Quote Originally Posted by guy View Post
Just started a winter/Christmas "special" - I am getting a bit cocky with my results so far, so starting to experiment a bit.

My brother in law had a glut of plums this year, so I stoned and boiled about 4lbs then strained the resulting liquor in to a "Simply" stout kit along with 1.5kg "Morgans" dark roasted malt. Made up to 23litres with boiled tap water (hopefully to flash off any chlorine) and left to cool overnight.

Measured the OG this morning before casting the yeast and had a bit of a shock - if the brew ferments down well, I should be looking at 6.5/7.0 % I hadn't really expected to get get much sugar from the plums.

The brew smells delightful though, looking forward to having a few mates around for a Christmas beer sampling session

Photos to follow.

Just double checked calculation with an online app: OG 1056, if Final gravity is 1010 then 6% - not quite so frightening
sounds delightful. plums make great wine so no reason not to do beer i guess..