Native Son

Lost Rhino

Saison – 6% ABV

Lost Rhino Brewing Company announces the release of its first beer brewed entirely from ingredients sourced in the state of Virginia. On Wednesday, September 4, 2013 Native Son will be released at the Lost Rhino Brewery Tasting Room in Ashburn, Virginia. The idea of brewing an all-Virginia beer has been the aspiration of Favio Garcia, Director of Brewing Operations at Lost Rhino, since the day the Brewery opened. This all-Virginia beer began to take shape when Jasper Akerboom, Lost Rhino's Brewery Scientist, was able to successfully isolate a local Ashburn yeast strain for the Farmwell Wheat beer. With the successful fermentation of that beer, Favio and Jasper had conquered the largest hurdle in brewing an all in-state beer. Since the Brewery uses locally filtered water for all their brews, the next step was to source Virginia malt and hops. Fortunately, nearby Leesburg had a hop grower; Sage Hill Hops, LLC, who provided whole leaf Cascade hops. From Copper Fox Distillery in Sperryville, Lost Rhino obtained the same malt that Copper Fox uses to make whiskey. Favio traveled to Heathsville on the Northern Neck to select unmalted wheat from Billy Dawson at Bay's Best Feed. With all the pieces in place, the brewing process began. This will be a limited production release. Jasper is working on several new local yeast strains. He and Favio plan to create several additional brews for the Genius Loci (Spirit of the Place) series. In addition to the yeast, this series will feature at least one other Virginia grown ingredient

Where to get it

Not currently available in Richmond

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