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New pFriem Bottle Releases, Features and Events

pFriem Family Brewers has released a new Hazy IPA, Frambozen and Super Saison in bottles while also rolling out a Beer Finder feature on the brewery's website. Coming up this Thursday, August 30th the Hood River brewery is having a "Meet the Farmer" event featuring Peche and peach farmer Rack & Cloth.pFriem's new Beer Finder is a new tool that lets you see where the brewery's beer is located. Simply enter in your zip code, what beer you're looking for, and if you want bottles or draft. Simple! pFriem notes that it cannot guarantee the inventory stock at individual locations that carry its beer, so you should still email or call those places.

Meet the Farmer with Rack & Cloth

Thursday, August 30th 5-7pm in the pFriem Bear's Den room.Meet the man behind pFriem's juicy heirloom peaches used in their phenomenal Lambic-inspired PÊCHE. Enjoy complimentary beer & cider tastings and meet our peach farmer, Silas from Rack & Cloth.Rack & Cloth Pêche Cider: This is a 2016 dry cider aged 10 months on whole fruit. Off-dry. It shows peach essence and depth from prolonged skin and flesh contact.pFriem Pêche Lambic-Inspired Ale: When we add juicy, heirloom peaches to our year-old Lambic inspired ale, magic happens— they unite, gushing with bright acidity, nutty undertones and a tangy finish. It does take eight more months of aging, but it’s well worth the wait.ABOUT RACK & CLOTHRack & Cloth is a small, diverse farm and cidery located in Mosier Oregon. The farm was started in 2008 by Silas Bleakley. They grow primarily peaches and apples, though they also grow asparagus, plums, apricots, as well as raise a small number of chickens, sheep, and pigs. They strive to create a closed-loop system on the farm. For example, the unsaleable fruit and produce is fed to the animals, which in turn create manure for them to compost and then reapply to the land to supply nutrients back to the plants.The cidery began in 2012 as a project to allow them to use their own fruit to create a premium product. Rack & Cloth only press fruit once a year in the fall and typically ferment and age the cider for at least a year before its release. The ethos that guides them is to start with good fruit and stay out of the way. Most of the ciders are fermented and aged in oak on lees. It is unfiltered and unfined, dry and complex cider.

Hazy IPA

Seeking out some haze? pFriem Hazy IPA has tropical aromas of clementine, peach, strawberry, mango, and papaya, and juicy notes of grapefruit, white grape, and whipped citrus. Creamsicle meringue rests atop a mysterious body of grilled mango and haze. If you’re looking for haze, you’re in the right place. Clearly!TASTING NOTES: A creamsicle meringue rests atop a mysterious body of grilled mango and haze. Tropical aromas of clementine, peach, strawberry, mango, and papaya leap from the glass. Juicy flavors of grapefruit, white grape and whipped citrus dance across the palate. Balanced citrus rind bitterness gives way to a pillowy warmth.ABV 7.9% IBU 35MALT: Gambrinus Pilsner, Rahr Pale Malt, Rahr raw wheat, Grain Millers Flaked OatsHOPS: Mosaic, Citra, El Dorado, DenaliYEAST: London Ale

Super Saison

Winter is when the strongest Saisons were brewed. In fact, these super brews were so coveted that they were saved to celebrate Christmas. Of course, December need not come for you to enjoy our pFriem Super Saison. A thick, meringue-like foamy head sits atop big aromas of pineapple and papaya. Savor these bright flavors while a subtle warming fills your tummy. Merry Christmas, gullet!TASTING NOTES: Lemon Meringue foam on top of a hazy orange body.  Big aromas of pineapple and papaya makes this beer smell like a fresh bowl of tropical fruit.  A mouth circus of kiwi, honey nectar, and creamy goodness graces the palate. This super beer finishes tart and prickly with a subtle warming.ABV 9.5% IBU 38MALT: Gambrinus Canadian Pilsner, Gambrinus Wheat MaltHOPS: German Hallertau, Sorachi Ace, Nelson SauvinYEAST: Farmhouse Ale

Frambozen

Take a sniff of our raspberry Lambic-inspired ale, pFriem Frambozen, and huge perfumy aromas of fresh fruit will tease your nose. Take one sip and your taste buds will be embraced by the flavors of lavender and fresh jam before the tart, prickly finish will make you long for another.TASTING NOTES: Deep fuchsia red topped with cotton candy pink foam. Huge perfumy aromas of fresh raspberries, kiwi, and rose petals. Floral flavors of ripe berries, lavender, and fresh jam.   Finishes tart, tantalizing, and prickly.ABV 5.7% IBU 6MALT: Gambrinus Canadian Pilsner, Rahr unmalted Wheat, Mecca Grade Wikiup Red WheatHOPS: Aged Czech SaazYEAST: Brettanomyces, Lactic Bacterial CultureFRUIT: Willamette Valley RaspberriesWOOD: French Oak