Sobremesa Fermentary and Blendery® Sobremesa ‘Jaxon’ Mixed Fermention Blonde Ale 750ml – 8249095422192

Mixed ferment, barrel-aged blonde ale with Riwaka

Production time – 6 months. Packaged in September 2022 and bottle conditioned for 9 weeks.

Riwaka is one of my favourite hops.  It’s abundant oil content is nearly twice that of its parent variety Saaz. This unique oil balance alongside a near 1:1 ratio of alpha to beta acids gives it a strong sweet citrus that can’t be found anywhere else.

To really showcase this hop we decided to make a single hop blonde ale, fermented in a single 500L puncheon with a blend of saccharomyces, brettanomyces and lactobacillus.

Riwaka was used at 6 different points in the boil to really showcase aromatics and flavours achieved by utilising this hop at different stages.  Primary fermentation occured in a puncheon for 4 months that previously housed Chardonnay.
This was the first time beer had gone through it.

It showcases the power that one component can achieve. Ripe guava, pink grapefruit & tomato leaf sing on the nose. Racy acidity, bright and textured.

If there was one beer to drink in the park this summer for us it would be this.

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