Ale of Origin Framboise: SA Raspberry Lambic

2024 Best Beer in Africa Refermented with Stellenbosch Raspberries

Ale of Origin is the only beer in Africa brewed according to traditional Lambic methods.  It’s a spontaneously fermented beer, which means no yeast in added, it’s fermented only with yeast that blows in from the wind overnight as the beer cools in a “coolship” – a converted wine vat in our century old cellar.

The open air inoculates the beer with wild yeast and bacteria from our surrounding fruit farms and brewery rafters. It then undergoes a long, complex fermentation and three year aging period in large oak barrels.

This batch underwent a final, finishing fermentation with Stellenbosch Raspberries. This beer is part of our journey to make beers with a sense of
time and place that are uniquely South African. Ale of Origin Framboise brings flavor notes of ripe berries, wild fruit, tart lemon acidity and yeast biscuit earthiness. Elegant background honey and wild flower notes
round out its complexity. The flavors are distinct and intense, contemplative.

(Sold as 375ml bottle)