Wildflower Brewing & Blending - Windfall 2024

Windfall 2024 was made during the harvest of 2021 by blending 50% direct press apple juice by in-house sweated organic windfall apples from Moonacres Farm with 50% fresh ale made with organic red wheat and organic heritage barley wholly fermented by a diversity of yeasts and bacteria collected from native flowers from NSW. This blended liquid was laid to rest in a single puncheon for nearly two years before it was removed and aged on the pressed wild-growing apple skins from the making of Roadcider 2023: Southern Highlands. The process resulted in a significant loss of the original beer but increased the structure of this drink dramatically before bottling. It was allowed to naturally condition and carbonate in bottle before release. Made exclusively for The Collective. The label for Windfall 2024 was made by Topher's wife Bernadette by painting in watercolour with apple cider vinegar made from the direct press apple juice in 2021.