One 750ml Bottle of Keel to Hellward by Floodland -- Bottled August 3, 2023 (UT: 4.33)

One 750ml Bottle of Keel to Hellward by Floodland -- Bottled August 3, 2023 (UT: 4.33)

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.

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Brewer’s Notes:

KEEL TO HELLWARD

Brewer’s notes:
“Keel To Hellward was initially conceived as a way to experiment with some new hops we haven't ever used before. It is an oat saison, brewed with a simple and surprisingly elegant malt bill using just a few types each of oats and barley. It is constructed in a way that resembles the beer we call Altar which usually gets blended as Inevitably it Ends, but with many of the key elements replaced. When the beer was young the citrus character of the hops was staggering, I was so elated with the hops and how they had presented... the beer contains both some 2009 aged flower and some more modern, but past vintage pellets, all from the northwest. It was fermented and aged for an extended period in neutral oak. It was bottled in green glass and refermented to condition with some really nice wild honey that is mostly comprised of snowberry flowers (snowberries also known as ghostberries, are a bush in the honeysuckle family... you'll see them in many northwest forests, especially at elevation or near alders in wet clay soils. They aren't edible, but birds and bees love them; they were used extensively by natives for a variety of medicinal purposes).

As the beer has aged in bottle the aged hop profile has come out to balance the citrus brightness, and it has a prominent brett profile. It reminds me of a combination of something more funky and fermentation-driven like Grails and something more hop forward like Senescence. The aged hops have a really unique character that is reminiscent of tea to me, and more specifically of dried lemongrass, hibiscus, and rose hip.

The label is a photograph that I took in the midst of an intense fog on Underwood Mountain on the Washington side of the Gorge, sometime in the fall of 2017 with my good friend Seth (who I brewed with in the past, and who helped in the late harvest of 2017 at Floodland before moving to Oregon).

I am staggeringly pleased with how this beer turned out. It's my favorite saison we've released in quite a while, although the 2023 To Contemplate Eternity will release in March so that title may be short-lived. Like many of the hoppy saisons I like this beer swirled to incorporate some or most of the dregs, it enhances the oat fluffiness of the body and adds a touch of tropical character to the hops.

Bottling date: 08/03/2023
ABV: 6.80% ABV
Cellar: Best by spring 2026.”