Artista Zynergia is the OEC Brewing international blending project. Instead of collaborating with other brewers in a “traditional” sense, we brew a portion of the final product, while another producer brews a portion at their facility and ships it to us. We then take care of further aging and blend the liquids here at our place in Oxford, to create complex aromas and flavors, unobtainable by a “normal” collaboration. For this Artista Zynergia project – we went to work with Kiuchi Brewery out of Japan.
7.0 % abv – Blend #1 (blended 4/27/2017) – This blend is 30% young ale & 70% 1 year old ale matured in Pinot Noir/Gin (Portland, OR) & Zinfandel (Napa, CA) barrels with the addition of yuzu and oranges from our greenhouse.
Blend #2 (blended 9/26/2019) – This blend is 30% young ale & 70% 1 year old ale matured in Cabernet Sauvignon (St. Helena, CA) & Zinfandel (Napa, CA) barrels with the addition of yuzu and oranges from our greenhouse.
Blend #2a (blended 1/24/2021) – This blend is 75% young ale & 25% one year old ale matured in Cabernet Sauvignon (St. Helena, CA) & Hungarian Oak barrels with the addition of yuzu and oranges from our greenhouse.