HOUSE BEERS
LAGERS
Skald - Light Lager (4%)
German malt and a single decoction with American grown Saaz Hops, fermented under pressure with our Czech Lager yeast to create natural carbonation. The hills are alive with the various flashes of color from newly sprouted spring flowers, the sight as satisfying as the "pop" from a just-peeled tube of biscuits with a single lemon drop candy dancing from cheek to cheek and tooth to tooth. It may have been from a forgettable distraction, but the freshly cut broad leafed herbs which were intended to be dispersed over creamy polenta found their way atop an undisturbed bowl of flaky wheated cereal endorsed by famous athletic professionals
.25L $3.25 / Tankard $6.50/6pk $12
Tutto Pils - Italian Pilsner (5%)
Offering our beers to the folks of south Philly while they feast on the best Abruzzese cuisine outside of Italy, Le Virtu has supported our humble little brewery since we started brewing. A single decoction of all Pilsner malt to highlight the sweet grain flavors and dry hopped with German Saphier, it just makes sense we collaborated together on an Italian Pilsner, an incredibly floral lager. Unseen honeysuckle hidden behinid Cypress trees, tropical fruit skins near a machine churning gelato sweetened with apples from a far away land
.25L $3.25 / Tankard $6.50/6pk $14
The Peak - Pilsner (5.75%) (Coming Back Soon)
100% Pilsner malt, 100% Michigan grown Saaz hops, a long cool fermentation on our lager yeast. Poured from our Czech side pull faucet. While walking the rows, your fingers held delicately waist height tracing the controus of the grape leaves, crunching white summer flowers below with every step, the resulting whirlwind of fragrance so strong as if a chimera. You find yourself eyes closed and head thrown back, spinning with arms outstretched, your chest as if it is trying to touch the sky
.25L $3.25 / Tankard $6.50/6pk $14
Kith n Kin - Dinkel Lager (4.5%)
Our brewer’s favorite beer and Pennsylvania’s OG Dinkel Lager. A single decoction with spelt created a golden-hour lager so we hopped it with some house-aged Hersbrucker followed by a dry-hopping with Tettnanger. After gathering a bright bucket of glacier water in a new tin can the precious liquid is heated gently, delicately poured over sencha green tea, later to be enjoyed with crumbly chamomile biscuits. Another lemon curd with its intricate mandala of five spice is placed alongside a tall glass of tangerine juice proudly awaiting your arrival
.25L $3.25 / Tankard $6.50
Concheros - Dark Mexican Lager (5%)
Brewed in collaboration with Team Pistola’s, our cousins in Philly that have always offered great craft beer. A touch of darker malts, 20% flaked maize, gently hopped and served with a lime. The altar has been set with colorful flowers, your costume fits just right, your ancestors are waiting to dance with you
.25L $3.25 / Tankard $6.50
ALES
Spectral Skies - Dry Hopped Grisette (4.2%)
This one was fun to make for you. We used lots of wheat and spelt, hopped this beauty in the kettle with European lovelies and a touch of Mosaic, then dry hopped it with second use Citra, Nectaron, and Eukanot. While drinking gin martinis garnished with preserved lemons the bartender is preparing orange wedges covered in sal de gusano to be consumed pre-mezcal while they extol the glories of Georgian (the country) white wines aged in buried amphora. Through the window a group of children on the street are seen blowing small palmfuls of white pepper into oncoming wind trying hard not to react but one lets out a ferocious sneeze which startles another who flings his melting mango ice cream in the air which comes down like drippy white pain on his best friend's perfectly pink cotton candy
.25L $4 / .4L $7
Blue Velvet - Wheat Ale (4.3%)
Dedicated to the director that's gotten me through most every winter. A wheat ale fermented on our British yeast and gently hopped, just as it should be. A man speaks backwards in a room with deep red curtains his eyes alternate as plump pink peppercorns or cotton candy grape spheres, the mind like super stretchy pizza dough. A winesap apple suddenly speaks to the tinned fruit cocktail reciting an old allegory of frozen tractor treads in a barren battlefield. One chants out between two worlds, fire walk with me
.25L $3.25 / .5L $6.50
Raconteur - ESB (6%)
This is the first beer we made using local grain from Double Eagle, a PA maltster in Huntingdon Valley. Because the grain is inherently more fresh than the European malt we typically use the expressions of the soil, of the rocky terrain, of the strong summer sun are vibrant and pronounced. In wanting to highlight their grain we thought an ESB would be a fitting canvas, hopped with the old faithful East Kent Goldings. Sitting atop tall towers of hay bales drinking barrel aged Jamaican rum straight outta the bottle they began to have a Meyer lemon fight, single elimination style. The winner was crowned with dried sunflowers as a headdress and presented with fluffy whole wheat loaves and an abundance of roasted honey nut squash
.25L $3.50 / Tankard $7.00
Exhumer - Dry Stout (5.5%)
There is none more black. Brewed with a blend of Marris Otter and Pilsner malts for the base and accentuated with various darker grains then hopped gently in the kettle utilizing East Kent Goldings. For years I've been tortured trying to determine who was the first person to put a whole wintergreen tree inside their home in the name of celebrating the changing of seasons? Such a weirdo. If it were up to me I'd adorn a entire house like the catacombs with scattered little alters sacrificing various things like a jug of date molasses, expensive Belgian chocolates, or a wheel of washed rind Italian mountain cheese
.25L $3.25 / Tankard $6.50
Concurrent Pathways - West Coast Pale (5.5%)
A blend of pale and pilsner malts with the tiniest addition of crystal malt for an embellished backbone then modestly dry hopped with Cascade, Centennial, and Chinook. Passing through that fresh piney goodness you ascend to the summit breathing in that ridgeline air high above the sequoias stuffing wafers of the (va)nilla type into your gullet. Returning to camp a crowd surrounds a newly discovered deep dark pit left empty for generations that was just filled surreptitiously with marasca cherries as interstellar apples soar overhead and someone, we'll never know who, claims they have seen and smelled the odd offspring of a cantaloupe and a grapefruit and that by gosh we will love them unconditionally for being who they are.
.25L $4.25 / .4L $7.5/4pk $16
Bourbon Barrel Absent Void - Imperial Stout (12%)
Several months ago we tucked some of our Absent Void into a 14 year Heaven Hill barrel and after nearly four months of resting this treat is ready for you. A profound departure from its original version it drinks like a Bach etude: constantly presenting a litany of point/counterpoint. Heavy oak beams and maple jugs illegally filled with chocolate covered espresso beans are packed into the hull by unknown laborers while longshoremen snack on homemade blueberry muffins with their backs turned
Goblet $9
Theurgist - Mild (4.6%)
A lovely combination of Marris Otter malt from the UK with some darker grains for flavor, color, and body and hopped with gorgeous East Kent Goldings. After hours of an exasperating experience e navigating through a stalagmite maze deep in a dark dank cave the smell of lemongrass being dried over a fire led the participants to freedom, all congratulated with tall old fashioned sodas. A simple meal was had for dinner but it’s how closer was a real hit: a warm dish of pear streusel, followed by luxuriously silky milk chocolate truffles and a small dram of a northern alpine digestif
.25L $3.25 / .5L $6.50
Nailed Down .01 - IPA (7%)
Our rotating IPA series inspired by the date nails sealed into out bar top. Each version is an opportunity to try new hop combinations, a different experience for you every time. This one features Cryo Simcoe, Krush and Citra hops.
(16 oz Can) $8.00
Conductor - Historic Porter (6%)
Based on old English recipes researched and posted on the informative and hilarious blog "Shut Up About Barclay Perkins" by Ron Pattinson, we amalgamated our favorites and applied our modern sensibilities to brew up this historic beer. Made with the most beautiful East Kent Golding hops and all English malts. After the mill is shut off the silence is palpable allowing your nose to fully appreciate the aromas released from the coffee beans just crushed open reminding you to check the pumpernickel still in the toaster while nibbling tiny bits of pre-breakfast English toffee. A single piece of salted licorice is stuffed in a wool coat pocket before venturing to a giant clearing just as the sun sets in search of the perfect tree to cut down and bring in your home
.25L $3.25 / .5L $6.50
The Highest - Baby IPA (4%)
A slight haze from some malted oats and a lofty head to send your skull sky high by dry hopping with Mosaic and Amarillo. When I close my eyes all I see is the hottest pink with no depth or boundaries; admittedly a medicinal gummy was my lunch paired with a pineapple smoothie. Did I ever tell you my auntie's annual ritual of when the first buds of spring appear she wears candied orange peels as if earrings and takes slices of kiwi and covers them in white chocolate?
.25L $4.25 / .4L $7.50
MIXED FERMENTATION
Tiznit - Tart Lemon Dill Saison (5.5%)
This is an old favorite our brewer Zach created while working with his good pals at Forest & Main. Brewed with a mix of grains and lots of our house aged hops then fermented in stainless steel. Reconditioned on a lemon-dill oleo saccharum. On an early spring morning the mountain sky opens up and a pleasant drizzle falls as fine as powdered white pepper. Upon returning home gin martinis are stirred and garnished with preserved lemon, a total treat paired with spears of fresh cucumber while sitting next to the bouquet of flowers you decided to feed milk instead of water
.25L $4 / .4L $7
Slender Spindle - Tart Saison with Peaches(6%)
Brewed with a hint of wheat and loaded with our house aged hops to aid in long aging, this saison was originally fermented clean in stainless steel for just a few days and was then blended with many crates of peaches from Three Springs Farm. We let this year's age quite a bit longer than previous years and we're thrilled at how much fruit still comes through but with a more nuanced and balanced palate. This saison is available in 375mL and 750mL bottles as well as on draft, and we recommend trying every kind! That's what's fun about funky beer, every different sized vessel somehow becomes something unique.
Goblet $9
Saltarello - Barrel Aged Saison with Nebbiolo Grapes (6%)
Vox Vineti is one of Pennsylvania’s finest producers of thought provoking wines. Nebbiolo, the noble grape of Piedmont that’s responsible for Barolo and Barbaresco, has found a new home in the Vox vineyard. After the Vox team has vinified their Nebbiolo wine we help them press the pomace then bring it back to the brewery and marry a young saison with the pressed fruit for a two month masceration. The resulting liquid was then laid to rest for 16 months in barrels formerly used by Vox. Once deemed ready bottles and kegs were filled, naturally conditioned and matured on the lees for 14 months. A slow process, but patience has its rewards. Also in 750mL bottles, but we recommend trying both as they are the same but somehow so very different!
Goblet $9
HOUSE BOTTLES
Io, Saturnalia Reserve '22 - Aged Sour Holiday Saison (9.5%)
Brewed with a medley of malts, house-aged and European hops and a hint of dark Belgian candy sugar, it was initially fermented on our clean saison yeast but was later introduced with a mixed culture to promote some acidity and funkiness
$18 (750ml Bottle)
Io, Saturnalia Reserve '23 - Aged Sour Holiday Saison (9.5%)
Made in a very similar fashion to last year with a mix of malts and European hops but with a more restrained mixed culture fermentation. This year's shows delicate tartness and balance with hints of cherries and dried plums, some funky chocolate, and holiday breads that are spiced just right
$18 (750ml Bottle)
Ake - Smoked Grisette w/ Sour Cherries (6%)
Orginally brewed as a smoked Grisette, a saison style from Belgium made with wheat and fermented in stainless steel, we later introduced 300lbs of Montmorency Cherries from the amazing folks at Three Springs Farm. Big notes of aforementioned fruit with a mineraly smokiness, beautiful acidity that rides a big red wave, and a mouthwatering dryness that reminds us of being blissed out mid summer
$18 (750ml Bottle)
Saltarello - Barrel Aged Saison with Nebbiolo Grapes (6%)
Vox Vineti is one of Pennsylvania’s finest producers of thought provoking wines. Nebbiolo, the noble grape of Piedmont that’s responsible for Barolo and Barbaresco, has found a new home in the Vox vineyard. After the Vox team has vinified their Nebbiolo wine we help them press the pomace then bring it back to the brewery and marry a young saison with the pressed fruit for a two month masceration. The resulting liquid was then laid to rest for 16 months in barrels formerly used by Vox. Once deemed ready bottles and kegs were filled, naturally conditioned and matured on the lees for 14 months. A slow process, but patience has its rewards. Also on draft, but we recommend trying both as they are the same but somehow so very different!
$19 (750ml Bottle)