Balaton: 2020 Harvest

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As we more fully embrace the characteristics of each fruit that we source, we have somewhat reimagined our fruited Farmstead ales. To more prominently represent those fruits and the variation of each harvest season, we let the fruit guide us in selecting from our range of barrel-aged Farmstead ales—sometimes this will be a single base beer, other times it may be a blend of different barrels—all with the goal of best expressing the fruit’s unique aspects. For this entry, we paired a blend of our Farmstead ales—all of which rested in oak for more than a year—with Balaton cherries from nearby Burtt’s Orchard in Cabot, Vt. This harmonized blend rested in the bottle for over a year, achieving its balance of complex acidity and seasonal fruit rep