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Civil Disobedience Blend 35


Blended Barrel-Aged Farmsteadยฎ Ale

Our Civil Disobedience series is, ultimately, an act of optimism and hopeful curation. As we track and trace each barrel, noting and estimating various trajectories and arcs, options and patterns slowly emerge. Some barrels stand out singularly and become their namesakeโ€™s peak expression; others terminate in perceptible failure, destined for reintegration into our fieldsโ€”perhaps becoming beer again far down the water table chain. A third barrel category seeks accompaniment within a sympathetic chorus and often, upon curated blending with like-directed selections, undertakes a secondary journey of integration and co-development, one that can take years.

This, the thirty-fifth entry in our blended barrel-aged Farmsteadยฎ ale collection spans more than five years and is comprised of wine barrel-aged Anna and Arthur from late summer 2017 that rested in barrels whose lineage includes Elaborative Five, Flora, Ann, and Art. This presentation has undertaken an unhurried journey from brew day to assembly to glass, traversing more than four years of conditioning in the bottle prior to release. Given the fascinating progression of the blend over the course of these four years in bottleโ€”and its current Anna-forward presentationโ€”we anticipate that this blend has a long road of positive expression for the next 5 (or more) years. We have witnessed this beerโ€™s mysterious evolution, nonplussed by the significant length of time required for its transition from our optimistically projected blend to a period of ambiguity. A discourse between its components ensued in bottle, with neither taking a leading role for more than two years. Now, at four years, its current manifestation exhibits honeyed aromatics, vibrant mid-palate, and a balance of integrated acidity, texture, and weight.

11/30/20 Release Date
6% ABV
Wine Barrels Aging Method

Blend/Packaging

20180711