Almanac Farmer’s Reserve Pluot

Rated 99 on RateBeer.com.Pluots are some of our favorite fruits. Created by cross-breeding apricots and plums there are dozens of varieties with an amazing range of color and flavor. All through the summer Blossom Bluff Orchards picks each variety at its peak: Dapple Dandy Honey Punch Flavor Queen Black Kat & Dapple Jack were all added to a sour blonde ale and aged in wine barrels to create this funky oak-aged brew. 7 ABV.?Farm to BarrelOur Farm to Barrel beers focus on the eons-old tradition of aging beers in oak barrels. This American wild ale was aged in used wine casks with our house ¡°Dogpatch¡± sour culture a cocktail of wild Belgian and American yeasts including San Francisco sourdough starter. The yeasts slowly morph the beer from a traditional ale into something wild creating a mild acidic bite as well as pulling oak and vanilla flavors from the barrel. After maturing the barrels are blended together ¡ªcreating a vinous delicate beer that captures the essence of a particular harvest. Farm to Barrel Beers are alive in the bottle and will continue to mature gracefully for several years.