Using plums in a beer. Style advice?

[Sepanik1986]

So while camping and playing clue, my buddies and i got an idea. A Clue Series. However the one that i am having a hard time with figuring out is one for professor plum. What kind of ideas do you guys have?

Mrs. White - White Wheat
Colonel Mustard - Lager of some sort
Mrs Peacock - Blueberry Pale Ale
Miss Scarlet - Red Flanders or Red Wheat IPA
Mr Green - Probably a Double or Triple IPA

 

[botigol]

Last week I had a plum gose at Fort Collins Brewery that was really tasty.

 

[howamidriving]

Belgian dubble or quad could work since they tend to have some stone fruit tastes to them anyway.

Or if you're open something other than beer I made a plum Mead that turned out pretty good.

 

[Sepanik1986]

I was thinking of a wine also. Never made a mead. Is it difficult?

 

[BGBC]

Sour

 

[slym2none]

Wait... "Clue"-based, and plum is what is giving you trouble?

Not mustard???

D:

 

[madscientist451]

Plum Sour Dubbel recipe:

http://www.themadfermentationist.com/2011/10/plum-sour-dubbel-recipe.html

 

[Sepanik1986]

Wait... "Clue"-based, and plum is what is giving you trouble?

Not mustard???

D:

Im going to make just a cheap lager and use some of that powdered mustard stuff. or maybe just a yellow fizzy beer seeing as mustard will taste pretty nasty in a beer

 

[slym2none]

Im going to make just a cheap lager and use some of that powdered mustard stuff. or maybe just a yellow fizzy beer seeing as mustard will taste pretty nasty in a beer

You... you monster...

:cross:

 

[BGBC]

Googling mustard beer mostly brings back beer mustard recipes, except for Wostyntje.

 

[mozart4898]

As far as mustard, a saison with rye (perhaps munich as well) and a VERY careful hand of coriander, mustard seed, and fennel might work. Or may be disgusting.

On plums, my go-to for just about anything different is porter. Chiles, chocolate, coffee, most fruits and vegetables...one way or another I could see working them all into a porter. Think very dark crystal malts or Special B malt - raisins, currants...I think plum could fit in there as well.

 

[mozart4898]

Or go all out and make a plum Imperial Stout...

 

[Sepanik1986]

Or go all out and make a plum Imperial Stout...

That one's a maybe...

 

[gratus fermentatio]

Plum = Lambic; or maybe a plum hefe. Both sound quite tasty.
Regards, GF.

 

[Hanglow]

Titanic make quite a nice Plum Porter.