Works of Love: Keeping Together • Anna: Puncheon (Geteme) • Birth of Tragedy

We will offer three new bottles for the upcoming week, beginning on Wednesday, July 30.

Works of Love: Keeping Together

Averie Swanson is a genuinely wonderful human being, a gifted brewer, an exceptionally hard worker, an inspiringly creative individual, and, most importantly, a friend. She is in the final stages of opening her much-anticipated brewery in Sante Fe, N.M., so this serves as a bit of a cross-continent toast and celebration. 

Organic spelt, organic buckwheat, organic oats, and organic barley serve as the base, along with a gentle hopping of Perle and German-grown Cascade. Ground into a coarse powder, locally foraged medicinal chaga was integrated into the wort, along with Vermont wildflower honey. The beer was open-fermented in a wooden foudre with our house yeast and conditioned in wine barrels with both our yeast and Averie’s unique house culture for a fully integrated collaboration. Following three years of maturation in the bottle, this complex and unique expression of friendship is ready to be shared with many other friends.

Anna: Puncheon (Geteme)

In honor of Edward’s sister, this version of our honey Farmstead® ale—crafted from organic American malted barley, European and American hops, Geteme honey from Ethiopia, and our distinctive farmhouse yeast—aged for 10 months in our puncheons—more than Anna, not quite Ann, but enchanting all the same. 

Sourced from the high‑altitude Gera forest in southwestern Ethiopia, Geteme honey is derived almost entirely from the Geteme tree. Beekeepers use traditional practices, and its sourcing supports smallholder farmers, encouraging the protection of native forests and biodiversity.

Birth of Tragedy

Our imperial and oak barrel-aged version of Twilight of the Idols. For this release, we have brewed a stronger, richer version of the winter porter and aged it for nearly two years in Bourbon barrels. We have also added organic cinnamon, Vermont honey, and coffee.