Fair Isle Eleanor – oak-aged ale fermented on elderberries

Maybe this is obvious,  maybe it’s not. I am never exactly sure how much my audience knows, or doesn’t know. When we say that a beer is “fermented on” something—in this case, elderberries—it means that the elderberries were present during the fermentation process. The impact that the elderberries (or whatever) have on the fermentation process and the resulting beer is a subject for another day. Suffice it to say that the impact on the resulting beer would be different if the elderberries (or whatever) were added during the post-fermentation, conditioning phase. Thus, “conditioned on” and “fermented on” are two different things.

Maybe that makes you feel smarter, maybe it makes me sound dumber.

This new beer from Fair Isle Brewing in Seattle was fermented on elderberries. It’s available right now. Here is the release announcement from the brewery.

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Eleanor

an oak-aged ale refermented on foraged elderberries.

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6.6% ABV || 375mL bottles
BATCH: ONE || PACKAGED: FEBRUARY 2019

 “Lady Ellhorn, give me of thy wood
And I will give thee of mine
When I become a tree.”

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– Celtic folklore

Eleanor is our second beer to be released in our series of fruited farmhouse ales.  While Tove had a restrained tartness, Eleanor’s firm acidity compliments the prominent fruit notes. The result is a dry farmhouse ale with notes of pomegranate, cherries and raspberries followed by spices of cinnamon and clove and finishes with earthy undertones.

Our friend and ethnobotanist, Alex Harwell, harvested the elderberries from the Cascades last summer and through the help of friends gathering at Fair Isle, we hand processed the berries and added them to a single puncheon. Made from our base farmhouse ale brewed in May of 2019 with Skagit Valley Malts and Yakima Chief Hops, Eleanor was then transferred in August 2019 to oak and refermented with the Elderberries for five months before packaging.

Available now at Fair Isle Brewing. Order it online and pick it up. Order it for delivery. Just stop by and get some. http://www.fairislebrewing.com

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