by Anique Ross | May 5, 2021
AMARENA
Barrel Aged Mixed Fermentation Sour with Balaton Cherries
Colour: Ruby Red
ABV: 7%
Suggested Glassware: Teku or Wine Glass
Tasting Notes: Amarena is the result of quality local ingredients, creativity and months of patience. Aged on fresh local cherries in red and white wine oak barrels. It pours a light pink with a silky white head. Lasting aromas of grapefruit, subtle oak and red fruit lead to complex flavours of cherry and coconut with subtle funk and soft tannins. The finish is bright and complex!
Story Behind the Name: Amarena means dark cherry in Italian!
Release Date: Spring 2019, May 2021
by Anique Ross | Feb 9, 2021
UVA e LEGNA
Barrel Aged Mixed Culture Sour with Gewürztraminer Grape Skins
Colour: Golden
ABV: 6%
Suggested Glassware: Wine Glass
Tasting Notes: A single barrel mixed culture golden sour refermented and aged on lightly pressed gewürztraminer grape skins. Aromas of lemon rind and lychee with a subtle funk. Flavours of white grape and floral honey with a resinous oak character, soft tannins and bright acidity.
Story Behind the Name: Uva means grape in Italian, and Legna means barrel.
Release Date: February 2021
by Anique Ross | Nov 26, 2020
CAROLINA
A Blend of Mixed Fermentation Barrel Aged Beers
Colour: Blush
ABV: 7%
Suggested Glassware: Wine Glass
Tasting Notes: Carolina is a blush-hued beer that has a vinous and spice aroma, followed by flavours of pear and rose petal with a citrus pith finish. Carolina is intriguing and sophisticated with balanced acidity.
Story Behind the Beer: Ottavia & Carolina, named after two of the owner’s twin daughters, are complex and playful beers that brings together grain and grape in a nod to the Italian Grape Ale style. Using the same base beers, with varying proportions, these beers were carefully blended to create variations that are uniquely their own. Borrowing process techniques from winemaking to incorporate the use of Pinot Noir grapes with a mixed-culture barrel-aged golden ale allowed us to elevate each ingredient.
Release Date: November 2020
by Anique Ross | Nov 26, 2020
OTTAVIA
A Blend of Mixed Fermentation Barrel Aged Beers
Colour: Blush
ABV: 7%
Suggested Glassware: Wine Glass
Tasting Notes: Ottavia is a ruby-hued beer that has fruit-forward aromas of ripe red berries, followed by flavours of raisin and pepper with a vinous finish. Ottavia is elegant and delicate with subtle acidity and gentle carbonation.
Story Behind the Beer: Ottavia & Carolina, named after two of the owner’s twin daughters, are complex and playful beers that brings together grain and grape in a nod to the Italian Grape Ale style. Using the same base beers, with varying proportions, these beers were carefully blended to create variations that are uniquely their own. Borrowing process techniques from winemaking to incorporate the use of Pinot Noir grapes with a mixed-culture barrel-aged golden ale allowed us to elevate each ingredient.
Release Date: November 2020
