Asheville, NC Sunday, September 18th at 1:00pm, Hi-Wire Brewing will be releasing Batch #7
of their Single Barrel Series, as well as a small batch wild ale called Sour Heady Porter for $15
per bottle. The bottle release will start at 1:00pm at their South Slope Speciality Facility that
solely produces Sour and Wild Ales. 
Batch #7 of the Single Barrel Series is an Oak Fermented Mosaic Wheat Ale with
Brettanomyces (5% ABV). This easy-drinking wild wheat ale, with notes of juicy tropical fruit & funk
, was brewed with a single, 1lb per barrel, hop addition of Mosaic Hops. This beer was oak
fermented in a red wine barrel with a specific blend of brettanomyces that exhibits tropical fruit
flavors before being bottle conditioned. 
The other bottle being released is a one-off batch called Sour Heady Porter, an Oak Fermented
Wild Ale with Raspberries (8.5% ABV). Sour Heady Porter is the brainchild of one of our
cellarman, John Hedberg (affectionately known as Heady), and Specialty Brewer John Parks.
This complex sour porter, with notes of bright raspberry, oaky red wine, dark chocolate, and a
deep acidity, displays characteristics of a raspberry porter with the added complexity of wild
yeast and lactobacillus. It was oak fermented in a red wine barrel for 8 months before being
bottle conditioned.
Single Barrel Series releases are Hi-Wire Brewing’s build up to their wild & sour program's
official launch, scheduled to happen this fall. Production of these beers are limited to 120 bottles
each and will not see distribution. Join Hi-Wire at 1:00pm on September 18 to get your hands on
these special, limited beers.
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