Stretch Run

Looks like an operating brewery, doesn't it? It nearly is. We are now licensed by the Federal Government and have a couple state and local approvals to go, but we fully expect to be brewing next week. That means finished beer by the middle of April. Things have been finalized with our distributor (the great team at FP Winner) and we're all pretty excited to get going. First on deck to be brewed: our Primal Pale Ale. This one is a dry refresher of a pale ale, assertively hopped with a toasty malt backbone. Plenty of American hops throw out the citrus, piney notes that work so well in a pale ale, and we've added a couple of earthy, spicy varietals to add some complexity to the hop profile. This isn't a big, overblown palate-wrecker of a pale ale (though we love those), but a balanced beer (at 4.8% abv) focused on food compatability. After the Primal Pale is brewed we'll get to our other two core beers- Exile ESB (evolution-style beer) and Lucky 7 Porter. More on those two later. As for those oak barrels in the background of today's photo? More on those later as well....

-Geoff