Estate I.P.A. 2020 - Little Fish Brewing Co.

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100% Ohio-grown IPA with fresh hops from our arbor! Gluten Reduced

IPA ABV 7.3 %Available In

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Very excited to be, for the first time, filling so

Very excited to be, for the first time, filling some @watersheddistillery Bourbon-aged Gin barrels with a sour blond base! We have always been big fans of sour beer aged in gin, and / or on gin botanicals (a few examples that come to mind are @madtreebrewing Joon, @branchandboneales Gin Barrel Silence Mill, and @uprightbrewing Special Herbs, to name a few). This isn’t our first time aging sour beer in gin barrels (our collab with @fontaflorabrew , Home Slice, was partially gin-aged), but it IS our first time getting a crack at barrels that held gin produced entirely in Ohio! So yeah, we’re excited, but now we have to wait like 18 months! 😬😬🤞 @ohiocraftbeer @westbranchmalts @hausmalts #barrelagedsourbeer #athenscraftbeer #brewedonthebikeway #farmhouseaf #rusticaf

Thanks to our buddy Pat, owner/operator of @ridger

Thanks to our buddy Pat, owner/operator of @ridgerunnercoffee , for these sweet burlap bags we will up-cycle for aging hops in our attic! If our #methodetraditionnelle and Lambic-inspired beer tastes slightly of green coffee, you know why. 😜.

☕️ If you haven’t tried Pat’s coffee yet, you should! He geeks out on roasting coffee like we geek out on brewing beer. His Honduran medium roast, organic, shade grown, naturally dried in the skin coffee is a part of almost every morning here, as well as a part of all of our coffee-infused stouts!
@ohiocraftbeer @ohiobrewweek @porknpickles @redtaildesignco @justajar @foedercrafters
#locavore #localbeer #coolship #agedhops #inspiredbylambic #athenscraftbeer #brewedonthebikeway

Brewing barrel-aged sour beer: no one said it was

Brewing barrel-aged sour beer: no one said it was easy! 😂 sometimes the barrel you need for a blend is at the back of the row (and the bottom of the stack). But hey, at least we have a forklift these days.
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Anyway, we’re blending some barrels of sour blond to referment on passionfruit purée, and become our next batch of Passionista. If all goes according to timeline, this will be ready for a mid-summer release! Follow us to stay in the loop. 🍻@ohiocraftbeer @hausmalts @westbranchmalts #barrelagedsourbeer #mixedfermentation #locavore #localbeer #athenscraftbeer #brewedonthebikeway #farmhouseaf #rusticaf

Hey hey, we love Twin Peaks. Coincidentally we hav

Hey hey, we love Twin Peaks. Coincidentally we have a little Twin Peaks-inspired beer that we’d like to share with you on 2/24: the day Agent Cooper arrived in Twin Peaks to investigate the murder of Laura Palmer. ☕️ Everyday, Give Yourself a Present: Coffee & vanilla milk stout, aged in @middlewestspirits bourbon barrels. 14% abv. Only 29, 12 oz. bottles available for $11.99 each, limit one per person. Take one home and binge one of the weirdest, bestest shows ever made. Or drink here! Only for sale in the taproom. Cheers.
@porknpickles @ohiocraftbeer @redtaildesignco @thedrowntown @justajar @westbranchmalts @hausmalts #twinpeaksday #athenscraftbeer #brewedonthebikeway

It’s barrel top-up day! We know, many sour beer

It’s barrel top-up day! We know, many sour beer brewers don’t “top-up” their barrels, but we do here, and we feel it’s an important part of the house character of our barrel-aged sour beer. 4 times a year, we spend about an entire 8 hour shift topping up our 100 oak barrels with a neutral sour beer. Because we top-up, our oak stays fully hydrated, which keeps the staves properly swelled, and prevents air leaks. These tighter barrels, with less head space, keep our levels of acetic acid (a sharp, vinegary acid) low, and it allows us to age sour beers for multiple years in barrels without detrimental flavors (vinegar, or soy sauce) in the end product. Not every brewery needs to do this. Because sour beer aging is a confluence of multiple environmental factors including temperature, humidity, and how often the barrels are moved around, just to name a few, some breweries are able to not top-up and still make a fantastic product. But for us, it’s indispensable. And it’s 💯% worth the extra effort.
@ohiocraftbeer #mixedfermentation #sourbeer #farmhouseaf #rusticaf #brewedonthebikeway #athenscraftbeer

Professional photographer @benwirtzsiegel was in f

Professional photographer @benwirtzsiegel was in for a photo shoot with our Chef, Becky Clark, and he was also kind enough to take some food photos for us. Dang, this makes our food look fantastic! Which...well, we think it is. Stop in for a burger with local Dexter Run beef, a fennel & citrus salad with Creekside Farm chèvre, or a veggie bowl with @shagbarkmill black beans today! Have a wonderful weekend. 🍻😽 @porknpickles @ohiocraftbeer #locavore #localbeer #athenscraftbeer #brewedonthebikeway