Crosby's Kitchen & CocktailAutumn 2011 Farmhouse Pale

We’re proud to introduce our new “Farm to Bottle” Series of beers. Brewed to be enjoyed fresh, these bright and refreshing ales capture the essence of each season’s harvest. Inspired by the fruit markets of San Francisco’s Mission District, our Autumn 2011 Farmhouse Pale is an homage to indian summer in Northern California. By selecting the last organic plums of the season and blending in rich piloncillo—an unrefined brown sugar popular in Mexican desserts—we brewed a beer that celebrates both the Bay Area fall harvest and one of San Francisco’s most vibrant neighborhoods. Our first “Farm to Bottle” release is a Belgian-style farmhouse ale bursting with distinctive hop and yeast aromas. During the brew, we blended in the piloncillo and over one thousand pounds of ripe, organic California plums from the fertile orchards of Twin Girls Farm in the San Joaquin Valley. The plums add a subtle yet bright and fruity character to the beer. Next, we dosed the beer with generous helpings of Cascade and Amarillo hops. Added primarily at the end of the brewing process and then again after fermentation (dry hopping), these hop varietals give our beer it’s characteristic tangerine and grapefruit aromas.