Berliner Messe: Veni Sancte Spiritus Blends
Differentiation: spirit barrel aging
Blend No.: 1
Blend Date: may 7, 2017
Packaging: 75cl
Alcohol by Volume: 5%
Serving: 48-58F
Cellaring potential: 6-10 years
Ingredients: air, water, raw wheat, pilsner malt, malted wheat, 2010 crystal hops, barrel char
Élevage: spontaneously acidified, then spontaneously fermented and matured in neutralized sauvignon blanc 229L vosges and troncais oak barrels before racking into freshly dumped 11-year buffalo trace rye whiskey barrels for a three month wood and spirit extraction as the weather warmed
Fruit: none
Blend No.: 2
Blend Date: june 2, 2018
Packaging: 75cl
Alcohol by Volume: 5%
Serving: 48-58F
Cellaring potential: 6-10 years
Ingredients: air, water, raw wheat, pilsner malt, malted wheat, 2010 crystal hops, barrel char
Élevage: spontaneously acidified, then spontaneously fermented and matured in two neutralized sauvignon blanc 229L vosges and troncais oak barrels and two second-use buffalo trace rye whiskey barrels. after over a year in the neutral wine barrels, that portion was racked into two freshly dumped heaven hill bourbon barrels for an additional four months of wood and spirit extraction. sixteen-and-a-half months average age at bottling.
Fruit: none
Blend No.: 3 (Apple Brandy)
Blend Date: september 25, 2018
Packaging: 75cl
Alcohol by Volume: 5%
Serving: 48-58F
Cellaring potential: 8-15 years
Ingredients: air, water, raw wheat, pilsner malt, malted wheat, 2010 crystal hops, barrel char
Élevage: spontaneously acidified, then spontaneously fermented and matured in three neutralized sauvignon blanc 229L vosges and tronçais oak barrels, racked into three nj apple brandy barrels, two of which held apple cider following brandy maturation. finished for six to ten months in the apple brandy barrels; an overall blend of one- and two-year-old beer
Fruit: none, save what was distilled and/or fermented and imparted into the wood
Blend No.: 4a (“2019 Bourbon Barrel”)
Blend Date: march 12, 2020
Packaging: 75cl
Alcohol by Volume: 4.9
Serving: 48-58F
Cellaring potential: 5-15 years
Ingredients: air, water, raw wheat, pilsner malt, 2010 crystal hops, barrel char
Élevage: spontaneously acidified, then spontaneously fermented and matured in seven-year weller bourbon barrels for nine months
Fruit: none
Dosage: NJ wildflower honey, (NJ cranberry honey for draft version)
Blend No.: 4b (“2019 Cognac Cask”)
Blend Date: april 1, 2020
Packaging: 75cl
Alcohol by Volume: 4.8%
Serving: 48-58F
Cellaring potential: 10-25 years
Ingredients: air, water, raw wheat, pilsner malt, 2010 crystal hops
Élevage: spontaneously acidified, then spontaneously fermented and matured in a single cognac puncheon for one year
Fruit: none, save what was distilled and/or fermented and imparted into the wood
Dosage: NJ wildflower honey
Blend No.: 5a (“2020”)
Blend Date: july 7, 2021
Packaging: 75cl
Alcohol by Volume: 4.9%
Serving: 48-58F
Cellaring potential: 10-25 years
Ingredients: air, water, NJ raw wheat, NJ pilsner malt, 2010 crystal hops
Élevage: spontaneously acidified, then spontaneously fermented and matured for fourteen months in a single old Oloroso sherry cask that then held American single malt whiskey
Fruit: none, save what was distilled and/or fermented and imparted into the wood
Dosage: NJ wildflower honey
Blend No.: 5b (“Gin Reserve”)
Blend Date: july 6, 2021
Packaging: 75cl
Alcohol by Volume: 5.7%
Serving: 48-58F
Cellaring potential: 5-25 years
Ingredients: air, water, NJ raw wheat, NJ pilsner malt, 2010 crystal hops, 2019 NJ Vidal Blanc grapes
Élevage: brewed spring 2019, spontaneously acidified, then spontaneously fermented in two small charred oak gin barrels, one initially intended to be a blending component for Agnus Dei 2019, two years in oak before blending
Fruit: NJ Vidal Blanc grapes
Dosage: NJ cranberry honey