Quip and Repartee
Odd Breed Wild Ales

Quip and Repartee is our Amber Saison made with Pilsner malt, raw wheat, rye, flaked oats, and a touch of caramel malts. This beer was brewed ‪on August 23rd‬ of 2018, and was aged in French Oak Puncheons for 9 months before bottle conditioning. Before aging Quip and Repartee, these French Oak puncheons held various types of red wine in Napa California.

The addition of caramel malts to what is otherwise our base Saison recipe works to amplify the vinous dark fruit notes present in the barrels, making this amber Saison reminiscent of a natural red wine with Brett presence and moderate acidity.

A typical American or English-style beer made with caramel malts has notes of caramelized sugar and sometimes toasted bread or burnt malt. English and American ale yeast usually deliver some mild estery and fruity notes, but the resulting beers taste malty, not fruity. The wild yeast and bacteria in our mixed culture transform the malt profile and deliver aromatics and flavors that suggest cherries, raspberries, and red grapes, even though there is no fruit in this beer. We have learned that many of our customers prefer blonde wild ales, but we think our amber and reddish hued wild ales are complex and nuanced without the character that some find abrasive in more typical beers.