Speciation Artisan Ales - The Laurentian Series: Lake Superior (2017)

Laurentian: Superior is a spontaneously fermented beer brewed at the Ore Dock Brewing Company in Marquette and cooled in a coolship next to Lake Superior. The following day, we transported the cooled wort to Speciation to ferment in six neutral oak barrels for the remainder of 2017. In early 2018, we selected two of those barrels to blend into our first spontaneous release, Laurentian: Superior. The grist consists of turbid mashed pilsner and wheat, aged hops were used for bitterness, and the beer was boiled for 3 hours. This batch was brewed to Méthode Traditionnelle standards, with the exception that these two barrels were charred.