Smultronstället Blends

Differentiation: strawberries!

Blend No.: 1 (“2018”)

Blend Date: june 17, 2018

Packaging: 375ml
Alcohol by Volume: 6%
Serving: 40-55F         
Cellaring potential: 3-20 years

Ingredients: air, water, pilsner malt, raw wheat, 2009 sterling hops, strawberries

Élevage: spontaneously fermented in a french oak 229L barrel for six months, refermented in stainless for ten days with DE strawberries, racked and blended with two-year old beer from a 500L french oak puncheon, bottled without dosage
Fruit.: whole delaware organic strawberries, individually triaged by hand, eye, & nose, and hand-crushed
Further Reading: Ingmar Bergman

Blend No.: 2 (“2019”)

Blend Date: may 28, 2019

Packaging: 375ml
Alcohol by Volume: 6%
Serving: 40-55F         
Cellaring potential: 3-20 years

Ingredients: air, water, pilsner malt, raw wheat, 2009 sterling hops, strawberries

Élevage: spontaneously fermented in a french oak 500L barrel for six months, refermented in stainless for two weeks with DE strawberries, racked and blended into with twenty-seven-month-old beer from a 500L french oak puncheon
Fruit.: whole delaware organic strawberries, individually triaged by hand, eye, & nose, and hand-crushed

Dosage: NJ blueberry honey
Further Reading: Ingmar Bergman

2020 harvest

Blend No.: 3 (“2020”)

Blend Date: june 27, 2020

Packaging: 375ml
Alcohol by Volume: 6%
Serving: 40-55F         
Cellaring potential: 3-20 years

Ingredients: air, water, pilsner malt, raw wheat, 2009 sterling hops, strawberries

Élevage: spontaneously fermented in a neutral french oak puncheon for seven months, briefly refermented in stainless with DE strawberries, racked and blended with two-year old beer from a 400L french oak puncheon
Fruit.: whole delaware organic strawberries, individually triaged by hand, eye, & nose, and hand-crushed

Dosage: NJ cranberry honey
Further Reading: Ingmar Bergman

“Smultronilla 2020” (Blend no. 1)

Blend Date: july 11, 2020

Packaging: 375ml
Alcohol by Volume: 6%
Serving: 40-55F         
Cellaring potential: 3-20 years

Ingredients: air, water, pilsner malt, raw wheat, 2009 sterling hops, strawberries, vanilla beans

Élevage: spontaneously fermented in a neutral french oak puncheon for seven months, briefly refermented in stainless with DE strawberries, racked and blended with two-year old beer from a 400L french oak puncheon, conditioned on malagasy and tahitian vanilla beans
Fruit.: whole delaware organic strawberries, individually triaged by hand, eye, & nose, and hand-crushed

Dosage: NJ blueberry honey
Further Reading: Ingmar Bergman

Smultronlavengro 2020 (Blend no. 1)

Blend Date: july 13, 2020

Packaging: 375ml
Alcohol by Volume: 6%
Serving: 40-55F         
Cellaring potential: 3-20 years

Ingredients: air, water, pilsner malt, raw wheat, 2009 sterling hops, strawberries, lavender

Élevage: spontaneously fermented in a neutral french oak puncheon for seven months, briefly refermented in stainless with DE strawberries, racked and blended with two-year old beer from a 400L french oak puncheon, conditioned on local NJ lavender buds
Fruit.: whole delaware organic strawberries, individually triaged by hand, eye, & nose, and hand-crushed

Dosage: NJ blueberry honey
Further Reading: Ingmar Bergman

Smultrumstället 2020 (Blend no. 1)

Blend Date: june 27, 2020

Packaging: 375ml
Alcohol by Volume: 7%
Serving: 40-55F         
Cellaring potential: 3-20 years

Ingredients: air, water, pilsner malt, raw wheat, 2009 sterling hops, strawberries

Élevage: spontaneously fermented in a neutral french oak puncheon for seven months, briefly refermented in stainless with DE strawberries, racked and blended with two-year old beer from a 400L french oak puncheon into a single rum barrel for an additional 6 months’ maturation
Fruit.: whole delaware organic strawberries, individually triaged by hand, eye, & nose, and hand-crushed

Dosage: NJ cranberry honey
Further Reading: Ingmar Bergman