Farm To Barrel Blueberry

Evaluating the profitability of blueberry production by charles d.

Farm to barrel blueberry.

Sweet eats farm has plenty activities for the whole family from live music to a petting zoo and more as well as over 70 acres of berry picking. The newest farm to barrel series release features blueberries sour ale aged in wine barrels. Using techniques from wine making brewing and mixology they are constantly blurring the lines. We selected the very best hand picked blueberries grown in the hills of butte county california and added them to a sour golden ale aged in wine barrels.

Botanist barrel crafts a variety of ciders sours and dry fruit wines. These sours were the inspiration for my repeat visits to almanac s booth at the great american beer festival last fall so naturally i was excited to hear they were going to be regularly available in wisconsin. Chris barnhill the owner of blueberry hill farms showed me around his farm. Blueberry farming has a long tradition in bladen county n c in the southeastern corner of the state.

Then blueberry sourness wood wine and a great touch of hay all play in the mix. The resulting beer is infused with a delicate blueberry essence a reminder of far off summer days. Henderso s u pick 3 mi sugar shack blueberry farm 5 5 mi tomio s farm market 6 4 mi jim bedient s blueberry patch 6 7 mi seneca breeze berries 8 3 mi. We selected the very best hand picked blueberries grown in the hills of butte county california and added them to a sour golden ale aged in wine barrels.

They are orange county s first winery and cidery situated just north of hillsborough on cedar grove blueberry farm. The resulting beer is infused with a delicate blueberry essence a reminder of far off summer days. The average blueberry farm brings in around 6 000 lbs an acre the highbush blueberry and it s management pg. Medium bodied with lively carbonation.

Other farm to barrel beers utilize bourbon tequila or other spirit barrels with varying base beers and extra ingredients. Nearest u pick farms to apple barrel orchards. State highway 29 georgetown 512 766 3276. According to research done in 1994 by robert e.

It s earthy with a great lingering sour quality. Mainland3 1 professor department of agricultural and resource economics north carolina state university raleigh nc 27695 8109 2 researcher extension specialist department of plant pathology horticultural crops research station north carolina state university 3800 castle hayne rd. 194 so if the soil is good and the care taking is good you should be able to expect at least 6 000 lbs an acre which would mean around 24 000.