Burlington, WA’s Garden Path Fermentation will partner with Vinea Imports for non-exclusive Washington distribution, and is releasing a new variant in their spontaneously fermented coolship series.

Seattle-based importer Vinea works directly with small producers around the world to bring sustainable, natural yeast-driven and site-specific wine to the Northwest. The focus is on finding thoughtful and similarly minded retailers and restaurants to showcase their products, especially valuable for the niche farmhouse ales that garner a cult following from Garden Path.

Garden Path is currently the only beer producer in Vinea’s book, and will operate within a non-exclusive agreement, continuing to self-distribute and export to their existing customers and accounts that are not currently working with Vinea.

The Spontaneous Ferment: Raspberries, is the first variant in their coolship series. Refermented on raspberries from Silva Family Farms, keg and bottle-conditioned with local fireweed honey, and aged for five months in bottles and kegs before release. This beer is a beautifully hued, fruity, and highly balanced product that shows off a complex set of flavors highlighting everything about the place from which it came. A very limited release.

The Spontaneous Ferment: Raspberries is now ready to drink and will be available for sale at Garden Path’s taproom beginning February 5th as well as throughout the region and beyond. Please visit our online store at http://shop.gardenpathwa.com for local pickup, regional delivery, and in-state shipping.

About Garden Path Fermentation

Located in the beautiful rural Skagit Valley in Northwest Washington, Garden Path Fermentation makes hyperlocal beer, mead, cider, and wine only using ingredients sourced from our own backyard. We exclusively use Skagit-grown grain, fruit and honey, Pacific Northwest hops, and ferment all of our products in oak with 100% native Skagit yeast. Our process draws on old-world brewing and winemaking techniques from a variety of traditions, which we reinterpret and adapt to take maximum advantage of the Skagit Valley’s abundant resources and temperate climate. Visit http://gardenpathwa.com for more information or follow us on Instagram, Twitter and Facebook @gardenpathwa.