04/14/2026
It’s our annual release of the Valley Beer Vintage Series! We release this collection of mature, oak-aged, Sour Farmhouse Ales every year to celebrate our anniversary. We’re nine years into our brewery, and still filling the oak barrels we filled on day one! Since then, our farmhouse program, our brewing practices, and our yeast cultures have continued to evolve, and we’re really excited to share with you a new expression of our work.
This year’s Valley Beer Vintage Series marks the first time we have explored a Guezue-inspired blend of one, two, and three year old barrels of Valley Beer. Valley Beer itself has evolved into a once a year blend of our favorite barrels, all of which are brewed with 100% New York State grain and aged whole leaf hops, and spontaneously fermented in our large oak foudres. For this project, a portion of three annual blends, 2022, 2023, and 2024, were returned to oak barrels to continue aging. Last year, we brought all three back together as Valley Beer Vintage 2024. Its been in the bottle, slowly conditioning with wildflower honey for just over a year now, and its tasting lovely. It’s brightly acidic, rich with honey and oak, and lightly carbonated. We taste apricot, honey lemon iced tea, mustard seed caviar, and dandelion.
To round out the Valley Beer Vintage Series, we’re also releasing Valley Beer Vintage 2024: Cherry and Blueberry. For each of these, we take a portion of Valley Beer Vintage and let it condition with freshly picked local fruit for a few months. While Valley Beer Vintage is still present as the base beer, these two fruited versions are amplified expressions of our favorite summer fruits. In Valley Beer Vintage Cherry, we taste red Gatorade, Queen Anne’s cordial cherries, autumn olives, and cherry blossoms, and in Blueberry we taste blueberry cobbler, farmstand fresh pie filling, and Nutri-grain bars.
Thanks for being part of our journey!