Crooked Stave Vieille 16oz can

Crooked Stave Vieille

Vieille {Vee-yay} is back by popular demand!

Translated from French as “old tradition”, Vieille is our barrel-aged classical saison. Busting time-honored techniques, our saisons employ traditional methods to restore complexity and rustic character lost in modern day saisons. Saisons were the original wild ales, brewed for the farmhands to be a refreshing and sustaining beverage. Each batch of Vieille takes on a soft Brettanomyces character and a complex acidity while conditioning on our large oak foeders. After conditioning in oak, we lightly dry hop the beer to finish it.

Founded in Denver, Colorado in late 2010, Crooked Stave is the product of “Brettanomyces Guru” Chad Yakobson’s open source Master’s research, The Brettanomyces Project. Crooked Stave’s progressive brewing approach blends science and art through creativity and passion. The resulting creations, most of which use Brettanomyces yeasts and mature in oak, are beers of extraordinary complexity.