The 2020 brew was not the greatest of circumstances with the brewing unfortunately landing smack bang in the middle of a lockdown, but that wasn’t going to get in the way of a collaboration between friends. After some entertaining online brainstorming, we decided to brew a barrel aged open fermented red farmhouse ale with native pepperberry from Luke at Bruny Island and fragrant bay leaves from Chris and Gabs family farm in Gippsland. 
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Deep in lockdown we open fermented this beer with a blend of saison yeast, then transferred to French neutral oak barrels where a very special mixed culture was introduced. After 12 months maturation we added a small amount of pepperberry from Luke and fragrant bay leaves and flowers from Chris and Gab.
 
After 3 months of bottle conditioning, we are all excited to share this collaboration of like-minded brewers with everyone.