Natural History

Everything you want from a west coast pale ale minus the hangover.

Without the flavors generated from high abv fermentation, we knew we needed to replace them with something similar, using voss yeast (something we already have in common with Trinity) and a standard west coast grain bill, gave us a blank canvas to create mayhem.

Oven dried grapefruit added directly to the boil for pithy, concentrated citrus complexity, red chili flakes for background heat. We topped it up with some pink grapefruit oil to really hammer the theme home.

Hops, and plenty of them. We hit all the major 'C' hops, Chinook, Cascade, Citra and Centennial. We knew we wanted big citrus, resinous pine and bong rattling levels of dankness.

Once again, grapefruit in pale ale feels a bit 2008, but it just WORKS, effortlessly tying together what would otherwise be a cacophony of citrus, in to a fine symphony of zest.

Of course it wouldn't be a west coast without a balanced but assertive bitterness, sort of like getting hit over the head by a gold brick. Show Less