Salt Spring Wild - Farmhouse Scrumpy

Farmhouse scrumpy from Salt Spring Island, brewed wild and lagered. Funky and dry, closer to a rustic European farmhouse beer than a clean cider.

Salt Spring Wild is a small-scale fermentation project on Salt Spring Island, British Columbia. Farmhouse Scrumpy is an old-world style of cider. Scrumpy is historically a rough, unfiltered, full-juice cider made from the farm's apples, fermented with ambient or minimal yeast and left largely unmanipulated.

The island's mild maritime climate and rocky soil produce apples with tannin structure and acidity. It is not sweetened or commercially carbonated. It pours hazy, ferments dry and has an earthy, funky edge. The 750 ml format suits the table. It goes with aged cheeses, charcuterie and roasted pork.