A very local Saison
Posted by Ethan on Wednesday, 28 July 2010
Some of the Linkery folk and I had the the great opportunity to take part in the entire brewing process with Colby Chandler of Ballast Point Brewing.
Colby wanted to brew a San Diego farmhouse ale with ingredients that would have been found in the San Diego area when Cabrillo’s ships arrived in 1542. The ingredients he wanted to use were local: Manzanita berries, white sage, white sage honey, agave, elder flowers and berries, roasted pinenuts, curacao.
Us being The Linkery, we know a lot of local farmers. Bruce up at Wingshadows Haciendia who grows food just for The Linkery has a bunch of Manzanita trees on his grandparents old farmstead land just out of Warner Springs.
-We took a field trip.
Wes of North Park Native Plants
-Two days later, we went to the brewery for the brewing of the beer.
-Four weeks later, the yeasts have eaten all the sugars and the beer is kegged.
-Thursday the 29th of July the San Salvador (one of Cabrillo’s ships) Saison is making its debut (not including Ballast’s tasting rooms) at The Linkery.
July 28th, 2010 at 4:00 pm
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July 28th, 2010 at 10:09 pm
This is the beer I’ve been waiting my whole life to drink.
July 29th, 2010 at 1:46 pm
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