A Ghost Is Born Blends
Differentiation: the maceration & gentle refermentation of second-use “spent” cherries
Blend No.: 1 (2017)
Bottling Date: january 18, 2019
Packaging: 75cl
Alcohol by Volume: 4.5%
Serving: 45-58F
Cellaring potential: 5-10 years
Ingredients: air, water, pilsner malt, raw wheat, 2009 sterling hops, 2010 crystal hops, 2012 cascade hops, peaches, cherries, plums
Élevage:
Fruit: se
Dosage: NJ cranberry honey
Further Reading: nine stories
Blend No. 2 (2018)
Bottling Date: july 24, 2019
Packaging: 75cl
Alcohol by Volume: 4.5%
Serving: 45-58F
Cellaring potential: 5-15 years
Bottles produced: 410
Ingredients: air, water, pilsner malt, raw wheat, malted wheat, 2010 crystal hops, 2012 cascade hops, cherries
Élevage: (all threads declassified Berliner Messe, i.e. spontaneously fermented pale wheat ale). one thread brewed in november 2016 spontaneously fermented in a 225L red wine barrel, two threads brewed in may 2018, one of which aged in a neutral french oak 229L barrel, the other in a second-use port 229L barrel, and two threads brewed in november 2017 which briefly spontaneously fermented in neutral oak before racking in february 2018 to two port barrels which then held rye whiskey. threads were partially woven upon racking onto the spent cherries in three puncheons, two of which were cognac casks, and all were ultimately blended together into IBC for bottling
Fruit: NY montmorency & morello “spent” cherry flesh from the 2018 krieks
Dosage: NJ blueberry honey
Blend No. 3 (“2019”)
Bottling Date: june 25, 2021
Packaging: 75cl
Alcohol by Volume: 6.5%
Serving: 45-58F
Cellaring potential: 5-15 years
Bottles produced: 450
Ingredients: air, water, NJ pilsner malt, NJ raw wheat, NJ spelt, NJ rye, 2012 strisselspalt hops, NY morello cherries
Élevage: mont sainte-victoire grist brewed in the fall of 2019, spontaneously fermented in open top stainless, then continued fermenting and aging in neutral oak puncheons, racked onto spent cherries in another puncheon in the summer of 2020 for a year-long maceration before racking to stainless for bottling
Fruit: NY morello “spent” cherry flesh from Krak! 2019
Dosage: NJ cranberry honey
Blend No. 4 (“2020”)
Bottling Date: october 5, 2021
Packaging: 75cl, 1.5L
Alcohol by Volume: 4.5%
Serving: 45-58F
Cellaring potential: 5-15 years
Bottles produced: 420, 31
Ingredients: air, water, NJ pilsner malt, NJ raw wheat, 2010 crystal hops, 2012 tettnang hallertauer mittelfruh hops, NJ montmorency cherries
Élevage: brewed in january 2021, spontaneously fermented in neutral oak puncheons, racked after two months onto “spent” cherries in separate puncheon and left to continue fermenting and macerating for another seven months (nine months total age at bottling)
Fruit: NJ montmorency “spent” cherry flesh from a thread towards The Stone Raft 2020
Dosage: NJ blueberry honey