Casse-croûte is a French term meaning “a light snack” or literally “to break the crust” — a small pause in the day shared over bread, wine, or beer.

Born out of a mutual appreciation between Sobremesa & Hop Nation — for wine, New Zealand, good food, and not taking life too seriously — this beer captures that spirit of simple pleasure and connection.

This is a blend of:

60% – 20 month old saison fermented in a puncheon

40% – freshly packaged ‘The Chop’ IPA from hop nation.

Packaged on August 10th 2025 and bottle/keg conditioned for 10 weeks.

This is one of our favourite styles at Sobremesa. There is such a beauty in blending young and old components that always results in a product that is better then the sum of it’s parts.

For this release, we used finished IPA for the first time rather than dry-hopping the blend, resulting in a more refined, cohesive expression.

The aroma is full of apricot & lime zest and sings in the glass.

The palate brings a real lemon sherbet character w/ a subtle acidity.

The bitterness is fresh and sustained.

Crisp, bright, and crunchy. – Sobremesa