Hearth & Field
Little Fish Brewing Company

Beer Geek Stats
From:
Little Fish Brewing Company
 
Ohio, United States
Style:
Kvass
ABV:
4.7%
Score:
+7 ratings needed
Avg:
4.01 | pDev: 4.49%
Ratings:
3 | reviews: 2
Status:
Active
Rated:
Nov 19, 2025
Added:
Aug 20, 2025
Wants:
  0
Gots:
  0
Kvass ale with lavender and spicebush – Collab w/ Arizona Wilderness Brewing Co.

Hearth & Field was brewed with our friend Nick Pauley, wood cellar manager at Arizona WIlderness Woodnotes Cellar.

We mashed this Kvass-inspired beer with over 140 pounds of home-baked, sourdough ciabatta, a good grip of Ohio barley, and some Arizona Sonoran Wheat. Crystal hops from Ohio Valley Hops in Maineville, OH went into the boil.

We co-fermented this beer with saison yeast, sourdough starter, and house mixed-cultures, in stainless steel.

Before packaging, we conditioned Hearth & Field on Arizona-grown Provence Lavender, and Ohio Spicebush berries.
Recent ratings and reviews.
Ratings by prototypic:
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Rated by prototypic from Ohio

3.79/5  rDev -5.5%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.75

Nov 02, 2025
More User Ratings:
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Reviewed by Oktoberfest from Ohio

4/5  rDev -0.2%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
Taster at Little Fish in Dayton.

I wanted to mark this one of the style list. I didn't like it at all, but it seems unfair to ding it when apparently it's a style I dislike. Having said that, should the day come when I've had other kvass beers and liked them, Imma change my score.
Nov 19, 2025
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Reviewed by bluejacket74 from Ohio

4.24/5  rDev +5.7%
look: 4 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
16.9 ounce bottle, bottled 02/21/25, Batch #1. Served in a Little Fish Teku glass, the beer pours a somewhat hazy dark golden orange color with about an inch off-white head. Head retention and lacing are both good. Aroma is nice, the brew smells like lavender, wheaty malt, some general graininess and a sweet spicy aroma which I assume is from the spicebush berries. I think the taste is similar to the aroma, but there's the addition of some herbal flavors too. Mouthfeel/body is light/medium, it's easy enough to drink and has a good amount of soft carbonation. I liked this one a lot, it's a nice twist on a Kvass and worth picking up!
Aug 21, 2025