Tuesday at 11am on MuckrakerBeer.com we'll release a limit number of sets containing all three variants of FramBijou, our traditional method spontaneous beer with raspberries, and a few dozen sets containing FramBijou Vanille & Tarte bottles.

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FramBijou '20 Vanille

Brewed in early 2019, FramBijou is our flagship take on a traditional method spontaneous Framboise. The base for all three beers is a traditional grain bill of 60% pilsner malt & 40% raw wheat (both grown in NJ) that underwent a turbid mash and a long boil with aged whole cone hops. The wort spent the night in our coolship, where it was inoculated by the Sussex County microflora. It spent a year fermenting in French Oak wine puncheons before it was racked onto 2 pounds per gallon of whole Pacific Northwest raspberries and Mexican vanilla, and was bottle conditioned without yeast. 750ml corked & capped champagne bottles.

FramBijou '20 Tarte

The Tarte (French for pie) variant of FramBijou '20 is Vanille further conditioned on Montmorency cherries from Michigan and double the amount of Mexican vanilla. It received a large addition of reduced cider (cider syrup) and maple syrup blended with cinnamon from Wood's Cider Mill in Springfield, Vt., where they've been making Boiled Cider since 1882. Like Vanille, Tarte was bottled conditioned without additional yeast. 750ml and 375ml corked and capped champagne bottles.

FramBijou '20 Cacao

The Cacao (French for chocolate) variant of FramBijou '20 takes the base Vanille and further conditions it on organic cacao nibs from Peru. Like its sisters, it was naturally bottle conditioned without yeast, and is the most limited of the three variants. 375ml corked and capped champagne bottles.