Berliner Messe: Sanctus Blends
Differentiation: Intended to highlight dark fruit contribution, Sanctus has come to showcase local red-to-black grapes
Blend No.: 1
aka “Berliner Messe: Sanctus 2016”
Blend Date: february 19, 2017
Packaging: 75cl
Alcohol by Volume: 6%
Serving: 48-55F, decant if desired
Cellaring potential: 8-18 years
Ingredients: air, water, raw wheat, pilsner malt, malted wheat, 2010 crystal hops, 2016 NJ chambourcin grapes
Élevage: spontaneously acidified, then spontaneously fermented and matured in neutralized sauvignon blanc 229L vosges and tronçais oak barrels for five months. transferred to 225L/229L port barrels for an additional three month refermentation with chambourcin grape must, followed by one month settling in stainless steel
Fruit: 2016 NJ chambourcin grapes harvested, crushed, destemmed, and added to barrels of beer the same day
Blend No.: 2 “Berliner Messe: Sanctus 2017”
Blend Date: may 1, 2018
Packaging: 75cl
Alcohol by Volume: 6%
Serving: 48-55F, decant if desired
Cellaring potential: 8-18 years
Ingredients: air, water, raw wheat, pilsner malt, malted wheat, 2010 crystal hops, 2017 NJ montepulciano grapes
Élevage: spontaneously acidified, then spontaneously fermented and matured in neutralized sauvignon blanc 229L vosges & tronçais barrels, as well as 225L nevers port barrels. blended in stainless from our most prized barrels from every age to become blend one credo, then racked to a hungarian oak 400L puncheon. montepulciano grapes were crushed and destemmed and added to two neutral 229L barrels, then topped up with the credo extension and left to referment and macerate for five months.
Fruit: 2017 montepulciano grapes from a small private farm in south jersey
Blend No.: 3 “Sanctus 2019”
Blend Date: april 6, 2020
Packaging: 75cl
Alcohol by Volume: 6%
Serving: 48-55F, decant if desired
Cellaring potential: 8-25 years
Ingredients: air, water, NJ raw wheat, NJ pilsner malt, 2010 crystal hops, 2019 NJ chambourcin grapes, petite sirah & cabernet franc pomace
Élevage: spontaneously acidified, then spontaneously fermented and matured in neutralized french oak barrels, racked onto chambourcin grape must (crushed, destemmed in-house) in open stainless for refermentation, to which was added pomace fresh from the press of Unionville Vineyards of petite sirah and cabernet franc. racked into grenache puncheons for an additional five months
Fruit: 2019 NJ chambourcin grapes harvested, crushed, destemmed, and added to barrels of beer the same day
Dosage: NJ blueberry honey
Blend No.: 4 “Sanctus 2020”
Blend Date: july 23, 2021
Packaging: 75cl
Alcohol by Volume: 6.2%
Serving: 48-55F
Cellaring potential: 8-25 years
Ingredients: air, water, NJ raw wheat, NJ pilsner malt, 2010 crystal hops, 2020 NY Petit Verdot grapes
Élevage: spontaneously acidified, then spontaneously fermented and matured in a neutralized french oak puncheon (that which held last year’s Sanctus), racked onto Petit Verdot grape must (crushed, destemmed in-house) in stainless for refermentation. racked into third-use Oloroso cask and glass demijohn for an additional nine months
Fruit: 2020 North Fork Long Island Petit Verdot grapes
Dosage: NJ blueberry honey