Fruitful Pursuits: Plum 2019 is a blend of 1 & 2 year Mixed Fermentation barrels that spent an additional 2 months refermenting on Damson and President plums.
This beer is in our cellar, and is no longer for sale. We occasionally make beers from our cellar available, so keep an eye out for a re-release.
Saccharomyces (common brewers yeast), Brettanomyces (so-called “wild” yeast) and yeasts that our brewers have isolated from the environment are added to already cooled wort, and put into barrels for fermentation.
Read more →Most breweries use stainless steel tanks to ferment their beer. At the Monolith we occasionally use stainless steel for fermentation, but the vast majority of our production ferments for years in barrels. Here we discuss the details about our processes and the reasons we like to ferment in wood.
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We typically process fruit by cutting, de-stemming, and removing pits. We treat each fruit differently based on our desired impact on the beer.
Read more →Bottle conditioning creates one final fermentation where the beer is naturally carbonated in the bottle. In theory one could just force carb it and be done, but the outcome just isn’t as good. Bottle conditioned beers are more stable and better integrated. If you’re buying a special bottle why wouldn’t you want it to be the best it could be? Read on to learn more.
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