de Daumier-Smith Blends
Differentiation: golden ale with blueberries & red-juiced peaches
Blend No.: 1 (“2018”)
Bottling Date: august 8, 2018
Packaging: 375ml
Alcohol by Volume: 6.5%
Serving: 42-50F (Intentionally highly carbonated. Unintentionally prone to foam. Please refrigerate 24-48 hours prior to opening.)
Cellaring potential: 5-15 years
Ingredients: air, water, pilsner malt, raw wheat, 2009 sterling hops, 2010 crystal hops, 2012 cascade hops, blueberries, red-juiced peaches
Élevage: spontaneously fermented in french and hungarian oak puncheons for six to twenty-six months before refermenting in an open (upright) 400L hungarian oak red wine puncheon with single-farm NJ blueberries and red-juiced peaches
Fruit: south jersey blueberries, south jersey overripe red-juiced yellow peaches, with pits
Further Reading: nine stories
Blend No.: 2 (“2019”)
Bottling Date: september 5, 2019
Packaging: 375ml
Alcohol by Volume: 6.5%
Serving: 45-58F
Cellaring potential: 5-15 years
Ingredients: air, water, NJ pilsner malt, NJ raw wheat, 2012 cascade hops, blueberries, red-juiced peaches
Élevage: brewed in the spring of 2018, spontaneously fermented in french oak puncheons for sixteen months before refermenting in stainless with single-farm NJ blueberries and red-juiced peaches
Fruit: south jersey blueberries, south jersey overripe red-juiced yellow peaches, with pits
Further Reading: nine stories
Blend No.: 2
Bottling Date: september 5, 2019
Packaging: 375ml
Alcohol by Volume: 6.5%
Serving: 50-60F
Cellaring potential: 10-25 years
Ingredients: air, water, pilsner malt, raw wheat, 2009 sterling hops, 2010 crystal hops, 2012 cascade hops, blueberries, red-juiced peaches
Élevage: spontaneously fermented in a french oak puncheon for sixteen months before refermenting in stainless steel with single-farm NJ blueberries and red-juiced peaches for two months
Fruit: south jersey blueberries, south jersey overripe pink- and red-juiced yellow peaches, with pits
Dosage: NJ blueberry honey
Further Reading: nine stories