Free Will Brewing (2024)

Free Will Brewing - Perkasie, PA
(also with a second taproom location in New Hope area at Peddler's Village)

General info:
https://www.beeradvocate.com/beer/profile/28091/
https://www.freewillbrewing.com/

They keep their website updated with a calendar of Food Trucks and Live Music.

They have an online store with bottles and cans for shipping as well.

 

They just announced some info about the 1st "Sour Sunday" event of 2024:

 

Today I picked up a 4-pack of their DIPA collaboration with Troegs and Warwick Farm. Drinking one now - definitely has an old school feel to it - I like it

 

This new beer sounds great:

"Our latest collab with our dear lager loving friends @brewerynovalis is now available and ready for you this holiday weekend! The perfect beer for around a campfire.

This beer represents a lost style in both European and American brewing traditions, the Kulmbacher started as a Franconian beer exported and ultimately being popular in the American market from somewhere between 1870 and 1950, American brewers would soon make their own versions and some reduced alcohol American versions were still being brewed into the 1980s (Blatz).

A hoppy dark lager that sits somewhere between Munich Dunkel and Bock in strength originally, it employed the use of a unique mashing technique known as “hopfenrösten” or hop roasting where hops are boiled as part of the mashing process prior to the main boil (via decoction vessel). We did an homage that is faithful to this style as very little information exists to the varied versions that were brewed. In our minds we approached this beer as if we were an American or German brewer of that time who was trying to make this style in America, utilizing the finest American and German ingredients we could get our hands on.

We present Ancient Alchemy, a 5.8% Dark Kulmbacher for your enjoyment and for a small taste of modern history."

 

I can report that this year's release of Lord Business is very tasty. Hopped this time with Mosiac, Cashmere, Cascade, and Chinook. I get a lot of stone fruit, white grape, and a dank finish. Clean bitterness, a touch boozy at 9% abv.

 

For those in PA - Free Will has just added a few of their previously released imperial stouts (in the 4-packs of small cans) up on their web store for shipping within the state.

I've had all of these before (Crooked Trails, Golden Smog, The Desert's Quiet) and I would guess they all use the Ralphius base, but they are given other names due to the various adjuncts.
https://store.freewillbrewing.com/shop/cans-bottles/2

 

I think they are worth it. I think Ralphius and the other Free Will stouts the last few years stand up with the very best of the style. Not too sweet, they haven't followed the pastry stout trend like Imprint has.

Crooked Trails is my favorite of the ones currently for sale.

 

I realized I never followed up after drinking Ancient Alchemy both on draft and cans. It was excellent, drank the last can in my fridge last night.

 

@dano213 I didn't see the separate listings but now there are 291 ratings.

I'll have to update by review from 2015, since the beer has bee tweaked for over the years for the better.

 

Free Will has announced the Ralphius variants for this year's 2014 Black Friday release.

From social media:

"We’re officially just one month away from Black Friday and with it, our annual Ralphius release!

For those who aren’t aware, Ralphius is a series of barrel aged stouts - aged for various lengths of time in a plethora of different spirit barrels. Each year we select a few of our favorites that we deem ready for release. This year we have 18 of them.

Here’s the official list, a little earlier than normal this year, so you can begin your planning! Plenty more details to follow in the coming weeks…

- Ralphius (Base)
- Rum Barrel Aged Ralphius
- HooDoo Ralphius
- Cherry Brandy Ralphius
- Old Elk Cognac Ralphius
- Fiddler / J. Rieger Ralphius
- A. Smith Bowman Ralphius
- Amburana / Stoll Wolfe Rye Ralphius
- 30 Month Buffalo Trace Ralphius
- 17 Month Knob Creek Ralphius
- 17 Month Kentucky Owl Ralphius
- 17 Month Heaven Hill Ralphius
- Two Year Laird's Apple Brandy Ralphius
- Double Barrel (Dystopias / A. Smith Bowman) Ralphius
- Two Year Triple Barrel (Makers Mark, Willet, Laird's)
- 17 Month 15 Year 1792 Ralphius
-17 Month Woodford Rye
-17 Month Maple Syrup Barrel Ralphius"

 

More info released by Free Will for Black Friday:

Ralphius Release Day is nearly here! Join us on Black Friday at both Perkasie and Peddler's Village taprooms beginning at 10AM for bottle sales and draft pours of this year's offerings.

Any bottles that may be leftover after weekend taproom sales will be made available on our online store on Monday, December 2nd. * Don't count on it.

As always, for those of you who choose to join us early in the morning in Perkasie - we'll have hot and free, freshly griddled breakfast sandwiches for you.

J Rad Pizza and Comfort Kitchen will be here at noon to keep you well and fed throughout the rest of the day as well.

This year, we're lucky enough to be joined by the incredibly talented Steal Your Face - who will be bringing their Grateful Dead tribute act to our stage in the evening (7-10PM, free entry).