Christmas Beer of the Day – Ode to a Russian Shipwright

The BreweryOlvalde Farm and Brewing Company

The BeerOde to a Russian Shipwright

The Details:
from The Four Firkins newsletter, “…a stout porter brewed with spruce tips, rye and unmalted barley for texture (estate grown), is just as impressive as his first.

The spruce tips were all harvested on the farm or in the surrounding area of Rollingstone. Instead of lending a gin flavor to the beer, the spruce tips add a berry-like tone… sort of like a blueberry/raspberry hybrid. When it melds with the light chocolate flavors of the stout porter, it is absolutely brilliant.”