Aged-Hop Biere De Garde (collab w/Tonewood Brewing). We brewed this wort with our friend Mike Nuhn from Tonewood back in October and took it as a nice moment to share techniques and recipe concepts. The grist is Dingemans pale malt with a touch of chit and belgian biscuit malt, and we settled on a hopping schedule with fresh German Perle as well as a plethora of aged Styrian and Amarillo. We fermented hot, but allowed the beer to naturally crash to a cellar temp of 55F and “garde” through the cold winter. In the middle of January we reconvened, tasting the beer and lightly dry hopping with more 2014 Amarillo. Tasting notes of Citrus Tea, Herb de Provence, and aged manchego coming off the dry hop. 5.5% abv