Vines "Big Red" (2020) sour cacao nibs

cacao nibs

Barrel 437 is a single barrel Spontaneous Grape Ale and a collaboration with Still Fields — a brewery started by Owen

The result is an intense showcase of dark chocolate

foeder aged beer is blended with a small percentage of fresh beer to create a spritzy beer with layers of firm acidity

and showcase process as much as ingredients

Vines "Big Red" (2020) sour cacao nibsVines is a series of oak aged wild ales that celebrates wine grapes in all manifestations. This blend was inoculated with the wild yeast from 2019 red grape skins, aged for a year in oak, and refermented on 2020 Merlot, Cabernet Franc & Cabernet Sauvignon. Bottle Conditioned.