Off Color Brewing - Radiolaria

Radiolaria is a 4.5 percent ABV American wild ale that is brewed with sorachi ace hops as well as pils, flaked wheat and special aromatic malts at Chicago, Illinois based Off Color Brewing. The new bottle-conditioned release is unique in that it combines Off Color’s house lactic acid bacteria with Jester King’s indigenous wild yeast culture. “We think similarly about beer and put a lot of thought into why we make whatever it is that we’re making,” said John Laffler, co-owner of Off Color, in an email to Tenemu. “There’s not a ton of breweries out there that think along similar lines and JK is definitely one of those that do. This beer in particular was about expressing and blending terrior. Hops, malt, spices, etc are sourced from all over the world and water, while unique to place is super easy to reproduce. As brewers it really only leaves us with fermentation organisms…”