Monday Night To Release Foraged, a Barrel-Aged Wild Ale

Monday Night Brewing in Atlanta, Georgia has announced plans to release a fruited sour ale aged in Sauvignon Blanc barrels called Foraged.

The beer features the enigmatic Pawpaw fruit, which were locally sourced and provide a clean, crisp and grape-like quality that gives the beer a delightfully refreshing white wine quality. 

The full release from Monday Night is below.

Pawpaw fruit is hard to pin down. Its flavors can range from fresh papaya and mango to homemade banana custard. It's also almost impossible to process. But our brewing staff was undaunted. Working with a local forager, we sourced 100 pounds of this fruit from the forests along the Georgia/Tennessee border and got to work. 

This 7.1% American wild ale is fermented in sauvignon blanc barrels with lactobacillus and saison yeast. We used multiple strains of brettanomyces in the secondary fermentation on pawpaw fruit to produce a clean, crisp and slightly fruity beer that will remind you of a California chardonnay.

We'll be releasing this bottle at the Garage - it will be limited!