/2 cups rasins        
zest, pulp and juice 2 oranges        
2 1/2 cups honey        
3/4 sugar 
Nottingham Ale yeast      
16 cups boiled water

After 4 days in the bucket it was at about 8.8% abv (I use a refractometer to calculate abv)
         
I removed the pulp and tasted. The fig taste was a bit weak so I steeped another 8oz of dried figs in 1 cup water, then added that. Tonight I will bottle it up into pet plastic and store in the fridge.

The taste is very figgy, but light and nicely carbonated. I am quite happy with the result, but what should I call it? Although it does not have hops, I really think it should be called a "fig beer."

But no matter what I call it, it is a good way to use figs.