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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.