Virginia brewery taps 300-year-old beer recipe

AP ^ | December 4, 2014 | Michael Felderbaum

[C19fan]

What do you get when you combine water, American persimmons and hops and ferment it with yeast? A beer based on a 300-year-old recipe scribbled in a cookbook kept by Virginia's prominent Randolph family.

Ardent Craft Ales in Richmond recently brewed "Jane's Percimon Beer" unearthed from the book in the Virginia Historical Society's collections from the 1700s that contains food, medicinal remedies and beer recipes. The formula for the Colonial-era concoction is one of thousands of alcoholic recipes in the society's collection that provide a glimpse into what Virginians and others were drinking in the 18th century and other points in history.

[C19fan]

Cool! They should sell that beer at Colonial Williamsburg. Mount Vernon rebuilt Washington's distillery and you can buy whiskey made there using to the best of their ability the recipe Washington used.

[Friendofgeorge]

but I am not allowed to drink

[Cletus.D.Yokel]

New headline:

Virginia Brewer Taps 300-year old!

[dangerdoc]

I can’t believe you didn’t ping Laz with that response.

[Mercat]

I’ve eaten an overripe persimmon and an underripe persimmon. Neither was very good but believe me, you do not want to eat an underripe persimmon.

[Sicon]

Gunter: He stole it und now instead of Deutschland's greatest beer we merely have fourth best behind Steinemarzen, Rottenburger, und... und...

Otto: Und Beck's?

Gunter: Und Beck's? Ja, und Beck's!

[MeshugeMikey]

ya think Hillary will switch???

[painter]

I have too. Ripe persimmons are nothing to write home about. They might make good beer.

Under ripe? Talk about pucker factor, WOW!

[rawcatslyentist]

If ya get the chance try some apple pie shine. Delicious

[SunkenCiv]

Thanks C19fan .

[Ken H]

I’ve eaten an overripe persimmon and an underripe persimmon. Neither was very good but believe me, you do not want to eat an underripe persimmon.

That's pucker-power that puts a lemon to shame!