Little Fish Beer Archive: Every beer we have ever brewed

Fresh hop IPA collaboration with Fat Head’s Brewery

Named for the “crown”, or main rootstock, of the hop plant, but also a nod to our friends at Fat Head’s’ ability to win medal upon medal for their hop-forward West coast IPA’s, Hop Crown IPA punches pretty heavy for an IPA brewed at our little farmhouse brewery.

Hop Crown IPA was brewed ... Read More

Doppelbock

Our most reverent take on a big, malty-sweet & boozy doppelbock. Crafted with only the finest German malt & hops, and lagered to perfection.

Tasting Notes: Malty with notes of dark fruit, bread, and raisin. Warming yet smooth alcohols, clean finish.

8.5% ABV, gluten-reduced.

100% Ohio-grown, wet-hopped saison

Saison du Poisson was our first beer ever brewed at Little Fish, and over the years it has undergone many iterations and evolutions. The latest batch was brewed with hops we grew & harvested right here at the brewery.

Production and Sourcing for this year’s batch:

Mashed with Rustic Brew Farm pilsner, and Haus Malts triticale & honey ... Read More

100% Ohio-grown, German-style hefeweizen.

This wheat ale is crafted with 100% Ohio agricultural ingredients through & through. Malted barley & wheat courtesy of Haus Malts. Hops courtesy of Auburn Acres. Banana and clove aromas courtesy of a true Bavarian weizen yeast.

Tasting notes: Banana & Clove, light vanilla, soft fluffy malts, very low bitterness, but still crisp ... Read More

Imperial Stout (on Nitro)

Just a little something extra we had leftover from a barrel-aging project…but maybe this will see a more regular showing?

Corvid Thanatology is the non-barrel-aged base beer of an imperial stout that went almost entirely to barrels. We really liked it fresh too, so we nitro’d up a bit for the taproom.

Tasting notes: All those good things ... Read More

Golden fest lager.

Oktoberfish is our rendition of a lighter, modern festbier: similar to what is drank in Munich for Oktoberfest in this day and age. It’s a bit lighter and more quantity-friendly than Karmanfest, our more old-school Oktoberfest. All German malt, and hops, and a rigorous lagering regime make this beer what it is.

Tasting notes: Deep ... Read More

100% Ohio-grown, mixed culture saison Saison du Day-Ton (pronounced say-ZOHN dew day-TOHN) is our first beer to be fermented and packaged at our Dayton mixed-culture fermentation space & restaurant. This is a tart and funky, bone dry, refreshing farmhouse ale, brewed with some of our favorite ingredients from Ohio: malted barley, wheat, and oats from Haus Malts, hops from Auburn ... Read More

Barrel-aged Mexican Chocolate imperial stout.

“Pinche Guey” is a Mexican slang expression that’s not easy to translate, but it’s used in the world of professional restaurants (where I encountered it) as an “affectionate insult” to a friend. Pinche Guey (the beer) is our riff on a strong and velvety Mexican chocolate stout. 2024’s batch is a blend of imperial stout, ... Read More

Czech Dark Lager

A faithful rendition of a dark, malty Czech lager, with a hint of roasted malt, low ABV, and all-day drinkability. Continental pilsner, Munich and caramel malts, and cold-steeped Carafa Special malt. Hallertauer Mittelfruh hops. Lager fermentation and cold-conditioning.

Tasting Notes: Bready, caramel and a light, dry roasty note. Low bitterness and hop flavor, medium body. Sessionable.

5% abv, gluten-reduced

100% Ohio-Grown, dry-hopped pilsner.

A collab with our friends at Wandering Monsters Brewery: This Ohio-grown pilsner showcases some of the best of what our home state has to offer in terms of malted barley and hops. The name is a tribute to the farmers, malters and hop processors that made this beer possible: Rustic Brew Farm grows and malts their ... Read More

Sour blonde ale aged in Gin barrels with Sumac Botanic Rituals is a study in the contribution of gin barrel character & unique combinations of herbs in mixed-culture beer. Each batch will be highly individual and never exactly repeated. The first batch was aged in Watershed 4 peel gin (ex bourbon) barrels and French oak wine barrels. It was further ... Read More

Fruited & dry-hopped “tropical” barrel-aged sour ale

My Many Smells is a series of beers brewed with our friends at Seventh Son Brewing in Columbus, Ohio. We were inspired by a Dead Milkmen song by the same name — check it out if you have a minute. All of the beers in this series have been sour ales ... Read More

Barrel-aged sour blonde ale with Frontenac Blanc & Lacrosse grapes

We are proud to introduce the first-ever bottling of the first-ever beer we have made with locally-grown and pressed white wine grapes. These grapes were grown by Dan Knier and the Hocking College viticulture team, and pressed by local winemaker Benjamin Beha (check out his place, Bethany Ridge Winery). ... Read More

Moonville Stout is our annual-ish blend of bourbon & spirit barrel-aged imperial stout. 2024’s blend consists of 3 select oak barrels of imperial stout, aged 2 years in Heaven Hill barrels.

This beer is inspired by the lore of the “haunted” Moonville train tunnel, a local legend in the historical mining town of Moonville, in the Zaleski State Forest. Dare ... Read More

Spruce Tip I.P.A.

This American I.P.A. was brewed with Pacific Northwest hops (Centennial and Simcoe), plus Norway spruce tips, freshly harvested from our trees at the Athens Brewery. A classic flavor combo!

Tasting Notes: A somewhat malty but clear and crisp I.P.A., with notes of pine and citrus from classic I.P.A. hops, plus a fresher and more distinctly piney “real ... Read More

Mexican lager with lime, cuke, and jalapeño .

Pescado Enojado* is a flavored variation of our straight-up Mexican lager, Pescado Relajado. We added freshly juiced and zested limes, fresh cucumbers, and jalapeño peppers straight to the bright tank. It’s a super-fun culinary combination that promises to be crushable in quantity, for summer grill sessions, yardwork days, beach days, picnics and ... Read More

Imperial Oatmeal Stout

An imperial stout brewed with pale and brown malts, black malt, midnight wheat, and a very generous amount of flaked oats for extra body and smoothness.

Tasting Notes: Aromas of toasted nut, caramel, and molasses with a slight burnt edge. Flavor is smooth and sweet up front, but balanced with an assertive roast, hop bitterness, and dark ... Read More

Dark Mild Ale

A Collaboration with Jackie O’s Brewery.

Hit Clips is just one-half of a 2 beer collaboration brew day that we kicked off at Jackie O’s on March 27th, 2024. It’s the first to be released of the 2 collabs, but it’s more of the “bonus track” of a super fun and intensive brew day.

Our main goal was to ... Read More

Sour blonde ale with Ohio blackberries

A Wild & Local League Season III exclusive bottle, but available to the public on draft.

Simply, a small batch of foeder-aged sour pale ale, refermented for 6 months, on 6 pounds per gallon of blackberries grown in Richwood, Ohio. This is the highest fruiting rate we have ever attempted in any beer. Enjoy this ... Read More

Beet-infused, pilsner-esque beer.

The myriad folks who have requested a re-make of our 2019 “Beats on Repeat” finally wore me down, lol. I (Sean) told them I couldn’t do an entire 10 barrel batch of beet-infused beer, but that I would make a couple kegs for them!

“Beets by Request” is a 25 gallon batch of beer infusion that spent ... Read More