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Farmhaus Fusion

For this beer we started by asking a lot of questions: What even is a Farmhouse beer? Can you brew with any old grain? Does the grain need to be malted? Although hard to answer clearly, at its core Farmhouse beers are a light and refreshing European style where farmers brewed beer from their own grain, for consumption during the late summer harvest. For this project we really wanted to embrace this nature of the farmhouse style and focussed on local Manitoban family farms that produce non-traditional brewing ingredients.       Selecting many unique local grains our brewing team built out our mash bill with raw Black Einkorn grown expertly by the Pengelly family of Erickson Manitoba, then a blend of naked oats and wild sprouted rice lovingly grown by the Nikkel family in the Manitoba Interlake.  The Einkorn is an ancient heritage wheat cultivated by humans as many as 12,000 years ago, it is much richer in protein and minerals then white/red wheat and touts a nutty flavour, silky texture and a faint cinnamon aroma. While the naked oats contribute a velvety, creamy texture to the beer, while the wild rice maintains a light body, a nutty/grassy flavour and a slightly smoky aroma. Finally for the twist: After brewing our beer, we selected a combination of yeast that likely have never been used alongside these ancient grains. First, we used a Farmhouse yeast from Lithuania that touts flavours of orange, lemon and black pepper. To further emphasize those flavours and to maximize the beers crisp drinkability, we then added Kazbek hops notable for their spicy-lemon character, while also adding a German lager (thus the FarmHAUS moniker).