Little Fish Beer Archive: Every beer we have ever brewed

Dear Science was the first hazy I.P.A. we brewed at Little Fish that uses a special strain of yeast, which was experimental at the time, but is now commonly accepted in the world of craft brewing. A “thiolized” yeast is a normal brewing yeast that has been ever so slightly genetically modified, to heavily express a trait found ... Read More

Estate #6 is an exclusive Wild & Local League bottle release. This batch consists of a single oak barrel of mixed-fermentation saison, blended in the barrel with apple cider from our trees at the brewery, pear cider from Hirsch Farm in Chillicothe Ohio, and Ohio wildflower honey. Dry, floral, funky, and not too sour.

Smoked Altbier.

German-style dark amber ale, withour non-traditional addition of beechwood-smoked barley. Brewed with the finest German malt & noble hops.

Tasting Notes: Aroma redolent of clean beechwood smoke, bready malts and light roasty notes. Moderate smoke flavor, with notes of dark bread crust and a slight roasty bite. Moderate bitterness, medium body.

Gluten-reduced, 6.3% ABV

Historical Ohio farmhouse ale recipe from Sugar Creek Farm: Turbid-mashed biere de garde with orange peel, coriander, and licorice. Cooled in a coolship and aged in oak for over a year before dry-hopping and bottle conditioning.

Flavor Profile: Medium-high on the sourness spectrum, wine-like oaky character, and aged an hop “funk”. Dry finish.

Inchworm was crafted from a single, “neutral” French oak wine barrel of a strong-ish sour blonde ale, brewed with a base of Ohio-grown barley & oats. Aged a total of 21 months in oak, Inchworm spent its final 6 weeks refermenting on over 2 lbs. per gallon of beautiful black raspberries from Stokes Berry Farm in Wilmington, Ohio. ... Read More

Sour red ale aged two years in pinot noir oak barrel and refermented on pinot noir grapes

Imperial stout, aged 10 months in Middlewest Wheated Bourbon barrels, and conditioned on Ghana cacao nibs and Madagascar vanilla beans.

Hazy I.P.A. brewed with a base of Ohio-grown pilsner malt, wheat, and oats, and hopped with Azacca & Simcoe.

Quick-sour wheat ale, inspired by one of our favorite summer desserts: fruit crumble with vanilla ice cream. Brewed with Ohio-grown barley & wheat, and just a handful of hops. After fermentation with a Lachancea yeast that produces lactic acid, we add raspberries, blackberries, and sweet cherries, lactose, vanilla, cinnamon, and nutmeg.

Flavor Profile: Medium-high on the sourness spectrum. The ... Read More

Introducing Märkä: A new spruce beer brewed with 100% Ohio-grown everything. Mashed with West Branch Malts 2-row barley, and Haus Malts caramel emmer, triticale, and oats. Hopped gently with Auburn Acres Triple Perle, and spruced generously in the boil kettle with Norwegian spruce tips from our trees & the “Märkä” that surrounds our beautiful city. What does “Märkä”mean? Glad ... Read More

Hazy Imperial I.P.A. with Mosaic, Simcoe, and Pink Boots blend hops. Gluten Reduced

Pineapple-Habanero-Lactose Hazy I.P.A.

Stabby Cat was first conceptualized and brewed as our International Women’ Day Brew in 2021, but we loved the results and decided to keep this beer as a semi-regular offering.

Stabby Cat starts with a mash of mostly Ohio grains including malted barley, wheat, and oats. It’s hopped in the kettle with the best “hazy hops” ... Read More

Barrel-aged sour ale with black currants, raspberries, and blackberries.

“Orrery” is an intrepid blend of fruited, barrel-aged sour blonde ales. The brightness of the fruit, and the dry, sparkling finish created an image in my mind inspired by some of my favorite science fiction and fantasy: An orrery — a working, moving map of a solar system — with planets ... Read More

Coconut Porter