Spontaneous Dot-Elderberry

A special beer to share with you for Foam Brewers 4th Anniversary. Spontaneous Dot Elderberry is a Vermont grown beer naturally fermented and conditioned using the wild countryside yeast and bacteria. This beer was fermented and aged in oak and expresses a lively earthy acidity that’s jammy with a light natural tannic wine funk. ⠀
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In the Fall of 2016, we set forth to brew our first Vermont spontaneous grown beer. We aptly chose Andrew Peterson's farm malthouse that is situated around Boyers Fruit orchard in Monkton. Under the cool night sky where the Vermont wild yeast blows we allowed this dextrin rich wort made from Vermont grown and malted barely, raw wheat from Nitty Gritty Grain of Charlotte, and a touch of aged hops from Homestead Hops of Starksboro settle in for the evening. We followed up with the same process in 2017 where both vintages sat untouched in 500 liter oak barrels. In the fall of 2018 we blended and finished this beer off with Elderberries from @Thorn Hill Farm of Greensboro. Following a final barrel fermentation and aging, we bottle conditioned this beer in the summer of 2019 with Burlington’s own BTV honey.

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