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Brewing the persimmon beer (First Frost, part 3)
Fullsteam’s persimmon beer, First Frost
Part 1: Introduction and research
Part 2: Harvest
Part 3: Brewing (today’s write-up)
Part 4: Bottling (later this week)
The first two blog entries on persimmon discuss our fascination with harvesting the fruiting wild tree. Part 3 discusses how we brewed the beer.
Historically speaking, it’s debatable whether or not these “opportunistic” historical Southern persimmon beer [...]
Persimmon harvest (First Frost, part 2)
Gathering persimmons for our winter ale, First Frost, is hardly scalable or efficient. But it’s a heck of a lot of fun. I needed to get out and in the field for a few hours, especially after weeks of “business-y” meetings. Unlike 32, I crave the rural quiet.
Eagle-eyed readers (and a few doe-eyed ones) may [...]
