St Abigail 2024

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Wildflower St Abigail 2024: White Peach is a golden barrel aged ale wholly fermented by a diversity of yeasts and bacteria collected from native flowers in NSW refermented with white peaches. It is named for Emily and Chris’ second daughter. Saint Abigail was a medieval healer and beekeeper from County Clare, Ireland.In 2024, St Abigail was made by blending barrel aged golden mixed culture fermentation ale with 454kg of fresh, hand picked, whole, tree ripened white peaches from Thornbrook Orchard in Orange, NSW. After a five month maceration and refermentation of fruit and beer, it was bottled and allowed to naturally carbonate and mature before release.In 2023, we did not publicly release this beer so it is really nice to have it back. This year was just that slightly warmer harvest than in years previous which really suits the sugar development in stone fruits, especially these white peaches. The past few wet years (21,22 and 23) have produced fruit that carries more weight but also less flavour, which we see in our beers. These were ready to eat upon arrival, however, with great flavour... while I dont have a crystal ball, this forthcoming summer looks to be a good one for fruit so far.