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Peach Miscellanea

Peach Miscellanea

Peach Miscellanea Vol. 4.67294032224 is a foeder aged wild ale made with two kinds of Michigan peaches. The name is longer than most people's patience. The beer is not.

The name is Peach Miscellanea Vol. 4.67294032224. Off Color Brewing has already done a Vol. 4 refermentation once before, apricot, so this one gets a decimal instead of a new number. That is either very precise or a small joke. Possibly both.

The peaches are real, at least. AutumnStar and Loring, grown at Seedling Farms in Michigan by a man named Peter Klein. AutumnStar is newer, bred in Coloma to handle the local climate. Loring is a classic mid-season heirloom. Foeder aging does the rest, letting Off Color's house wild yeast take its time with the fruit rather than rushing it.

At 8.2% ABV, this is not a small beer wearing a fruit costume. It is a serious wild ale that happens to have peaches in it, which is a different thing entirely, and worth knowing before the first sip surprises you.

Chicago's Off Color built its whole "Miscellanea" series around this idea, take a good base beer, refit it with a different fruit, see what happens. Nobody is pretending this is a permanent fixture. It releases on draft and in 375ml bottles to go, exclusively at Mousetrap, this Friday at noon, and then it's gone until the next decimal point.

Get it now. There will not be a Vol. 4.672940322241.