Bear Island Hop Smoke
Our fresh hop Rye IPA is especially unique because not only do we pick the hops by hand from our local hop farm, but we take 1/2 of these fresh hops and smoke them before they go into the batch! Our owner, Beth, invented 'hop smoking' one day when she was conducting a trial batch in her backyard among her fresh hops and while grilling at the same time. The malt background with the fresh hops...
Mother Earth Fresh as it Gets
Our Annual “Farm-to-kettle” brew features freshly harvested hop flowers driven straight from the field to the brewery. Totaling over 10 lbs. per barrel, we layer in late additions from the whirlpool through fermentation, to extract as much hop oil as possible. This year’s edition features hop superstar Strata, well known for its distinct rich ripe strawberries, juicy passion fruit, and citrus ...