Élevage: spontaneously fermented and matured in a 500L french oak puncheon for fifteen months, before the addition of fresh whole hudson valley balaton cherries, subsequent spontaneous fruit referm...
Spontaneously fermented golden ale aged in a single cognac puncheon before spontaneously refermenting with fresh, whole, ripe sour Morello and Montmorency cherries in the barrel.
Élevage: spontaneously fermented and matured in a 500L french oak chardonnay puncheon for fifteen months, racked onto whole frozen (thawed) blackberries and allowed to referment in upright cylindri...
Élevage: spontaneously fermented and matured in neutralized 229L sauvignon blanc vosges and tronçais oak barrels for eight months. Blended White Peaches
Élevage: spontaneously fermented and matured in 229L sauvignon blanc french oak barrels, racked onto whole raspberries a 350L french oak rosé barrel and stainless steel, then blended...
A blend of our favorite 2018 harvest "spent" fruits aged and gently refermented on a spontaneously fermented pale wheat ale featuring cherries, peaches, plums, grapes, and black raspberries.
Spontaneously fermented pale wheat ale refermented with late harvest Vidal Blanc grape juice in Pineau des Charentes puncheons for an additional 18 months sous voile.
This 2019 harvest vintage features South Jersey Cabernet Franc grapes, crushed and destemmed for a three week refermentation with 2.5-year-old spontaneously fermented golden ale.
Ice-nine is a spontaneously fermented golden ale aged for upwards of one year in a single wine barrel periodically topped up with naturally cryoextracted Vidal Blanc juice until refermented to dryn...
Spontaneously fermented steinbier brewed with all-NJ ingredients, including the locally quarried rocks themselves, in collaboration with The Seed and Rabbit Hill Farms
Spontaneously fermented golden ale refermented with NJ Ulster cherries, Shiro plums, and Sunglo nectarines, all replete with stones. Aged for an average of 26 months prior to bottle refermentation.
A blend of 5 month, 15 month, and 25 month spontaneously fermented golden ales, blended together and refermented in the bottle without added sugar. Aged 3 years in the bottle.
The Referend is exclusively dedicated to the production of spontaneously fermented beers, as practiced by ancient cultures and ushered into modernity by the lambic brewers of Belgium’s Pajottenland. The cellar and blendery are located in Hopewell Township, NJ, home to The Sourlands.
These beers are:
100% spontaneously fermented
no yeast cultures are added at any point in the process
Fermented and matured in oak barrels
neutral oak imparts little flavor and allows the beer to breathe
Unfiltered, Unpasteurized, Unsweetened
to sustain the beer’s natural essence
Built for posterity
bottles are capable of decades of aging
Acidic and complex
(not basic.)