Silmaril is, what we like to call, the intersection of wine and beer. We took a blend of our wild fermented barrels and aged the final product on South African Syrah grapes for an additional two months.
This beer is bursting with pungent aromas of blackberries, boysenberries, pepper, cloves, and oak. Silmaril starts drinking jammy and ends incredibly dry and tannic. It’s an adventure for the palate, like stepping out of the Hobbit hole and going into the wild.
All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given to us. -Gandalf
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 […]
