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FMD

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Posted 1398439450	Reply with quote #1

A local friend is as addicted to home brewing as some of us are to growing figs. You meld the two addictions and this is what you get. The beer that is pictured was actually a fig with dates flavored beer and had an alcohol content upwards of 9 or 10%. I wish I had the connoisseur's vocabulary to describe the beer using words like nose and bouquet, but I don't, so I'll just say it was damn good. Alla tua salute! __________________ Frank Tallahassee, FL Zone 8b North Florida Figs

RichinNJ

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newnandawg

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cis4elk

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Posted 1398440216	Reply with quote #4

I have been waiting for someone to go there. Enjoy, I'm sure it is fabulous. __________________ Calvin Littleton,CO z5/6 Wants List: For everyone to clean-up after themselves and co-exist peacefully. Let's think more about the future of our planet and less about ourselves. :)

FMD

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Posted 1398440451	Reply with quote #5

Mike, it is totally a hobby for him but I'll ask. Apparently beers are like figs as far as varieties go. For example, he also gave me a Chocolate Espresso Stout, Bourbon Barrel Porter and Belgian Wheat to try. The fig beer is called Belgian Double with figs and dates. There are virtually thousands of combinations possible, I suppose. The alcohol content is always going to be quite high especially if left to age. __________________ Frank Tallahassee, FL Zone 8b North Florida Figs

FMD

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Posted 1398440709	Reply with quote #6

I didn't want to leave the tea-totalers out of this thread, so here's some Alma tea for you. A nice bonus is that my wife likes the tea very much, so she'll leave the beer alone. :) __________________ Frank Tallahassee, FL Zone 8b North Florida Figs

Hoosierguy86

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Posted 1398440943	Reply with quote #7

Frank, My brother is addicted to brewing and I'm addicted to figs go figure! He is graduating from A&M next week and thanks to you I have a beautiful alma to give to him (both products of the school). Once he moves back to Indiana and I get figs going this is next on our list. We may need a few pointers if that's OK. Thanks for sharing figs and photos! __________________ Scott N. Indiana 5b/6a

Rewton

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Posted 1398442556	Reply with quote #8

Were the dates dried and the figs non-dried? I assume most of the fermentable sugars were from barley and with the proportion of figs/dates added mainly to complement the barley/hops flavor, correct? __________________ Steve MD zone 7a

FMD

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Posted 1398443827	Reply with quote #9

Steve, I'm sure you are right. That's pretty much what Gary (my fig friend) said he did. Scott, how serendipitous is that! __________________ Frank Tallahassee, FL Zone 8b North Florida Figs

WillsC

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Posted 1398460149	Reply with quote #10

Frank, Any chance he gave you the recipe?

greg88

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Posted 1398460956	Reply with quote #11

I was just wondering about such today. What would an all fig fermented drink be? A Mead? or?? __________________ Greg North West Arkanasas Zone 6b Wish list: any SPECTACULAR cold hardy figs, and/or perhaps a Niagra Bl., Laradek EBT, Kathleen's Bl, Hunt, a great UNK or anything anyone wants me to have???

FMD

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Posted 1398462459	Reply with quote #12

Wills, I can certainly ask him for it. I'm sure he told me already, but that's like me explaining the difference between Mount Etna vs Bordeaux figs to him. __________________ Frank Tallahassee, FL Zone 8b North Florida Figs

MariannaMiller

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Posted 1398465037	Reply with quote #13

Sounds great. Mentioned this to my Hubby who also is a home brewer. His comment was that the German in him was cringing. Now we wait for the right batch and my Anatolian heritage to strike. __________________ Wish list: Patlicans, Adriatic, Salem Dark, Lebanese Red, Conadria In Ground: Alma, Brunswick,Bryant Dark, BT, Celeste, Dominic, HC, It. Honey,LSU Purple, Mission Black, Sarizeybek; In pots: Ashlan, Atreano, Blk Bethlehem, El Molino Unk.,Excel, DK, Gr. Ischia, Kadota, Lattarula, Nero 600, VDB, Olympian, Petit Negri, Unk. Plainfield, Unk. Slidell Blk, Sweet George, Unk Portuguese Purple, Unk. It. Yellow, White Genoa, White Tx Everbearing; Madison SC 29693 (7a/7b)

bullet08

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Posted 1398465967	Reply with quote #14

Reinheitsgebot doesn't apply to beer outside of Germany :) sounds wonderful. i might brew a 1 gal batch to see how a fig beer will come out. __________________ Pete Durham, NC Zone 7b "don't talk to me about naval tradition. It's nothing but rum, sodomy and the lash." - sir winston churchill "the problem with socialism is that eventually you run out of other people's money." - the baroness thatcher *** all my figs have FMV/FMD, in case you're wondering. * * and... i don't sell things. what little i have will be posted here in winter for first come first serve base to be shared. no, i'm not a socialist...***

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