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NEW BEER(S) ALERT: Two New Field Museum and Off Color Brewing Collaboration Beers!

Inspired by a partnership with @FieldMuseum, and its new exhibition “First Kings of Europe” we are introducing two new beers into the “Beer for” series.

Beer for Kings and Beer for Commoners will highlight one of the exhibition’s themes: the long history of social classes. “First Kings” opens to the public March 31st and explores the rise of ancient Europe’s first kings and queens.

The exhibit shows how once egalitarian farming communities developed power, inequity, and hierarchy and includes mores than 700 objects, including prehistoric tools, weapons, and ritual sculptures from ancient societies in Southeastern Europe.

Unlike modern brewing, we used a brewing technique called parti-gyling which separates the sugar-rich first runnings to make a strong beer (9% ABV for Kings) and the leftover second running grain sugar into a small beer (4.3% for Commoners). So one batch of grain. Two beers.

Beer for Kings: The parti-gyle first runnings provide a high gravity for this 9% ABV wheat wine. The first sniff bursts with cantaloupe, guava, and peach sangria notes, while the first sip is surprisingly light from the high percentage of modern wheat as well as einkorn wheat.

The mid-body provides a resiny boost and transitions to a moderate bitterness. The rich, intense flavor profile may make you at least partially empathize with the immense greed of the ruling class.

Beer for Commoners: With the highest portion of grain sugar funneled up to Beer for Kings, the mid-palate of this second runnings small beer is as hollowed out as the modern middle class.

But this is no low quality swill, offering intriguing pomegranate & pepper aromatics, while an acidic brightness prevents the lighter body from becoming flabby. Beer for Commoners is both refreshing and low enough in alcohol to prepare you for a 2nd shift working the field.

Beers for Kings and Commoners will release at the museum Field Bistro March 31st in conjunction with “First Kings of Europe” exhibition opening to the public. Until then cans will be available exclusively at Mousetrap and Binny’s locations.