Peace Tree Brewing Debuts Spontaneous Beer for 8th Anniversary

Peace Tree Brewing Co. out of Knoxville, Iowa has announced the release of Spontaneous Beer, a beer brewed with wild yeast from nearby fruit trees, in honor of the brewery's 8th anniversary. The 5.5 percent ABV beer tastes like a combination of wine and cider and finishes with a pleasantly tart finish. The full release from Peace Tree is below.

Joe has done a lot of cool beers over the last 8 years here at Peace Tree but this one might be the coolest. 

Back in September, Joe took wort out to our friends at Blue Gate Farm in Columbia, Iowa to sit for a day to pick up alcohol-tolerant yeast in the air from the nearby fruit trees (thanks, Mother Nature), and great news, fermentation started happening. Some beer brewed in Belgium and other surrounding regions still rely on their local wild yeast and bacteria so we're getting very traditional here!

There was a single digit percentage that this would work but it did and we're ready to have you try it! To celebrate our 8th Anniversary Week, Spontaneous Beer will be on tap in Des Moines & Grinnell starting at 5:00 pm on Tuesday, March 20. Joe and farmer Jill from Blue Gate will be at Des Moines Branch tomorrow starting at 5pm to chat and answer any questions you may have. Sorry Knoxville patrons, we love you but because we bottle in Knoxville, we can't risk any of the bacteria's mixing and changing the flavors of our other beer.