What are your thoughts on a persimmon IPA?

[ColonelForbin]

im thinking about trying to make one. has anyone here ever used persimmon in their beer before??

 

[Hex]

Good question, I was going to make a big batch of persimmon wine this year. I collected the fruit from our trees and froze about 40 lbs of Fuyu's. Then I started reading that persimmons were high in magnesium and worked well as a laxative--I read that wine made from them also retained this quality, needless to say they're still frozen...

Google persimmon wine and see what you find. Maybe as an smaller part of a beer it won't be noticeable.

 

[r2eng]

Try it!

I used some bosc pears in an IPA. It tasted great, but next time I will remove the skins: as the beer aged, some astringency came out in the beer.

 

[ColonelForbin]

this will be my next beer along with my first go at a wild ale. i think persimmon could possibly be awesome in an ipa.

 

[mkling]

Personally, fruit & IPA pretty much never go together.

Hops will cover fruit flavors which makes the fruit a waste.

Use low hop levels in any fruit beer.

 

[terrapinj]

if you do go for it try to use Fuyus over the Hachiya if possible

the Hachiya are more likely to have sharp tannins and astringency if not fully mature

i agree that IPA may not be the best style to use them with esp since persimmons have a fairly mild flavor