What you’ll find here are experiments and explorations, hot takes and ideas that don’t quite fit in any of our other series.
Time Studies #3 – Vitus
Vitus, meaning lively in Latin, is our spritzy Lambrusco inspired beer made with inky Mourvèdre grapes and some second use Cherry + Santa Rosa plums for good measure.
Violets, leather, and diluted fruit loops
750ml bottle
7.1% abv
Time Studies Bon Voyage #2
Bon Voyage started its journey well over a year ago with a road trip to Hood River, OR, to visit Evans Fruit Farm to get perfectly ripe Bing and Montmorency Cherries. First these cherries went through carbonic maceration (a technique often employed in wine making) to preserve the fresh character of the fruit. After two weeks, the fruit was refermented on our barrel aged wild ale for 6 months and blended with some of our more expressive barrels.
Finally, we conditioned and bottled the blend with foraged Sitka Spruce tips and Burdock Root from Root Digger Herb Farm to lean into the high and low tones that the beer was naturally expressing.
Rich over-ripe sour cherry jam with subtle cocoa powder and an earthy cherry leather finish.
Time Studies #1 Tepache Wild Ale
Inspired by the flavors and our time in Mexico we set out to create our take on Tepache. We refermented pineapples and their skins with Lux blended with our barrel aged Wild Ale named Leroy.
Upon finishing, we bottle conditioned this Tepache Wild Ale with a bit of salt and sage for maximum refreshment. This is totally irreverent and is meant to be refreshing as heck and fun to drink.
Balanced and tart with a dry pina finish this is what you want to drink this summer!
750ml bottle
5.3% abv