Each harvest season, we choose various barrels of our Farmstead® ales that exhibit sympathetic characteristics for pairing with local fruit varieties. Regardless of the base beer, the ideal outcome remains the same: a thoughtful representation of the fruit in season. For this selection, a blend of Farmstead® ales that had aged in wine barrels for over a year was conditioned further atop organic plums from nearby Elmore Roots Nursery in Elmore, Vt.