Draft List for Weekend of September 29 - October 1

*we are cash only!*   *all prices include tax*  try a flight of 4 for $12 

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foeder-aged porter ($6 snifter/$17 growler fills)

oak barrel-aged porter brewed with sweet cicely. rich and chocolatey with notes of vanilla and licorice with a lightly tart, cherry-like finish. 6.9% abv

  

hickory farmhouse ($6 snifter/$17 growler fill)

rustic farmhouse ale brewed with toasted hickory bark, fermented with our house culture, then conditioned for a year with a wild brettanomyces yeast strain. dry and effervescent with a hint of incense, toasted marshmallow, and earthy bitterness. 5.6% abv

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black cherry sour ($6 snifter/no growler fills-we have bottles)         

sour black beer brewed without hops; made with wild cherry bark and a hefty dose of chocolate malt in the grain bill. fermented with our wild house culture, the beer gives flavors of chocolate-covered cherries, incense, and baking spice. 5.6% abv • 750 ml

wild carrot & nettle ($6 snifter/$17 growler fills)        
light golden farmhouse ale brewed with wild carrot leaves, and stinging nettle. earthy and spicy effervescent. 5.2% abv

 

session saison ($5 goblet/no growler fills)                    

low alcohol classic farmhouse ale. brewed with pilsner malt fermented with house culture. boiled for 2 hours over a wood fire. some might say this beer is a crispy crusher. 3.8% abv 

cedar pale ale ($5 goblet/$15 growler fills)    
classic pale ale brewed with juniper branches. light breadiness with a touch of pine and citrus and a smooth finish. 5.0% abv

barrel-aged cedar ($6 snifter/$17 growler fills) 

sour beer brewed without hops. bittered and flavored with cedar branches and aged for a year in a neutral oak barrel. 6.2% abv

131 ($6 snifter/no growler fills-we have bottles)

this unique farmhouse ale is an imprint of its place and time. brewed with 131 different leaves, roots, bark, flowers, seeds, and fungi from the height of the growing season, it conveys a subtle earthiness and spice that is characteristic of our location in southern illinois. 5.3% abv     

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oven beer ($5 goblet/$15 growler fill)

sour beer brewed with a Lithuanian-style mashing technique in which the mash was roasted in our wood-fired oven for three hours to promote a deep caramelization and bready crust. the baked mash was then sparged,  filtered and fermented with our sourdough bread culture. an easy-drinking sour beer similar to a kvass. 4.5% abv

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non-alcoholic   coffee from dark matter ($5) • basil soda ($4)

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Bottles

Cold bottles available for here and all bottles available at cellar temp to-g0

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dandelion ginger tonic ($15)

bottle-conditioned sour beer brewed without hops. bittered and flavored with southern illinois-grown dandelion, ginger, carrot tops, and clover, and fermented with our wild house culture. 4.4% abv • 500 ml

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maypop ($17)

sour beer brewed without hops. fermented with our wild house culture and flavored with wild southern illinois passion fruit (maypop from our property). tropical aromas with a sweet-tart finish. 4.6% abv  •  500 ml

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strawberry rhubarb  ($17)

sour beer made with local strawberries and rhubarb fermented with our house culture.  5.5% abv  •  500 ml

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dry-hopped sassafras ($17)

sour wheat beer brewed with sassafras leaves from our property and Illinois-grown Macinac hops. refreshing summer beer with notes of citrus and pineapple. 4.1% abv • 500 ml

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honey beer ($17)

sour tripel-style strong ale brewed with local honey and fermented with our house culture. classic dry and spicy character with a peppery phenolic aroma, which morphs to bubble gum and blonde stone fruits as it warms. 8.9% abv • 500 ml

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black cherry ($17)

sour black beer brewed without hops; made with wild cherry bark and a hefty dose of chocolate malt in the grain bill. fermented with our wild house culture, the beer gives flavors of chocolate-covered cherries, incense, and baking spice. 5.6% abv • 750 ml

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black walnut ($20)

dark lager brewed with southern illinois black walnuts, crushed and toasted in our wood-fired oven and added to the boil. fascinating flavors of nocino, sweet baked bread, and stone fruit.  6.2% abv • 750 ml

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black trumpet biere de mars ($20)

dark farmhouse beer brewed with black trumpet mushrooms from our property. notes of earthy chocolate with a crisp finish and a cellared mushroom character. 6.9% abv • 750 ml

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Food

 *Pizzas available starting at 4:00 on Fridays and Noon on Saturday and Sunday

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Our food is almost entirely locally sourced. Bread is made entirely with local flour from Janie’s Mill in Ashkum, Illinois, fermented with our sourdough culture, and baked in our wood-fired brick oven. Pizza dough is made with King Arthur flour. Produce is foraged on our land, grown on property managed by our farmers Kris Pirmann and Adriane Koontz, or purchased from local farmers. Goat cheese is from Baetje Farms, located outside Ste. Genevieve, Missouri.

Wood-Fired Oven Pizza (approximately 12 inches)

Our pizzas are stretched lovingly by hand. Please allow 20 minutes or longer if we are busy. 

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Fresh Tomato, Basil & Mozzarella ($15) 

Topped with fresh heirloom tomatoes from our garden, mozzarella, olive oil and fresh basil

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Pepper & Sausage ($15) 

Topped with house-made tomato sauce, sliced fresh peppers from our garden, sausage from wenneman's, and chevre goat cheese

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Bloomsdale Cheese Platter ($18) 

One of the world's finest goat cheeses is made at Baetje farms, just over the river in Ste. Genevieve, Missouri. A gold medal winner, chosen as one of the top 16 cheeses in the world at the world cheese awards, the pyramid-shaped Bloomsdale is a mold-ripened cheese rolled in a mixture of ash and salt. As the cheese ages it becomes softer and creamier around the rind and takes on blue cheese flavor compounds. Served with Scratch's house-made bread. 

Picnic Plate ($20)
Feeds 2 people or 4 as an appetizer. Assorted foods from our garden and breads made with Illinois flour from Janie’s Mill. All of the sides were prepared in our kitchen with our own garden-grown produce. This week we have:
  Wedges of House-Made Bread (contains nuts)
  Herb Salt

  Olive Oil

  Pickled Beets

  Kimchi

  Pickled Okra

  Pickled Squash

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Hearth Bread To-Go

Freshly Cracked Wheat & Spelt Loaf ($9)

Mountain Oat Rye Loaf ($9)