We’re excited to announce the upcoming release of three limited 750-mL bottles: Booger Hill, DaySpring, and Golden Door!
Booger Hill is a barrel-aged biere de garde (7.8%) made with local honey from Booger Hill Bee Company. Booger Hill will serve as the second release from our Locally Grown Series, a series we use to showcase local ingredients sourced from farms in and surrounding Athens, GA. This beer was made over the course of 2.5 years and incorporated the disgorging process – a technique commonly used when making sparkling wine.
DaySpring is a grisette (5.3%) made with local wheat from DaySpring Farms. We first released DaySpring (2015) just a year after opening the brewery, and it was the first release from our Locally Grown Series. The 2015 release was the first time we sourced wheat from our friends at DaySpring Farms and we’ve now sourced their grains for several of our beers.
These three limited offerings will be available at the brewery starting on November 24. In addition, we will also launch our bottle service on the 24th for onsite consumption of limited and vintage bottle offerings.
ATHENS (November 13, 2017) – Creature Comforts Brewing Company will release DaySpring, a grisette made with local
wheat, in late November. The beer will be available in 750-mL bottles to purchase onsite at the brewery.
Creature Comforts sourced the wheat used in the beer locally from DaySpring Farms (Danielsville, GA), for which the
beer was named. The brewery used the local wheat in the 2015 release of DaySpring, in addition to other previous
releases and collaborations.
“The first batch of DaySpring was the first time we sourced wheat from the Brett family, who run DaySpring Farms,” said
Wood Cellar and Specialty Brand Manager Blake Tyers. “Since then we’ve become good friends and we’ve tried to use
their grains in a few of our beers now. We feel like it has such a sense of place to where we are and it’s always great
working with a local farm. Being able to do that again and make another beer with their name on it is a privilege, an
honor, and an awesome way to be able to extend that friendship.”
Much of the flavor profile DaySpring presents is driven by the wheat, yeast, and traditional European hops used in the
beer. DaySpring is dry and drinkable with a bit of pastoral funk, grassiness, black tea notes, and an herbal hop character.
The beer was bottle conditioned and is 5.3-percent ABV.
DaySpring (2015) was released from Creature Comforts just a year after the brewery opened, and served as the first
release from its Locally Grown Series. The series is used to showcase local ingredients sourced from farms in and
surrounding the brewery’s community of Athens.
The 2017 release was bottled August 2017 in green 750-mL bottles. This is the first beer Creature Comforts has
packaged in green bottles. The brewery chose green bottles in order to allow consumers to shape the flavor path of the
beer and to have the ability to create an intentional light-struck character to the beer if desired.
DaySpring will be released onsite at the brewery on November 24. For more information on Creature Comforts Brewing
Company visit www.creaturecomfortsbeer.com. For more information on DaySpring Farms visit
www.dayspringfarmsga.com.
ATHENS (November 13, 2017) – Creature Comforts Brewing Company will release a barrel-aged biere de garde made
with local honey, Booger Hill, in late November. The beer was packaged and conditioned in 750-mL bottles and will be
released on-site at Creature Comforts.
The beer’s name is a nod to Booger Hill Bee Company, the Danielsville, GA-based farm from which the brewery sourced
the honey used in the brew. Booger Hill fermented in oak barrels with the brewery’s house-mixed culture of yeast and
bacteria and underwent 16 months of aging in the barrels.
Booger Hill is 7.8-percent ABV and presents a flavor and aroma of almonds and subtle cherry, balanced by a palate of
medium acidity. The beer was bottled April 2016 and in September 2017 was disgorged – a technique commonly used
when making sparkling wine.
“A tremendous amount of time and work went into this beer,” said Wood Cellar and Specialty Brand Manager Blake
Tyers. “Each step along the way was challenging, a lot of labor, and a bit of loss too - making the finished product really
special.”
Booger Hill is the second release from Creature Comforts’ Locally Grown Series. The brewery uses its Locally Grown
Series to showcase local ingredients sourced from farms in and surrounding Athens. DaySpring, the brewery’s grisette,
was the first release from the series and featured wheat from DaySpring Farms in Danielsville.
Athens illustrator and Creature Comforts staff member Melissa Merrill, who has now designed several labels for the
brewery, created the artwork for Booger Hill. Merrill painted the original artwork with a Booger Hill honey reduction and
pollen from hop flowers.
Booger Hill will be released on-site at the brewery on November 24. For more information on Creature Comforts
Brewing Company visit www.creaturecomfortsbeer.com. For more information on Booger Hill Bee Company visit
www.boogerhillbee.com.
“As saisons were made for farmers and fieldworkers, we wanted to honor a person who made a difference in the
agricultural community, especially in Georgia,” said Wood Cellar and Specialty Brand Manager Blake Tyers. “We take
inspiration from the curious thinkers, inventors, artists, and explorers, and with saisons being so important to agriculture
we picked out George Washington Carver and used a quote of his to name the beer.”
Golden Door was aged in oak barrels for one year and bottle conditioned. The beer was bottled April 2017 and is 6.7-
percent ABV.
The label was designed by local artist and Creature Comforts staff member Melissa Merrill. The original artwork was
inspired by Carver’s quote the beer’s name references.
Golden Door will be available onsite at Creature Comforts on November 24. For more information on Creature Comforts
Brewing Company visit www.creaturecomfortsbeer.com.
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