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PALE & BLONDE ALES

CIRCADIA

New England Pale Ale // 4.0% ABV

 

Featured Ingredients: Mosaic & Chinook Hops, Pale Malt, Flaked Oats, House Yeast

 

Notes:  Aromatic little sipper with notes of fresh melon, soft pine, whiffs of tropical fruit, & a light bready finish

Availability: Rotational [3-4 times per year]

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I'M OK, YOU'RE OK

New England Pale Ale // 4.5% ABV

 

Featured Ingredients: Citra & Simcoe Hops, Golden Promise Malt, Flaked Oats, House Yeast

 

Notes:  Notes of mango, orange peel & soft pine mingle with pleasant grainy malt character

Availability: Rotational [3-4 times per year]

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TINY YES

South Hemisphere Pale Ale // 4.8% ABV

 

Featured Ingredients: Galaxy & Vic Secret Hops, Pale Malt, Flaked Oats, House Yeast

 

Notes:  Juicy peach, mango, and passion fruit, with notes of breadiness in the finish

Availability: Rotational [2-3 times per year]

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SOUND CHASER

Citra Pale Ale // 5.5% ABV

 

Featured Ingredients: Citra Hops, Pale Malt, Flaked Oats, House Yeast

 

Notes: Our 100% Citra-hopped, heavily-oated pale ale. Pithy citrus, ripe peach, dank undertones, smooth silky mouthfeel.

Availability: Rotational [2-3 times per year]

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PATH AHEAD

New England Pale Ale // 5.2% ABV

 

Featured Ingredients: Idaho 7, Columbus & Amarillo Hops, Pale Malt, Flaked Oats, House Yeast

 

Notes: Pungent, dank & resinous, yet easy-drinking & smooth.

Availability: Rotational [1-2 times per year]

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LIQUID ARCHITECTURE

New England Pale Ale // 5.3% ABV

 

Featured Ingredients: Pink Boots Hop Blend, Pale Malt, Flaked Oats, House Yeast

 

Notes: Our annual Pink Boots Society beer.

Availability: Once per year

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AFTERPAST

West Coast-style Pale Ale // 5.5% ABV

 

Featured Ingredients: Cascade, Centennial & Simcoe Hops, Pale Malt & Crystal Malts, House Yeast

 

Notes: Sticky pine resin, fresh grapefruit, candied orange, bready malt

Availability: Rotational [2-3 times per year]

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PERCH

Blonde Ale // 5% ABV

 

Featured Ingredients: Golden Promise & Vienna Malts, Taiheke & Wai’iti Hops, House Yeast

 

Notes: Floral & crisp with hints of clementine & mango. Refreshingly dry finish.

Availability: Rotational [2-3 times per year]

IPAs

IPAs

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GEOBUNNY

New England India Pale Ale // 6.5% ABV

 

Featured Ingredients: Citra & Mosaic Hops, Pale Malt, Flaked Oats, House Yeast

 

Notes:  Our flagship IPA. Aromas of tropical fruit, sweet citrus, fresh mango. Soft & fluffy mouthfeel with a pleasant bready malt backdrop.

Availability: Regular

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MOOD FOR A DAY

New England India Pale Ale // 6.4% ABV

 

Featured Ingredients: El Dorado, Citra & Mosaic Hops, Pale Malt, Flaked Oats, House Yeast

 

Notes:  Notes of fresh tropical fruit, gummy candies, and sweet citrus

Availability: Rotational [3-4 times per year]

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CARDUELIS

Galaxy India Pale Ale // 6.3% ABV

 

Featured Ingredients: Galaxy Hops, Pale Malt, Flaked Oats, House Yeast

 

Notes:  Full of luscious, pithy tropical fruit & juicy peach aromatics with a soft mouthfeel and enticing bready malt backdrop for the hops to play over.

Availability: Rotational [1-2 times per year]

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STORMFIELD

New England India Pale Ale // 6.5% ABV

 

Featured Ingredients: Amarillo, Azacca & Simcoe Hops, Pale Malt, Flaked Oats, House Yeast

Notes: Aromas of orange peel, resinous pine, & a fluffy wheat finish

Availability: Rotational [1-2 times per year]

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EMANATION

West Coast-style India Pale Ale // 7.0% ABV

 

Featured Ingredients: Centennial, Columbus & Simcoe Hops, Pale & Crystal Malts, House Yeast

Notes: Grapefruit, pine, and resinous aromatics, complimented by a slightly sweet malty depthness. A showcase of balance, drinkability, and welcome bitterness.

Availability: Rotational [3-4 times per year]

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POLLYWOG

New England India Pale Ale // 6.0% ABV

 

Featured Ingredients: El Dorado & Simcoe Hops, Pale Malt, Flaked Oats, House Yeast

Notes: Stone fruit & candy-like aromatics of El Dorado dominate, overlayed across a backdrop of piney, citrus-forward Simcoe and gentle bready malt

Availability: Rotational [1-2 times per year]

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CONNECTICUT GROWN

CT India Pale Ale // 6.5% ABV

 

Featured Ingredients: 100% CT-Grown Hops & Malt, House Yeast

Notes: Ingredients differ year to year depending on crop & varietals used - always grown & processed in our homestate.

Availability: Once per year [Winter]

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MELODY NELSON

Southern Hemisphere India Pale Ale // 6.0% ABV

 

Featured Ingredients: Nelson Sauvin, Vic Secret & Motueka Hops, Pale Malt, Flaked Oats, House Yeast

Notes: Exotic notes of passionfruit, melon, Sauvignon blanc grapes, overripe fruit, & an earthy herbal quality

Availability: Rotational [1-2 time per year]

ONE-OFFS & RARELY BREWED: Square Wave, Bird of Beauty, Jambuster, Azalea

Double IPAs

DOUBLE IPAs

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SUPER MANTIS

Double New England India Pale Ale // 8.7% ABV

 

Featured Ingredients: Citra & Galaxy Hops, Pale Malt, Flaked Oats, House Yeast

 

Notes:  Our flagship double IPA. Brimming with tropical fruit, juicy apricot & intensely dank aromas

Availability: Regular

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SAIL OFF TO YOUR OWN PRIVATE ISLE OF WISTFUL ABANDON

Double New England India Pale Ale // 7.4% ABV

 

Featured Ingredients: Galaxy & Mosaic Hops, Pale Malt, Flaked Oats, House Yeast

 

Notes:  Hop-saturated, juicy, funky, herbal, dry, complex, highly drinkable.

Availability: Rotational [4-6 times per year]

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FIRST THERE IS A MOUNTAIN

Double New England India Pale Ale // 8.2% ABV

 

Featured Ingredients: Mosaic, Vic Secret & Simcoe Hops, Pale Malt, Flaked Oats, House Yeast

 

Notes:  Overripe tropical fruit, earthy herbal aromas, and juicy berry-like notes awash over the palate. The mouthfeel is soft & pillowy.

Availability: Rotational [3-4 times per year]

ARVO

Double New England India Pale Ale // 7.7% ABV

 

Featured Ingredients: Citra, Centennial & Chinook Hops, Pale Malt, Flaked Oats, House Yeast

Notes:  Bright and zesty flavors of grapefruit, candied orange, and soft pine. Named after a favorite modern composer.

Availability: Rotational [3-4 times per year]

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REFLECTSHA

Double New England India Pale Ale // 7.7% ABV

 

Featured Ingredients: Mosaic, Vic Secret & Simcoe Hops, Pale Malt, Flaked Oats, House Yeast

 

Notes:  Overripe tropical fruit, earthy herbal aromas, and juicy berry-like notes awash over the palate. The mouthfeel is soft & pillowy.

Availability: Rotational [3-4 times per year]

ONE-OFFS & RARELY BREWED: Elytron, Lillinonah

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English-inspired

ENGLISH-INSPIRED

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EYNSHAM

Dark Mild Ale // 3.5% ABV

 

Featured Ingredients: Golden Promise & Caramel Malts, East Kent Goldings Hops, House Ale Yeast

 

Notes:  A classic style from the UK that’s readily suited to drink in quantity. We get notes of caramel & chocolate along with some fruity esters. The finish is dry with a moderate bitterness that invites another taste. This beer is named after the village in Oxfordshire, UK where our co-founder Dave had his first taste of traditional cask ale.

 

Availability: Rotational [1-2 times per year]

PRIDE OF RIDGEFIELD

Best Bitter // 4.3% ABV

 

Featured Ingredients: Golden Promise Malt, East Kent Goldings Hops, House Yeast

 

Notes:  Floral, earthy & bready. Quaffable pub-style drinking beer.

Availability: Rotational [1-2 times per year]

REPEATING TRAJECTORIES

Barleywine // 11% ABV

 

Featured Ingredients: Golden Promise & Crystal Malts, East Kent Goldings Hops, House Ale Yeast

 

Notes:  Brewed annually  to commemorate our opening in 2017. Huge notes of caramel, fresh toast, honey, toffee, gingerbread and warming alcohol with a richly luxurious mouthfeel and lingering finish

Availability: Once per year [Fall]

ONE-OFFS & RARELY BREWED: Topstone ESB

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Stouts, Porters & Browns

STOUTS, PORTERS & BROWNS

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OLD HOMEPLACE

Fall Beer // 6% ABV

 

Featured Ingredients: Munich Malts, Noble Hops, House Ale Yeast

 

Notes:  A toasty, malty, crisp Marzen-inspired beer brewed entirely with Munich malt & Hallertau-Mittelfruh hops. We break from tradition and ferment this beer warm with our house ale yeast, allowing its fruity aromatics to mingle with the rich malt character. 

Availability: Once per year [Fall]

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PIPE AND SLIPPERS

Winter Porter // 6.1% ABV

 

Featured Ingredients: Pilsner, Chocolate & Caramelized Malts, Trappist-origin Yeast

 

Notes:  A unique dark ale that features warming cocoa-like roasted malt notes, nutty aromatics, and spicy fermentation character from our house Belgian yeast strain. Our ideal snowy night fireside sipper.

Availability: Once per year [Winter]

ZOAR

American Brown Ale // 6.1% ABV

 

Featured Ingredients: Golden Promise, Caramel, Brown & Chocolate Malts, House Ale Yeast

 

Notes:  Aromas of chocolate, coffee, and light caramel with a silky mouthfeel and pleasant balanced bitterness.

Availability: Once per year [Spring]

TERRANE

Robust Porter / 5.7% ABV

 

Featured Ingredients: Golden Promise, Caramelized & Chocolate Malts, Roasted Barley, House Ale Yeastst

 

Notes:  Roast-forward, chocolate & coffee-like notes, smooth velvety body

Availability: Once per year [Fall]

THIEF'S CLOAK

Oatmeal Stout // 6.1% ABV

 

Featured Ingredients: Golden Promise, Caramelized & Chocolate Malts, Flaked Oats, Roasted Barley, House Ale Yeast

 

Notes:  Warming notes of cocoa, creamy oatmeal, and roast-forward dryness. 

Availability: Once per year [Spring]

ONE-TRICK PONY

Milk Stout // 5.2% ABV

 

Featured Ingredients: Golden Promise, Caramelized & Chocolate Malts, Lactose, Roasted Barley, House Ale Yeast

Notes:  Aromas of bittersweet chocolate & roasted nuts with pleasant creamy sweetness 

Availability: Once per year [Summer]

ONE-TRICK PONY COFFEE

Coffee Milk Stout // 5.2% ABV

 

Featured Ingredients: Dark Roast Coffee, Golden Promise, Caramelized & Chocolate Malts, Lactose, Roasted Barley, House Ale Yeast

Notes:  Espresso-like coffee character, aromas of bittersweet chocolate & roasted nuts with pleasant creamy sweetness 

Availability: Once per year [Winter]

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EVENING ROUTINE

Coffee Oatmeal Stout // 7% ABV

 

Featured Ingredients: Peruvian Cafe Chonta Coffee Beans, Flaked Oats, Pale, Caramelized & Chocolate Malts, House Ale Yeast

Notes:  Robust, warming stout. Coffee compliments the roasted malts & adds distinct toasty, cocoa-like aromatics. Brewed with flaked oats for a slightly creamy mouthfeel.

Availability: Once per year [Winter]

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Imperial Stouts

IMPERIAL STOUTS

SHADOW SELF

Coffee Vanilla Imperial Stout // 10% ABV

 

Featured Ingredients: Kenyan & Colombian Coffee Beans, Madagascar Vanilla Beans, Pale, Caramelized & Chocolate Malts, House Ale Yeast

 

Notes:  Intensely decadent cocoa notes, complex coffee nose rounded out with rich vanilla aromatics

Availability: Once per year [Spring]

DEPTH EFFECT

Cocoa Vanilla Imperial Oatmeal Stout // 10% ABV

 

Featured Ingredients: Cocoa Nibs, Madagascar Vanilla Beans, Flaked Oats, Pale, Caramelized & Chocolate Malts, House Ale Yeast

Notes:  Rich, thick body, luscious mouthfeel, decadently flavorful

Availability: Once per year [Summer]

CALENTADOR

Cocoa, Chipotle & Cinnamon Imperial Stout // 11% ABV

 

Featured Ingredients: Cocoa Nibs, Chipotle Peppers, Cinnamon, Pale, Caramelized & Chocolate Malts, House Ale Yeast

Notes:  Thick & rich body, gooey chocolate, fiery & savory heat, cookie spices, sweet & full finish

Availability: Once per year [Winter]

BARNABAS

Dry-hopped Imperial Stout // 9% ABV

 

Featured Ingredients: Mosaic Hops, Pale, Caramelized & Chocolate Malts, House Ale Yeast

Notes:  Notes of luscious chocolate, a thick body, and an unexpected delightful fruity hop aroma that rides atop the rich maltiness.

Availability: Once per year [Winter]

ONE-OFFS & RARELY BREWED: Grandfather Twilight, Pulsing Infinities, Contrapasso

NOTE: MOST OF THESE BEERS ARE OCCASIONALLY AVAILABLE IN BARREL-AGED VARIANTS AS WELL 

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Lagers

LAGERS

BEAM

German-style Pils // 5.0% ABV

 

Featured Ingredients: Heirloom Pilsner Malt, Noble Hops, Bavarian Lager Yeast

Tasting Notes: Crisp & crackery malt, floral hops, bright & clean finish.

Availability: Rotational [2-3 times per year]

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GIDDYUP

Hop-forward Pilsner // 5.0% ABV

 

Featured Ingredients: Saphir, Saaz & Hallertau-Mittelfruh Hops, Heirloom Pilsner Malt,  Bavarian Lager Yeast

Tasting Notes: Herbal, citric & spicy hop aromas, crisp & clean malt character

Availability: Rotational [2-3 times per year]

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SUNRUNNER

Helles // 5.0% ABV

 

Featured Ingredients: Heirloom Pilsner Malt, Noble Hops, Bavarian Lager Yeast

 

Tasting Notes: Elegantly crisp, bready, hints of honey, clean & refreshing

Availability: Rotational [2-3 times per year]

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SMOKED SUNRUNNER

Smoked Helles // 5.0% ABV

 

Featured Ingredients: Beechwood Smoked Malt, Heirloom Pilsner Malt, Noble Hops, Bavarian Lager Yeast

Tasting Notes: Gentle smoke aromatics, crisp crackery malt, clean quenching finish

Availability: Once per year [Fall]

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STELLAR RAYS

Wheat Lager // 4.5% ABV

 

Featured Ingredients: Heirloom Pilsner Malt, Pale Wheat Malt, Huell Melon Hops, Bavarian Lager Yeast

Tasting Notes: Exceptionally refreshing with delicate fruity notes and balanced hop bitterness

Availability: Once per year [Summer]

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STAY AWHILE

Connecticut Lager // 4.5% ABV

 

Featured Ingredients: CT-malted Pilsner Malt, CT-grown Hops, Bavarian Lager Yeast

Tasting Notes: Crisp with a light herbal hop nose, honey-like sweetness, and bready malt character

Availability: Once per year [Summer]

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KELLERBIER

Franconian-style Lager // 5.0% ABV

 

Featured Ingredients: Munich & Vienna Malts, Hersbrucker Hops, Bavarian Lager Yeast

Tasting Notes: Toasty malt profile, spicy hop character, decidedly dry finish

Availability: Rotational [1-2 times per year]

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RAUCHBIER

Smoked Lager // 5.0% ABV

 

Featured Ingredients: Munich, CaraAroma & Beechwood Smoked Malt, Grungeist Hops, Bavarian Lager Yeast

Tasting Notes: Gentle & balanced smoke character, warming toasty malt, bready yet crisp & dry

Availability: Once per year [Winter]

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WANDERSTAR

Dunkel Lager // 5.0% ABV

 

Featured Ingredients: Heirloom Pilsner, Munich & CaraAroma Malts, Noble Hops, Bavarian Lager Yeast

Tasting Notes: Distinct chocolate-like & toasty malt aromatics, balancing herbal bitterness & crisp drinkability.

Availability: Once per year [Winter]

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APOCRYPHON

Dopplebock // 7.5% ABV

 

Featured Ingredients: Munich, Caramelized & Melanoidin Malts, Noble Hops, Bavarian Lager Yeast

Tasting Notes: Distinct chocolate-like & toasty malt aromatics, balancing herbal bitterness & crisp drinkability.

Availability: Once per year [early Spring]

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DIAMANT

Kolsch // 5.0% ABV

 

Featured Ingredients: Cologne Malt, Saphir Hops, Kolsch Yeast

Tasting Notes: Uber clean, with soft honey-like malt, delicate fruity character, subtle citrus zest, little whiffs of sulfur and a dry finish.

Availability: Once per year (late winter)

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FESTBIER

German-style Fest Lager // 5.0% ABV

 

Featured Ingredients: Heirloom Pilsner Malt, Noble Hops, Bavarian Lager Yeast

Tasting Notes: Crisp, bready malt character & refreshing drinkability

Availability: Once per year [Fall]

Belgian-inspired

BELGIAN-INSPIRED

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ACE OF WANDS

Trappist-inspired Single // 5.0% ABV

 

Featured Ingredients: Pilsner Malt, Grungiest Hops, Trappist-origin Yeast

Tasting Notes: Our version of the table beers brewed by Belgian monks for their own day-to-day enjoyment. Crisply refreshing, estery yeast notes, lemony & herbal hops

Availability: Regular

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QUEEN OF CUPS

Trappist-inspired Dubbel // 7.1% ABV

 

Featured Ingredients: Belgian Candi Syrup, Pilsner Malt, Noble Hops, Trappist-origin Yeast

Tasting Notes: Spicy, dark fruits, dry, high carbonation

Availability: Rotational [1-2 times per year]

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KING OF SWORDS

Trappist-inspired Quadrupel // 10.0% ABV

 

Featured Ingredients: Belgian Candi Syrup, Pilsner Malt, Noble Hops, Trappist-origin Yeast

Tasting Notes: Raisins, plum, spices, caramel, finishes dry

Availability: Rotational [1-2 times per year]

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le BUCHERON

Biere de Garde // 5.4% ABV

 

Featured Ingredients: Munich, Vienna & Pilsner Malts, Noble Hops, Trappist-origin Yeast

Tasting Notes: A clean, dry & toasty interpretation of the traditional farmhouse beers of northern France, featuring nutty malt notes, spicy yeast aromatics, and a soft, biscuity finish.

Availability: Rotational [3-4 times per year]

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ALTERNATE THEORY

Dry-hopped Belgian Ale // 5.7% ABV

 

Featured Ingredients: Rotating Dry Hop, Pilsner Malt, Trappist-origin Yeast

Tasting Notes:  A hybrid of our hop-forward & Trappist-inspired beers. 

Availability: Rotational [4-6 times per year]

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DOUBLET

Spiced Amber Ale  // 6.1% ABV

 

Featured Ingredients: Pilsner & Caramel Malts, Coriander, Orange Peel & Grains of Paradise, Noble Hops, Trappist-origin yeast

Tasting Notes:  Dry, toasty, spicy and smooth

Availability: Rotational [1-2 times per year]

ONE-OFFS & RARELY BREWED: Reynardine Strong Golden Ale, Magic Mailbox Hibiscus Witbier

Mixed Fermentation

MIXED FERMENTATION

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HARVEST HOME

Blended Oak-aged Peach & Sumac Beer // 4.0% ABV

 

Featured Ingredients: CT-grown Whole Peaches & Staghorn Sumac, CT-grown Malt & Hops, House Mixed Culture

Tasting Notes: Blended of foeder & barrel-aged golden ales conditioned on locally grown & foraged fruit and botanicals. Deliciously juicy peach flavors, very tart, hints of citrus.

Availability: Bottled 2020

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THE WAND

Oak-aged Ace of Wands // 5.0% ABV

 

Featured Ingredients: Pale Malt, Grungeist Hops, House Mixed Culture

Tasting Notes: A wine barrel-aged version of our Trappist-inspired Single. Tart, herbal, complex yet crisp, light lemony funk.

 

Availability: Once per year [spontaneously]

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OVER THE WATERFALL

Foeder-conditioned Golden Ale // 4.0% ABV

 

Featured Ingredients: CT-grown Malt & Hops, House Mixed Culture

Tasting Notes: This spritely golden-hued beer was fermented & conditioned with a mixed culture in our French oak foeder, and displays tart acidity, mellow funk, and easy drinkability. 

Availability: Bottled 2019

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OAK-AGED LE BUCHERON

Wine Barrel-aged Biere de Garde // 5.4% ABV

 

Featured Ingredients: Munich, Vienna & Pilsner Malts, Noble Hops, Trappist-origin Yeast

Tasting Notes: 

Availability: Once per year [spontaneously]

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