Collection: Field & Oak Bottles & Pours

Enchanted Grove

Spontaneous

Back in 2021 we got together with our friends from Primitive for a collaborative Spontaneous blend that would become Enchanted Grove. ​ ​ For this blend, we chose some mature spontaneously fermented beer across three brewing seasons, with the oldest component from the early spring of 2018. A portion of this blend was also aged in large cognac puncheons. After blending, we allowed this beer to continue to mellow for an additional two years. In the winter of 2023, we sourced New Jersey grown yuzu and sudachi citrus fruits which we zested and added directly to the blend before bottling. At the time of bottling, this blend had an average age of 58 months, making it our most mature spontaneously fermented blend to date. Enchanted Grove has been conditioning since its bottling in early 2024. Enchanted Grove pours a golden orange with aromatics of orange blossom and orange citrus with an underlying complexity of yeasty cellar funk. It offers flavors of lemon-lime soda, white wine raisins, lemon custard and apple blossoms with a well-integrated acid profile supported by high carbonation.​

Heirloom | Blend N°2

Saison

Heirloom | Blend N°2 is our World Beer Cup gold medal winning Table Saison. This beer is our interpretation of the lower ABV saison style that was suitable for drinking throughout the day and often served to the whole family with a meal. Heirloom | Blend N°2 is brewed with a blend of pilsner malt, chitted barley and malted wheat. We hop it with both aged and fresh noble hops before fermenting it in oak with our favorite saison yeast and our local flora. After aging for several months in oak, we blended in a small portion of well-aged spontaneously fermented beer. The mingling of the saison and spontaneously fermented beer through the process of bottle conditioning should provide for a remarkably complex beer to drink fresh or continue aging.

FOURTH | Anniversary Blend

Spontaneous

FOURTH is our very first four-year spontaneous blend brewed between our Spring 2018 and Spring 2021 brewing seasons. Each of these batches was brewed following a traditional spontaneous brewing process using a turbid mash with a grist consisting entirely of New Jersey-grown malt. Each blend underwent an extended boil with aged hops, then was transferred to our coolship where it cooled overnight, exposed to the open air and resident microflora. Our team highlighted the individual casks to produce this blend, selected for their highly aromatic profiles coupled with a vibrancy that contrasts their age. FOURTH had an average age of 25 months before it was blended with a small portion of young spontaneous beer and bottled in March 2022. After a period of extended bottle conditioning, FOURTH is ready to enjoy. FOURTH pours a pale-yellow color with a creamy white foam, boasting aromatics of lemon meringue pie, toasted oak and orange citrus zest. FOURTH finishes with a rounded mouthfeel and notes of fruit parfait, lemon custard and a heavy minerality.​

Yellow Peach | 2021 Harvest

Spontaneous

Yellow Peach | 2021 Harvest is a complex blend pulling from high gravity, honey and traditionally brewed spontaneously fermented beers across three brewing seasons. In July 2021, our team picked up the year's yellow peach harvest and, at the peak of ripeness, hand-crushed the fruit and added it directly to the oak for extended refermentation at a rate of nearly 8 lbs per gallon. The blend was then racked on top of the fruit and allowed to referment with full contact of the peaches as well as their skins and pits for added complexity in the final beer. At the time of bottling, this blend had an average age of 26 months and has been conditioning since its bottling in early 2022. Peach | 2021 Harvest pours a peachy yellow color with a creamy white foam with aromatics of peach cobbler and plush mouthfeel all supported by a light acidity and high minerality.

Blueberry | 2022 Harvest

Spontaneous

Blueberry | 2022 Harvest is a blend across two brewing seasons including a portion aged in cognac casks and a portion brewed with New Jersey blueberry blossom honey. ​ In August of 2022, we picked up the year's blueberry harvest which was hand crushed and cold-soaked on the blend for juice extraction and brief skin contact at a rate of 8 lbs. per gallon. The fruited blend was then racked to oak for additional conditioning. At the time of bottling, this blend had an average age of 43 months and has been conditioning since its bottling in late 2023. Blueberry | 2022 Harvest pours a deep purple color with a creamy pink foam, aromatics of creamy blueberry pie and citrus. The beer presents a very restrained acidity with complexity from the blueberry skins and the fruit juices supported by a strong vanilla note.

Peach & Raspberry | 2021 Harvest

Spontaneous

Peach & Raspberry | 2021 Harvest – The base for this traditional spontaneous beer was brewed in the Spring 2020 brewing season and was approximately 16 months old when it was fruited directly in oak with red raspberries sourced from Pure Berry Co. in Vineland NJ followed by a large amount of crushed yellow clingstone peaches from Phillips Farms in Milford, NJ. After 6 months of conditioning on fruit this beer was then racked out of oak and bottled shortly afterwards before then resting an additional 12 months prior to release. Peach & Raspberry pours with a pretty peach yellow color with hints of pink and pushes heavy raspberry fruit flesh aromatics with subtle background peach notes all pulled together by a medium plus acidity level.

Two: Honey

Spontaneous

Two, inspired by Belgian Lambic blending tradition, is our first blend to incorporate multiple years of our spontaneous program in one bottle. Considered a two year blend because the oldest component is over 24 months, Two is comprised of three different barrels from the 2018 and 2019 spontaneous seasons. At the time of bottling the average age of the blend was 20 months. The oldest component of Two was 26 months at the time of blending. This barrel was pulled from the first traditional batch we brewed in Spring 2018. Upon blending, the barrel brought a rounded, delicate profile with aged cellar aromatics from its extended aging that provides a base for the younger components to layer in fruitier top notes. The second component of the blend was 19 months at the time of bottling, the fourth batch of Fall 2018. This spontaneous beer was brewed with the addition of New Jersey harvested blueberry blossom honey. It brings floral and lemony citrus highlights. The final component was 16 months at the time of bottling, pulled from our fourth batch of Spring 2019. In this recipe, we increase the raw wheat percentage to 50%, with the remainder being malted barley. We also raised the hopping rate to increase the aging potential of the blend, lending a refreshing grapefruit pith flavor. The first blend of Two has aromas of apricot, peach and grapefruit along with Brettanomyces derived cellar character and a citrus flavor from our aged hops. It presents a depth in acid profile balanced by cream and caramel flavors from our all NJ grains and brewing process. At the time of release, the beer in the bottle had an average age of 30 months and should age well for years to come.