Crooked Stave

Golden sour ale with blueberries.

Provision sour ale aged in oak barrels with Colorado Palisade peaches & cherry skins. We have hand picked each Surette Reserva from unique batches that develop with indefinable complexity. Through embracing variation within our brewing seasons, each limited release is an expression of the terroir from which our fruit is sourced, the skilled stewardship of the farmers we work with, and the rustic beers we produce. 

Golden sour ale aged in oak barrels with Palisade peaches

This beer is truly unique, not only because it is the first time that we have used Colorado Green Bartlett Pears in a beer, but also because of the distinct white wine characteristics and flavor profile. The carbonation is palate cleansing with each sip and is drinking great right now but will also continue to age gracefully for years to come.

Burgundy sour ale aged in oak barrels with Colorado montmorency cherries.

Vintage spontaneous sour ale aged in oak barrels
Spontaneously fermented in oak barrels, Flor d'Lees derives its name from the microflora that reside in our brewery and the yeasts lees that develops in each barrel. Reminiscent of the great spontaneous Belgian lambic beers historically brewed throughout the Senne Valley, we uphold the time-honored production methods of a traditional malted barley and raw wheat grist, a turbid mash and extended boil with aged hops, overnight cooling of each batch in our custom-built coolship, wort inoculated entirely by the natural wild yeasts and bacteria residing around our coolship and native to our brewery for 100% of the spontaneous fermentation in oak barrels, all prior to the careful selection and blending of one, two, and three year old – or older – barrels, with 100% natural refermentation in the bottle.

In collaboration with Mr. B's. Instead of using typical bourbon, red wine, or white wine barrels, we decided it was important to acquire something unique. We chose white wine barrels, but the barrels we tracked down are not your everyday chardonnay barrels. Tablas Creek Winery produces wines featuring only the classic varietals used in the Rhone River Valley in the south of France. These barrels were used for blending and contained white wine varietals such as Marsanne, Rousanne, Viognier, and Grenache Blanc. The barrels were freshly drained then immediately shipped to Crooked Stave where a blend of roughly 75% L'Brett d'Or, 20% Surette, and 5% Vieille was set to age.

Wild ale aged in oak with Colorado Peaches

Sunnyside Red Sour Ale. Collaboration with Brasserie de la Senne

Nightcap is our Burgundy Sour Ale aged in Red Wine Barrels with cherries, cacao nibs, and coffee.

Golden sour ale aged in oak barrels with apricots

Provision Sour Ale Aged in Ransom Old Tom Gin Barrels with Juniper & Ginger We have hand picked each Surette Reserva from unique batches that develop with indefinable complexity. Through embracing variation within our brewing seasons, each release is a unique expression of the rustic beers we produce. This one-off release is aged in Ransom Old Tom Gin Barrels with juniper and ginger.

Golden sour aged in a Leopold's Peach Whiskey Barrel that once also contained New Belgium's Love.

Golden sour ale aged in oak barrels with apricots