The WOODWORK PROJECT Barrel and Foudre Aged Beers
The WOODWORK PROJECT is dedicated to the venerable art of maturing beer in wooden vessels. Deeply complex and often tart, these beers are a study in balancing the inexorable effects of time, oak, and mother nature. Aged beer with ageless elegance.
La Di Da Di
Barrel-Aged Dry-Hopped Mixed-Culture Saison
6.9% Alc. by Vol.
It's… complicated.
04.02.2018: Pineapple from the Brett, dankness from the dry-hops (Citra), crisp, dry finish.
Rubus magnifera
Sour Pale aged with Raspberries and Mangoes
5.5% Alc. by Vol.
A sour pale ale aged in red wine barrels, refermented with raspberries and mangos during aging.
The same base beer and similar barrels as Cerasus magnifera,with raspberries instead of cherries.
Cerasus magnifera
Sour Pale aged with Tart Cherries and Mangoes
5.5% Alc. by Vol.
A sour pale ale aged in red wine barrels, refermented with raspberries and mangos during aging.
The same base beer and similar barrels as Rubus magnifera, with cherries instead of raspberries.
Cerveza Frambuesa
Belgian Style Pale aged on Raspberries
6.4% Alc. by Vol.
Beginning life as a modest belgian style pale ale, this beer spent it's adolescence hanging out in red wine barrels, nourished over time with raspberries. Tart yet balanced, with an abundance of berry aroma and bright fruit flavor.
02.01.2016: Drink 'em if ya got 'em. Still good, but starting to develop excessive acetobacter character.
Barrel Aged Unionist
Belgian Style Pale aged in Red Wine Barrels
5.4% Alc. by Vol.
Once a part of our core lineup, we re-brewed this soft-spoken pale ale specifically to age in wine barrels inoculated with wild yeast. Not a replica of, but an homage to, one of our favorites…
04.01.2016: Hoppy and clean right now; will dry out and get funkier with age.
09.05.2016: Abundant watermellon/honeydew aroma + flavor, pineapple and coconut from Brett. Clean vanilla (barrels).
04.02.2018: Very nice horse-blankety brett character (Brettanomyces claussenii). Lively carbonation. Crushable…
Zaigermeister
Sour Blond Ale with Pluots and Mangos
6.0% Alc. by Vol.
A variety of cooperage (Red Wine, Bernheim Wheat Whiskey, Buffalo Trace), an abundance of fruit (pluots and mangoes), and a plethora of wild yeast and bacteria came together to yield something very special. Tart but not enamel stripping, aromatic, and deep red in color.
09.06.2016: Quite tart; notable contribution from the pluot skins.
02.25.2018: If any still exists in the wild; drink it now…
