The Open Work Merlot
Spontaneously-fermented Sour w/ Merlot Grapes
Brewed with a traditional turbid mash of 70% pilsner malt and 30% raw wheat and boiled for 4 hours with aged hops, inoculated solely with our brewery air, and racked to oak barrels for one year, the first two entries in The Open Work series are harbingers of what is to come.The Open Work Merlot incorporates merlot grapes grown on Long Island by John Viviano, harvested in September and macerated in whole clusters with skin and stem contact. We selected slightly different barrels to pair with these grapes — less overtly tart and showing more oxidative, aged barrel character.
