Ferment Brewing’s 2024 Summer Beer Lineup: Peach Sour, West Coast IPA, Pale Ale & Lager!
With summer in full swing, Ferment Brewing has just announced the release of four new summer seasonal beers, all packaged in 16 ounce cans and on draft are available beginning today. These summer seasonals include Queen of Persica peach sour ale, Downtime Pale Ale collaboration with Grasslands Barbecue, and the latest releases from the brewery’s Top & Bottom Ferment series — Garden Lager and Longstep Mantis WCIPA.
Here are descriptions on each of the four beers as provided by Ferment Brewing.
Queen of Persica
A peach sour ale that spotlights Pacific Northwest golden peaches on a base beer that has a soft and approachable tartness. The brewery also added a dry hop charge of Hüll Melon hops complementing the stone fruit with melon undertones that pave the way for the complexities of the fruit to open up and shine through. At 5.6% ABV, Queen of Persica is decidedly a subtly nuanced crusher that quenches the drinker’s thirst rather than a slow sipping puckery beer.
Downtime Pale Ale
Originally released as a one-off beer in the summer of 2023, Ferment’s collaboration with Grasslands BBQ is back by request and will be available the remainder of the food cart’s season. Downtime Pale Ale is an unfiltered American Pale Ale with Talus and Hallertau Blanc hops that, at 4.5% ABV, is perfect for washing down Grassland’s famous barbecue. Need to grab it quickly while in line at Grasslands? Ferment sells cans at the beer bike adjacent to the food truck on the lawn behind the brewery.
Longstep Mantis WCIPA
Like the good fortune of a visit from the praying mantis, Longstep Mantis WCIPA will delight your senses with zesty grapefruit and mango notes but won’t stick around for long. Longstep Mantis is a 6.5% ABV West Coast IPA brewed with Mosaic, Citra, Idaho 7 and Idaho Gem hops.
Garden Lager
A crispy garden-hour, 5.2% ABV lager brewed with Hallertau Blanc, Tettnanger and Saphir hops, best enjoyed while watching tomatoes ripen. It has flavors similar to red clover, water cracker, and mild sage.
All four beers are available on draft and in 16oz 4-pack cans at Ferment’s Hood River brewpub, which has sweeping views over the beautiful Columbia River. Cans and draft are also available throughout Ferment’s distribution footprint across Oregon and throughout Seattle.
For more information on Ferment Brewing, visit https://www.fermentbrewing.com/.
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DJ
D.J. is a Portland, Oregon based writer that spent his formative years in the Midwest. With over 25 years under his belt of drinking beer at festivals across America and the world, he has developed a strong appreciation and understanding of craft beer and the industry that surrounds it. He can be found in any of the great breweries or beer bars that make Portland the best beer city in the world. His writing can also be found in the archives of Northwest Brewing News and can be followed on Twitter and Instagram at @hopapalooza.