Elliott Bay - Blackberry Gold

In 2020, we selected three barrels of our Sour Gold base that had been fermenting away with our mixed cultures in wine barrels and racked them into barrels containing 98lbs of blackberry puree and 75lbs of whole blackberries from a local farmers market. We allowed these barrels to re-ferment the fruit for another year and a half. To create the final blend we selected a fourth barrel of younger Sour Gold to blend with the three older barrels. This set the ratio of pounds of fruit to gallons of beer at about 1:1. The younger barrel also helped brighten the acidity of the resulting beer. Lots of blackberry and oak aroma. Brightly acidic on the palate with a touch of berry sweetness and the drying tannins of the oak barrels.