Elliott Bay - Spontaneous: Montmorency '18

This is the first release of the ‘18 Spontaneous season. We used 50 lbs of Montmorency cherries from Washington Fruit Place in Yakima in each of four different barrels to provide their native culture to ferment our gold base spontaneously. Montmorency cherries are the traditional sour pie cherry and provide a subtle cherry pie flavor and aroma and their almost translucent red skin and flesh provides just a touch of color to the gold base. Bracingly sour, mildly funky, this beer’s fermentation qualities are unique to the land that the cherries were grown.