Blackberry | 2020 Harvest

Spontaneous

In August 2020, we went to one of our favorite farms in Southern New Jersey to pick up that year’s harvest of locally grown blackberries to add to a carefully selected blend of our spontaneous beers. For this blend, we selected from barrels containing one and two year traditionally crafted spontaneous beer with a particularly low acidic profile to compliment the qualities of those specific berries. The blend soaked on the blackberries at a nearly 50% fruiting rate for two weeks before being transferred back to oak for six months of conditioning. After bottling, Blackberry | 2020 Harvest spent over two years conditioning to bring the fruit and base beer into perfect harmony. The average age of Blackberry | 2020 Harvest is nearly 45 months at release.

Blackberry | 2020 Harvest pours a deep purple with burnt orange highlights and a purply white foam. Aromatics of fresh baked blackberry crumble and berry preserves with notes of vanilla and citrus are all reminiscent of these late summer berries.

Blueberry | 2020 Harvest

Spontaneous

In July of 2020, we picked up a massive harvest of New Jersey blueberries from one of our favorite farms. Our team matched those berries with a blend across two years of spontaneously fermented beer, a portion of which was brewed with buckwheat in place of the traditional wheat usage. The beer was racked onto the blueberries and allowed to soak cold to extract all of their fresh berry flavors while limiting their tannic extraction. The beer was then racked off the fruit and back into oak for further conditioning for an additional 10 months. After bottling, Blueberry | 2020 Harvest spent two years conditioning in bottle to allow the fruit and blend to develop gracefully. The average age of Blueberry | 2020 Harvest is 49 months at release.

Golden Raspberry | 2020 Harvest

Spontaneous

Blend pulling from two oak barrels brewed in the Spring and Fall of 2019, a large portion brewed with New Jersey harvest blueberry blossom honey, and racked onto a blend of New Jersey and Vermont harvested Anne Golden Raspberries. Pours a light gold with bright raspberry aromatics coupled with apricot, peach, pomelo and taste of mango, sauvignon blanc and fresh apples. It pours with lively carbonation and drinks with a balanced acidity

Rasperry | 2019 Harvest

Spontaneous

Blend of two threads of spontaneously fermented beers brewed in the Fall of 2018, conditioned on New Jersey grown red raspberries. The dominant component of the blend was a nine-month-old spontaneous beer brewed to a higher gravity, leaving residual body to balance the acidity of the fruit. The residual sweetness and body bring balance to the fruit, shifting the profile to raspberry jam while the intense stone fruit aromatics and minerality of our base beer can still be found. Pours a strong red color that carries through to the foam, with aromatics of bright raspberries and vanilla, with an underlying fruity and earthy profile.

Strawberry | 2019 Harvest

Spontaneous

From a single cask of traditional spontaneous beer brewed in the Fall of 2018, conditioned on hand-crushed New Jersey grown overripe strawberries. The beer rested on both the strawberries and their stems for a week, before being racked back to oak to condition for an additional five months before blending. Pours with a brilliant rose color and bright aromatics of strawberries and a floral character that jump out of the glass. The fruit is again present in the flavor and provides a complexity in acid profile with notes of lemongrass and underlying funk and citrus from our spontaneous beer.

Dry Hopped Markt | Blend N°1

Saison

Blend of hoppy saison brewed with Pilsner and wheat, aged for a year in oak before being blended, dry hopped with Amarillo and Waimea hops and then bottled. The interplay of the dry hop and the mixed culture brings forward notes of key lime, grapefruit aromatics, a balancing acidity and oaky vanilla undertones.

Fresh Blueberry | 2023 Harvest

Spontaneous

Blend of two traditionally brewed batches of spontaneously fermented beer aged in oak puncheons. We picked up a total of 1400 lbs of New Jersey grown blueberries several weeks ago and added them directly to the beer to referment at a fruiting rate of nearly 50% by volume. We pulled off this cask directly from the tank to capture some of the natural carbonation of the fermentation and the particularly juicy profile of this young, fruited beer balanced by some residual fruit sweetness. Pours a deep purple color with a pink foam and has aromatics of jammy pie filling, orange citrus and is balanced by a light fresh-fruit sweetness.