Tender Buttons Blends

Differentiation: the addition of fresh, whole, ripe red raspberries

Blend No.: 1

Blend Date: january 24, 2018

Packaging: 75cl
Alcohol by Volume: 6%
Serving: 45-55F         
Cellaring potential: 3-20 years (the long slow fade of fruit)

Ingredients: air, water, pilsner malt, raw wheat, 2009 sterling hops, NJ red raspberries

Élevage: spontaneously fermented and matured in 229L sauvignon blanc french oak barrels, racked onto whole raspberries in a 350L french oak rosé barrel and stainless steel, then blended. an average of thirteen months at bottling.
Fruit.: freshly harvested (never frozen) ripe to overripe whole NJ red raspberries
Further Reading: tender buttons

Blend No.: 1a (Tender Buttons - Vanilla)

Blend Date: february 23, 24, 25, 2018

Packaging: 375ml
Alcohol by Volume: 6%
Serving: 45-55F         
Cellaring potential: 3-20 years (the long slow fade of fruit)

Ingredients: air, water, pilsner malt, raw wheat, 2009 sterling hops, NJ red raspberries, organic tahitian vanilla beans

Élevage: spontaneously fermented and matured in 229L sauvignon blanc french oak barrels, racked onto whole raspberries a 350L french oak rosé barrel and stainless steel, then blended. additionally racked onto sliced whole tahitian vanilla beans in stainless steel. an average of fourteen months at bottling.
Fruit.: freshly harvested (never frozen) ripe to overripe whole NJ red raspberries, organic tahitian vanilla beans
Further Reading: tender buttons, paul gauguin

Blend No.: 2 (Tender Buttons - Vanilla)

Blend Date: january 25, 2019

Packaging: 75cl
Alcohol by Volume: 6%
Serving: 45-55F         
Cellaring potential: 3-20 years (the long slow fade of fruit)

Ingredients: air, water, pilsner malt, raw wheat, 2009 sterling hops, 2010 cascade hops, NJ red raspberries, organic tahitian vanilla beans

Élevage: spontaneously fermented and matured in neutral french oak puncheons, refermented with fresh, whole south jersey raspberries in an unwashed Krak! second-use port barrel for six months, and refermented with fresh, whole fall-bearing north jersey raspberries in stainless steel for three months. blended together into stainless onto vanilla beans.
Fruit.: freshly harvested (never frozen) ripe to overripe whole NJ red raspberries, organic tahitian vanilla beans

Dosage: NJ cranberry honey
Further Reading: tender buttons, paul gauguin

Blend No.: 3 (“Tender Buttons 2020”)

Blend Date: november 11, 2020

Packaging: 75cl
Alcohol by Volume: 6%
Serving: 45-55F         
Cellaring potential: 3-20 years (the long slow fade of fruit)

Ingredients: air, water, pilsner malt, raw wheat, 2009 sterling hops, 2010 cascade hops, 2012 tettnang hallertauer mittelfruh, NJ red raspberries

Élevage: spontaneously fermented in neutral french oak puncheons, and refermented with fresh, whole fall-bearing north jersey raspberries in stainless steel for six weeks. backblended with old (44-52 month) golden ale for depth.
Fruit.: freshly harvested (never frozen) ripe to overripe whole NJ red raspberries

Dosage: NJ cranberry honey
Further Reading: tender buttons, paul gauguin

Blend no.: 3b (“Tender Buttons Grand Cru 2020”)

Blend Date: july 29, 2020

Packaging: 375ml
Alcohol by Volume: 6%
Serving: 45-55F         
Cellaring potential: 5-25 years (the long slow fade of fruit)

Ingredients: air, water, pilsner malt, raw wheat, 2009 sterling hops, 2010 cascade hops, 2012 tettnang hallertauer mittelfruh, NJ red raspberries

Élevage: brewed in the fall of 2016, spontaneously fermented in a single french oak chardonnay puncheon, refermented in stainless steel cask with red raspberries

Fruit: south jersey red raspberries grown without pesticides, picked by ourselves and Shirley at Happy Valley Berry Farm on june 24, 2020

Dosage: NJ cranberry honey
Further Reading: tender buttons, paul gauguin