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Homebrewer (future pro?) Casey Letellier provided the inspiration for this New World beer. After a day of brewing with me he kindly brought several bottles of homebrew. One of them was a pale ale hopped with a variety I had never had before – Riwaka from New Zealand. From the first mouthful I knew I had to brew with that hop. I was on the phone the next day with the hop merchants, but it would not be coming to the UK for another 10 months. I checked back often, even tracking the progress of the boat as it approached (delayed, of course!). My memory of the power of that hop was so vivid. I did not want to have it compete for flavour with coloured malts, but there needed to be a balancing malt flavour to enhance drinkability. I managed to source a low coloured cara malt – difficult to malt, difficult to crush and very inefficient to work with, but adding good body and some honeyed sweetness. Rather than use traditional pale malt I went with a lighter lager malt to both lighten the colour and alter the malt profile. Hops from New Zealand apparently come super-vac packed. The package was about half the size of a normal bag for the same weight. I hesitantly opened the bag, hoping my memory wasn’t all roses. And I was far from disappointed! Uncle Fester was at the other end of the brewery about 50 metres away and could smell them from there even before I pulled the hops out of the bag. We still talk about that as one of our defining brewing moments. The brew day proceeded as normal until the transfer of the wort to the fermenter. Apart from the amazing aroma, the wort was pouring with an unmistakable green tinge.

Bavarian tradition we don’t mind adopting. And we’ve brewed up a classic unfiltered hefeweizen just for the occasion. Naturally hazy, this beer is crafted with top-notch quality wheat and specialized top-fermenting yeast, giving it a perfectly thick, foamy head. The signature tangy, sweet and spicy flavor combination makes this a true Bavarian-style hefe for your late-morning or all-daylong drinking pleasure. Crisp, golden, refreshing and deliciously opaque, it’s oh, SO Wheat.

We want the funk, do you? This is our flagship cider, a 'super dry' farmhouse style cider that celebrates traditional cider making practices. We work with orchards along the 101 freeway to source incredible cider apples and brilliant quince, to create a unique raw juice that we ferment using only native yeasts. This is raw cider, a probiotic beverage...just like Kombucha!

Super hoppy citrus and smooth

Release #3 is brewed with a blend of our favorite hops (Simcoe, Chinook, Columbus, Summit) and dry hopped with much of the same. It is slightly reminiscent of an Imperialized version of Harlan.

Sodbuster Porter is a beautifully balanced, robust beer that pours black with a think tan head. It's dominated by deep, roasty flavors and faint hints of smoke while being rich and full on the palate. This porter is the perfect companion to long North Dakotan winters!

Our take on the traditional India Pale Ale, our Double IPA is brewed with Pale and Crystal Malts. It is dry hopped with a generous amount of Simcoe hops.

This stout looks like soft dookie and some will say it smells and tastes like it too. If you like a thick, creamy and utterly vanillalicious stout you’ll like this one. If you don’t, get yourself something else instead.

New IPA on tap! Well, that's a bit of a lie. It's a Black IPA, so let's call it a Soft Lie. We loaded this beer with Galaxy and Nelson hops, and a little de-bittered black malt thrown in gives this hoppy brew a nice complexity that is limitless and free. Smells like an IPA, Tastes like and IPA. Close your eyes and believe the lie.

stout ale brewed with coffee roasted by Cafe Brioso (Columbus, OH)

A decidedly English offering with a twist. Brewed with American 2 Row and Caramel malts for a deep amber color and hopped with Willamette and US Goldings hops from the Yakima Valley.

Not a Schwarzbier per se, but rather a black ale from homebrew contest winning Nick Koukourakais. Expect a Bourbon Barrel Aged version.

Our Belgian Golden Strong Ale is a true “four C” ale – crisp, clear, clean, and complex. The aroma and flavor are a perfect balance between bright fruits, lightly sweet malt, and floral hop bitterness. It is medium bodied , highly carbonated, and has a refreshingly dry finish. A devilishly delectable ale.