Aptly named for its fruits, field of fire is a bombshell of dragonfruit and strawberries. This beer has notes of earth, subtle dragonfruit tendencies, and big juicy strawberry. It is a thirst quencher, meant to put out any fire on the palate.
Field of Fire is a fruited variant of one of our house sours, Barrel 2. Barrel 2 imparts notes of grassiness, a slight puckering tartness, and what can be described as barnyard funk. the fruits have been chosen to accent Barrel 2’s matured beer.
Living in Connecticut has a massive perk - four full seasons. More importantly, three of those seasons run cool. Cool nights allow for me to be able to do a coolship, leaving my kettle out overnight to collect yeast. I have done this in mid-Spring, and now have done one to usher in Fall. The […]
I am a sucker for lagers. As my palate has changed over time, I've moved far away from hoppy IPAs and Pale Ales and more towards malt-forward lagers. However much I love the style of beer, the one factor in keeping me from brewing them is the fact I do not have a fermentation chamber […]
Riwaka™ is a hop I have been fascinated with ever since I first tried Hill Farmstead's Riwaka Pale Ale. I had been trying, for years, to source this hop, but it has never been available to United States home-brewers before this past winter. Thanks to Yakima Valley Hops, however, that changed. I immediately placed an […]
