Only Built 4 Purple Plates

Fennel Saison 6.2% ABV Fermentables: 2-row, Spelt, Oat Malt, Flaked Rye Hops/Spices: Columbus, Mandarina, Simcoe, Fennel Seed & Pollen This beer is a collaboration with Shef Shaun of The Purple Plate, brewed specially for Fresh Fest, which is Pittsburgh’s first Black beer festival. It is a well-attenuated (dry) ale brewed with spelt, oats, and rye, and it is fermented with our favorite Belgian yeast. We added fennel seed and fennel pollen after fermentation to invoke an herbal, black licorice note that is assertive but fading.

SLICK LEG

Slick Leg Session IPA Spoonwood Brewing

Session IPA      ABV 4.6% Fermentables: 2-Row, Honey Malt, CaraPils, Flaked Oats Hops: Citra The idea of a “session” beer is that you can drink several over the course of an evening without getting crushed. But the real trick of a session beer is to provide enough flavor – despite the low ABV – so that you want to drink several.

HALF & HALF NOT

Half & Half Not – IPA (7.2%) Fermentables: 2-Row, Wheat, Oat Malt, Vienna, CaraPils, Honey Malt, Lactose Hops/Spices: Falconer’s Flight, Lemon Zest, Ceylon Orange Pekoe tea A super creamy IPA, thanks to lots of wheat, oats, and milk sugar (lactose). Falconer’s Flight is a citrusy blend of hops, which together with the lemon zest provide the lemonade component. And the Ceylon black tea adds a subtle herbal character with a hint of dryness to balance the residual sweetness. If you haven’t already put it together, this beer is based on …

SMOKE & OATS

Smoke & Oats Spoonwood Brewing

SMOKED AMBER  ABV 5.0% Fermentables: Smoked Malt, Munich, CaraMunich, Flaked Oats Hops: Columbus, Willamette Smoke & Oats is our tribute to the stunning Rauchbiers of Bamberg, Germany. Smoke is the prevalent flavor, of course, but there is a pleasant underlying sweetness, with toasty malt and a gentle hops bitterness in the finish. The defining character comes from a combination of cherry- and beech-smoked malts, which comprise more than 50% of the total grain bill.