We are very excited to announce that the third edition of our ongoing collaboration with Mountain Culture, Village 2023 will be available online and for take-away/collection from 10pm (AEST) on Thursday 25 July 2024.
Village 2023 is the first one- two- and three-year blend of this joint project of ales made in the likeness of the Belgian lambic tradition.
The 2023 blend, like 2021 and 2022 is an ale made with certified organic heritage malted barley, raw wheat and aged hops, all wholly grown in Australia. Brewed in Katoomba using an intensive turbid mash, extended three hour boil and cooled in copper coolship overnight exposed to the environs of the Blue Mountains world heritage site. Fermented and aged in oak without addition of yeast or bacteria.
This blend contains ales brewed in the winters of each 2020, 2021 and 2022 which have aged for three, two and one year respectively before being blended in late 2023 and bottles. This year's blend is composed of of four, 500 litre puncheons with two of three years of age, one of two years of age and a single of one year of age.
We aim to release a single Village beer each year blended from the variety of our aged stock as an ongoing manifestation of the friendship we share with Harriet and DJ. We will continue to blend older and older components to make blends. The image below shows how the label will reflect this over time.
The 2023 blend opens with a wonderfully fruity and aged-hop aroma and shows its age with a complex oak structure and round palate with gentle acidity and bitterness to finish.
Village 2023 was bottled in 750ml and 1500ml bottles under cork and crown seal. Like all our beers, Village 2023 is best enjoyed when decanted off a settled natural yeast sediment at cellar temperatures (10-12°C).
Enjoy.
