750ml Winesap 2022 by Floodland -- Bottled July 6, 2023

One 750ml Winesap 2022 by Floodland -- Bottled July 6, 2023

Original Owner and purchased directly from the brewery. Properly cold stored upright since purchase. I’m offering very competitive pricing because I stopped drinking and would like someone to enjoy these.

$17 to Ship in CONUS ONLY. Will ship 2 bottles for a total of $25.

Brewer’s Notes:

WINESAP 2022

Brewer’s notes:
“So, back to 2022... I was thinking about piecing together another bitter/botanical beer blend, and one of my ideas involved using pressed apple must. The effect I wanted was similar to how we made a small portion of piquette (piquette is a low abv beverage made from reconstituting wine grape skins/pomace in water, pressing, and fermenting) like we did in the Masonry VIIth anniversary beer. I thought that incorporating cider could lend some pleasant crispness and lightness to the blend.

When I called JC we talked about what apples he had available, I told him what kind of profile I was looking for, and we settled on Winesap. This is an American heirloom varietal well known to anyone who enjoys cider. I was initially thinking of a more tannic varietal to add texture, but Winesap has some intense aromatics, so when JC offered I felt compelled to try it. I thought it would cut through in the beer and could pair very nicely with our saison.

Like any good cidermaker might, we sweated, milled, briefly macerated, and pressed the apples on site. The press runnings went into a barrel and we blended those runnings with some nice spelt saison which had already matured in a separate barrel. The Winesap barrel slowly fermented and aged in our cool cellar, and in the spring of 2023 as I was beginning to take stock of what we had on hand, I found it and decided to take a sample. I was pretty psyched with the results.

So... organic Winesap apples courtesy of JC of Filaree Fruit in the Okanogan, obviously a really special orchard for us that we are psyched to continue to work with. I've had some apple beers that were intensely acidic, it can be hard to use any significant amount of apple pressings and not lose control of the fermentation. This beer is definitely zippy, but it's also very fermentation forward and really aromatic. Super cool beer, I wish we had 10x more of it.”