Little Fish Beer Archive: Every beer we have ever brewed

Extra Pale Ale

Brewed with only pilsner malt and Nelson Sauvin hops: paler and hoppier than a standard American pale ale, but much lighter than an IPA.

Back Story: A tribute to our original cellar guy / beer deliverer / logistics coordinator, Gus Schmillen This “Single Malt and Single Hop” ale will always bring us fond memories of working with a ... Read More

This sour blond ale was aged for over a year in barrels that held “Bourbon Barrel Aged Cider” from our friends at Hawk Knob Cidery and Meadery. We named it after the Sharp-shinned Hawk, which is one of the raptor species that we see around the brewery quite a bit. We find that the cider and light bourbon notes ... Read More

Home Slice was brewed with true friends and comrades of the local foods movement. Todd, head brewer and partner at Fonta Flora, shared his expertise in brewing kvass (fermented bread) inspired beers. Christine and Bob, of The Village Bakery, provided us with a whopping 275 pounds of organic sourdough bread, and a sourdough starter with which we fermented the ... Read More

A tongue-in-cheek response for those customers who ask “what’s your lightest beer?”

Well, sir / ma’am, it’s Our Lightest Beer.

An unfiltered helles lager (kellerbier), crafted from Hausmalts Ohio pilsner malt & American-noble hops.

Enjoy! It’s quaffable.

This 100% Ohio-grown farmhouse ale is inspired by the local ingredients (both foraged and grown) available in the month of November. We don’t really do the “pumpkin beer” thing, or at least, we don’t do an early fall seasonal that tastes mostly of pumpkin pie spices. But pumpkins can be used in other beers as well.

Gambolier is what we ... Read More

This porter, brewed with house-smoked malts, is a tribute to the freight train line that runs right on the edge of our property. We brew this coal-black ale with Ohio-grown barley, smoked in our custom smoker, with a mix of local hardwoods (cherry, chestnut oak, and applewood). If you are a fan of smoked beers, seek this one out!

 

For this “treatment” beer, we took a couple kegs of our milk stout, and conditioned them on fresh-roasted organic cacao nibs and coconut shavings. It’s a very desserty experience that is only available in our taproom!

This beer was originally brewed to commemorate the birth of (co-founder & head brewer) Sean White’s son, Everett, born 5/30/2017. This very hop-forward pale ale is Sean’s ideal hoppy beer: Very aromatic, not too bitter, and with a crisp and clean malt body.

The malts used are mostly from Ohio, provided by Haus Malts, and there’s a touch of flaked ... Read More

This Finnish Sahti (traditional farmhouse beer brewed with juniper & rye) was our Brewer’s Choice award for the 2017 Ohio Brew Week Homebrew competition. Homebrewer Jessica Ihms took 2nd place Best of Show, and stole our hearts with this intriguing beer. We scaled up her batch to our 10 barrel brewhouse, and brewed it with her here on October ... Read More

“Bike Beer!”, our hoppy red ale brewed with Simcoe, Cascade, and Centennial hops, was first brewed to celebrate the opening of the bike path spur that links our road, Armitage Road, to the Hocking Adena Bikeway.

The Hocking Adena Bikeway is a 21 mile, virtually flat trail that follows an old railroad bed from the East side of Athens, through ... Read More

A tasty little Bavarian-style dark wheat ale. Snappy and light but with enough body for the fall weather.

“Reinheitsgewhat!?” is a series of beers inspired by German Berliner weisse. However, it leaves the malt-hops-water-yeast constrictions of the Reinheitsgebot behind. We actually use no hops, but rely on acidity and interesting herbs or spices to provide a counterbalance to the beer’s sweetness. Many, but not all, contain fruit.

This batch was brewed with Ohio barley & wheat, passionfruit puree, ... Read More

Our imperial I.P.A.: hopped aggressively, but not too bitterly, with Simcoe, Mosaic, and Citra pellet hops, as well as some “secret weapon” cryo-hop powder. It’s all about the hops. If you break it down to the glass, we literally use over 1/3 oz. of hops per 12 oz. serving.

We brewed this collaboration beer with head brewer Colin Vent of Seventh Son. Sean and Colin are both huge fans of the Dead Milkmen, and this beer is inspired by a song of theirs called “My Many Smells” We’ll spare you the lyrics, but suffice to say, we decided to make a barrel-aged funky saison with multiple variations of ... Read More

We brewed this grisette (wheat-based farmhouse ale) with Ohio wheat and barley, and Czech Saaz hops. The name “Wild Gift” refers to the yeast that we used for this beer: we “captured” it from the outdoor space at the brewery. This was our first ten barrel batch of beer using this gift of a yeast.

We succesfully isolated a saison-like ... Read More

This is a special taproom only, draft only, release of Woodthrush, aged in wine barrels for 20 months on black currant puree. It’s fantastically tart, dry, and puckery.

Our buddy Pat Balding roasts organic coffee under the name Ridge Runner Coffee. Ridge Runner Lil’ Harvey’s is a variation of Lil’ Harvey’s Milk Stout, cold-infused with whole Columbian Tolima coffee beans. Like Lil’ Harvey’s, we serve it on nitro, for maximum smoothness.

Tasting Notes: Up-front intense coffee aroma, roasted barley and toasty malts, medium bitterness. Very full-bodied.

5.5% abv, gluten-reduced

Head brewer Sean White’s son, Harvey, was born on January 3rd 2014, and this is his “Birth Beer”. It was originally brewed at the Jackie O’s brewpub, and they kindly let Sean take the recipe with him when he left to start Little Fish.

This rich & smooth milk stout is served on nitro for maximum creamy texture. It includes ... Read More

When European brewers first started brewing in America with our native “six-row” barley, they found it had more husk, and therefore more husky flavor, than the European “two-row” barley they were used to. To reduce the husky flavors, they cut in a portion of corn, which has no husk at all. These beers were not the watered-down lagers you ... Read More

Our House I.P.A. is a rotational I.P.A., meaning we play around with different malt and hop combinations in every batch. The current version (House I.P.A. #14) is our first go at a Northeast Style I.P.A. It’s brewed with Ohio malted barley, flaked oats, Citra, Mosaic, Simcoe, Falconers Flight, and Centennial hops. 6.2% ABV.

P.S., For those interested in our I.P.A. ... Read More