Since the Great American Beer Festival kicks off, well, today. I have to reach back to a 2023 winner first. So we head to Puttsburgh and any one of the three locations for Cinderlands.
They won Gold in the Experimental Category for their Hill & Hollow- Cayuga. A “Golden saison fermented with our house mix culture of farm house yeast and Brettanomyces in an American oak foeder. Pressed down for 4 weeks on pressed Cayuga wine grapes.”
So whether you go to the Warehouse, Wexford or the Long Story Short sandwich shop, here are some ideas for a taster tray…
Lil’ Cinder Lime Light Lager – 4.2% – “Classic American light lager brewed with real lime and flaked maize.”
Black and Yellow Yinzerade – 5.0% – “Hard lemonade-inspired sour beer brewed with blackberries, black currants, and lemons.”
One Way Out – 6.3% – “Hazy IPA brewed with Nelson Sauvin, Nelson Sauvin SubZero Hop Kief, Citra, and Citra Cryo.”
Hill & Hollow Chambourcin – 7.4% – “Amber rye saison fermented with our house mixed culture yeast. Punched down on local Chambourcin red wine grapes.”