Пиво The Eh! Team - Sierra Nevada Brewing Co., Indie Alehouse, House Ales, Bar Hop

The farmhouse Saison, spiced with red and white peppercorns, and fermented with a Saison yeast strain created by Ontario’s Escarpment Labs, was brewed by a team of Canadians at Sierra Nevada’s brewery last August. A team of 14 craft brewers, bar owners, and beer experts from Ontario and Vancouver were the first group of Canucks invited to participate in Sierra Nevada’s famous onsite brewing program — a three-day intensive visit to the Mills River, NC brewery where participants tour the state-of-the-art brewery, design their own beer recipe, and brew their own beer with Sierra Nevada’s brewmaster. “It was an inspiring trip,” says Jeff Broeders, head brewer at Indie Alehouse, and Beer Camper. “Sierra Nevada’s Mills River brewery just has that “why not” factor — they built that brewery right —it’s perfect.” The team decided to put a homegrown twist on the beer but avoid the gimmicky ingredients, (so they left the maple syrup for the pancakes). Instead, they asked Canada’s first company dedicated to producing unique, liquid yeast cultures for beer, Escarpment Labs, for their unique Old World Saison Blend, and added a touch of spice (and Canadian color) by throwing white and red (or rather pink) peppercorns into the brew. The result is a bubbly and dry farmhouse Saison with delicate herbal and floral notes that clocks in at 7% ABV.