Our Civil Disobedience series is an act of optimism and hopeful curation. As we follow each barrel—gauging various trajectories and arcs—patterns emerge. Some barrels become their namesake’s peak expression; others terminate in perceptible failure, destined for reintegration into our fields—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.

This thirty-eighth entry in our blended barrel-aged Farmstead® ale collection spans more than five years and is comprised of wine barrel-aged Anna and Arthur from late summer 2018, Samuel from winter of 2019, and Sankt Hans from autumn of 2019. This presentation has undertaken an unhurried journey from brew day to assembly to glass, spending more than three years of conditioning in the bottle prior to release. We anticipate that this blend has a long road of positive expression for the next 5 (or more) years.