SMALL BATCH SEASONALS
Our Small Batch Seasonals and Year-Round Roster of Ales and Lagers can be found at the Firehall Brewery Brewpub, below Oliver's "Old Firehall on Main"
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2025 Wind & Fire Harvest Porter!
ABV: 5.3% - IBU: 22
A fresh-hopped multigrain porter brewed annually in memory of Carson Ruhland, with fresh hops harvested by family and friends at South Okanagan Hop Farms just up the road.
In Carson's spirit, we want this beer to have a profound depth, with many layers dovetailing for an evocative beer experience, inspired by the environmental changes from season to season that influence the profile of natural ingredients.
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This year the grain bill is dominated by floor-malted artisan base malts from Hogarth Malt, plus their Rye Malt for complexity and spice, accented with a touch of Great Western crystal malt for caramel character, Gambrinus Malting Honey Malt for sweetness, Baird's Chocolate Malt for dark chocolate notes, Briess Midnight Wheat for a bitterless roasty toastiness, Gambrinus Honey Malted Oats for body and silkiness, Canada Malting Co. Limited White Wheat Malt for foam-building proteins, and Red Shed Malting Biscuit Malt because it's super delicious. The wort from the mash tun this morning tasted like Multigrain Cheerios on steroids (and we noticed it paired well 50/50 with the Shiver Me Timbers single malt from The Dubh Glas Distillery).
Why so many malts? Why so crazy? Well, not only does each malt have a purpose, and not only did we want to chew on a bunch of new products in the mill shed, but there is one thing about the Wind & Fire that is consistent: complexity. In Carson's spirit, we want this beer to have a profound depth, with many layers dovetailing for a evocative beer experience, inspired by the environmental changes from season to season that influence the profile of natural ingredients.