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%) (Temporarily Unavailable)
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
The Point - Helles Lager (4.5%)
Brewed in more traditional German methods with lower and longer temperature rests, a long and cool fermentation, and hopped with Saphir and Saaz. After driving to nowhere on a gravel road the chosen pull-off is lined with large marigold greens still yet to flower while the skins of sapodilla lie underneath their towering progenitors. In a nearby house a tin of irish oats is left open on the counter, microscopic dust from inside catching the occasional breeze, when hunger wins over and honey is drizzled over a warmed biscuit after a tray of peach danishes were just formed before baking
.25L $3.25 / Tankard $6.50
Stump - Schwarzbier (5%)
A healthy dose of Munich malts bring out the bread like flavors of this beer with enough darker malts to give it that perfect red/black color we all love. Tiny carcasses of pressed grapes liter the tiled cellar floor, burlap bags as tapestries, a sheep skin leather coat while you pick actual ripe starfruit.
.25L $3.25 / Tankard $6.50
Baas - Hammer Lager (5%)
Brewed for those in this racky commonwealth that labor hard and need a beer after work that feeds the soul, mug after mug. A familiar but unknown presence speaks indecipherable Spanish to a young person, three hundred years of bailing hay, shaded limestone thrones for chocolate sorbetto break time
Milk Pour $3.00 / Tankard $6.50
ALES
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
Autobiography - Cream Ale (4.7%)
An all American beer brewed with a touch of corn (cause we're corn people), hopped with American grown Saaz, and fermented with our house Ale yeast. The woods are alive surrounding a giant lake in a perfect geological bowl high in the mountains as two sit on the edge munching on Swiss breakfast breads smeared with marmalade. Upon returning to town exhausted the sip milky green tea as they pass a street vendor gulping young white wine as donuts rise in the frenetic fryer
.25L $3.25 / .5L $6.50
Rich Loves Me - Pale Bitter (5.5%)
In honor of a brother in beer, this ones for you buddy. Brewed with UK grown and malted Golden Promise then hopped excessively with whole cone Centennial in the coolship. As the salty pasta water in slowly drained pithy grapefruit and honeyed herbs are pounded together into an intense paste. Dessert it for the Sultan was the first to be plated: super ripe mangoes from India, oranges that somehow grew from a pinetree, and cherries of the brightest of reds
.25L $3.25 / Tankard $6.50
This Is - IPA (6.5%)
Keeping it hazy with a smattering of flaked wheat malt, then dry hopped with Cryo Idaho 7 and El Dorado. After the lime zested itself it felt naked and covered itselt in a leftover Bubbalicous wrapper. Another mango has just returned from space travel bringing with it the ideas and culture from a far away planet and the science to create new smells
.25L $4 / .4L $7.50/4pk $17
Absent Void - Imperial Stout (11.1%)
This one is for your heart health, like a blanket for your soul, made with malts sourced from the island formerly known as the Queen's land with some additional dark candied sugars from across the Channel. As you descend the stairs still-burning embers remind you of last night's glories, overflowing with whiskey and apple brandy barreled dreams (message!) and an abundance of crumbly cheesecake crusts. It's bread and dessert season, with cinnamon raisin swirls throughout your flan and chocolate covered cherries studded in your yeasted loaf, so let's get all fat and sassy
Goblet $8
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
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
Good Game - Wheat Ale (4%)
Brewed with a large helping of malted wheat and hopped with Saaz and Cascade then fermented with our favorite British yeast. The rain has stopped falling and our photosynthesizing friends are showing their excitemen, nascant young citrus slowly ripens, a pink shining salt plane blinds you momentarily
.25L $3.25 / .5L $6.50
MIXED FERMENTATION
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
Comet Choreography - Brett Saison (5.5%)
Pilsner and spelt malt for the win, lots of Tettnanger hops for the soul, and a slow condition on some funky Brettanomyces for the future. While attempting to reach a formidable wine cellar on the moon one must first find a ride: a horse that's actually a kiwi who snacks on dried pears dusted with chili powder is a great choice. Great mileage. Or you can smash rocks with frozen white grapes hoping to find the jazziest purple ever
.25L $4 / .4L $7
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)