Somewhereness is the first release from this new chapter of my mixed culture beer program. It's also the first in a series of barrel fermented and aged saison, a fitting introduction to this new era of Temporal beer.

Batch One of Somewhereness was brewed about a year ago with a mix of estate-grown undermodified pilsner malt, wind malt, and a bit of malted red spring wheat from @meccagrade in Oregon. The mash was padded with Kentucky Bluegrass straw grown on the same land as the barley, acting as a natural filter during vorlauf and lauter.

Somewhereness B1 was hopped in the kettle with a healthy addition of Czech Saaz, and fermented with the wild yeast and bacteria that happen to live within barrel #22 - a neutral French oak cask I've been producing beer in for almost 5 years!

The idea with Somewhereness is to convey what terroir can look like in beer. To merge dry, refreshing, highly carbonated saison with an ingredient-driven approach. There's something to be said for barrel fermentation - yeast behavior can be effected by the geometry of the fermentation vessel - as well as a long stint of horizontal bottle conditioning. Something to do with surface area : volume ratios but also a little bit of magic and patience.

You've maybe never tried a saison like this. I hope you like it.

Saison can be a lot of things. This is just one of them.