Farmhouse Reserve: Pineapple
Alibi Ale Works

This is our first release in a series of mixed-culture saisons, each with a different fruit, hop or spice component. Our Farmhouse Reserve base beer is begins its life in our open-top oak fermenter with our house mixed culture. After primary fermentation in oak, we transferred it to stainless, blended in a portion of older barrel-aged sour blonde, refermented it with 1 pound per gallon of fresh pineapple, then lightly dry hopped it with El Dorado. The resulting beer is bursting with juicy pineapple, rustic Brett funk, soft acidity and hints of oaky vanilla, all culminating in a bone dry finish. This beer is naturally carbonated in the bottles with the same mixed culture used during fermentation (it's alive!), so we expect it to develop additional Brett character and complexity over time.