1/28/2017 -- 18 Mile Red Blackberry

We're releasing 18 Mile Red Blackberry in the taproom at noon on Saturday, January 28th!

We're releasing 18 Mile Red Blackberry in the taproom at noon on Saturday, January 28th!

18 Mile Red is our native fermented Belgian-inspired sour red ale brewed with North Carolina grown heirloom Wrens Abruzzi rye malt and fermented in regional wine barrels. This unique regional ale draws its acidity from a strain of lactobacillus isolated by SouthYeast labs from opuntia fruit in La France, SC, a blend of yeast strains captured from Clemson University's Musser Experimental Fruit Research Farm, and some of our favorite species of Brettanomyces.

After aging the beer for six months, we blended in loads of locally harvested blackberries and aged for another six months before bottling. The resulting rustic refined ale has a bright acidity and is filled with tart blackberry and dark fruit notes rounded out by vinous barrel character.

If you enjoyed the other beers in our 18 Mile Red series, you're going to love this one. This is a limited release beer & may not see distribution outside of our taproom.