2018 Tours Dates
“3 Sour Tour”
Date: March 24, 2018 from 2:30 – 5:30 pm
Availability: SOLD OUT!
“3 Sour Tour”
Date: May 19, 2018 from 2:30 – 5:30 pm
Availability: SOLD OUT!
“3 Sour Tour”
Date: July 21, 2018 from 2:30 – 5:30 pm
Availability: Purchase Tickets Here
“3 Sour Tour”
Date: September 29, 2018 from 2:30 – 5:30 pm
Availability: Purchase Tickets Here
Description:
Limited to 25 people.
Tour will be lead by Tony Pellino, OEC’s Assistant Brewer. Please be aware that there will be a decent amount of walking including stairs. Part of the tour will also be outdoors so please bring umbrella if weather requires it.
Tour includes the following areas:
– Custom Made OEC Brewhouse (Mash/brew ketter & Lauter Tun & Coolship & Beaudelot Cooler) All OEC beers go through our coolship!
– OEC/B. United Barrel Cellar (over 300+ barrels from around the world)
– Smoker & Barrel Aging House (for smoking malts & more barrels roughly 50 barrels)
– Vineyard French American hybrids that can survive the CT climate (Chambourcin, Marechal Foch, Vidal Blanc & Traminette)
– Orchard (Sour Cherry Tree, Peach Tree, Black & Yellow Raspberries, Red Gooseberries, Red & Black Currants, Rhubarb and many more)
– Herb/Spices Greenhouse (Sage, Rosemary, Oregano, Chamomile, Coriander, Cilantro, Hyssop and many more)
– Citrus Greenhouse (Bouquet de Fleur Sour Orange Trees, Chinotto Sour Oranges, Sanguinelli Blood Oranges, Indo Mandarinquat Kumqauts, Ethrog Citrons, Santa Teresa Feminello Lemons, and many more)
– Experimental Fermentation House (Amphorae/Terracotta Barrels – Granit Fermentation Vessels – Solera System)
– Apiary (Bee Hives)
– Vintaging Cellar (with beers dating back to 1983)
– Keg Cleaning Room
– Keg Filling/Bottling Room & Warm Room
– Eisbarn in Winter & Hot House in Summer (more barrels roughly 15 barrels allowing them to be exposed to the elements)
– Underground Fermentation/Aging Pit (Urwaga Pit)
– The Bakery (Pristinum Ferum Fermento) & Coffee Roaster
– and other current projects (we only keep growing in our craziness) …
What you get as part of this tour?