This beer was made from amber mixed fermentation, barrel-aged beer and 1000kg of tree-ripened, whole fresh Morello sour cherries from Thornbrook Orchard in Orange, NSW. I picked up the fruit in Orange on 2 Jan ’19 and over the next 3 months, the fruit macerated and fermented with Amber from our cellar from barrels 1716 (5 month old Amber), 1755 (9 month old Amber), 1767 (6 month Amber), 1768 (11 month Amber), 1773 (15 month old Amber), 1821 (10 month old Amber) and 1826 (11 month old Amber). We packaged it on April 17th and have left it to condition and referment in bottle for 11 weeks. Our goal is to balance the tart, funky characteristics of our house culture to deliver beers with length, nuance and subtlety. St Thomas is an Australian Wild Ale refermented with cherries. – Wildflower Brewing & Blending.
