Farmhouse Ale & Cider
farmhouse ('fa:m,haus) ale (eil) n 1. The very model of farm self-sufficiency and productivity. 2. An exceptionally nutritious beverage brewed from farm grown, foraged and/or naturally present ingredients (cereals, hops, microflora and water) by the farmhands, on the farm, traditionally in the cooler months of the year when the demands for farm labour were at their lowest ebb. 3. Brewed to feed, slake the thirst and entertain these same farmworkers during the labour intensive warmer months. 4. Matured for many months before consumption, fermented with naturally occurring yeasts and bacteria, often sour, exceptionally flavoursome, wonderfully digestible and always unique to the property. 5. Some would say these ales are the very essence of what beer should be.
Two Metre Tall Wild Farmhouse Ales
Our Range includes;
A Tasmanian Wild Ale 5.2% alc. vol. | This is the product you may have seen us referring to on various social media as ‘The Future’. Yes, “The Future” is finally here! Sure, it looks very much like “A Cleansing Ale” used to. And that’s the whole point!
This has all been made possible by the slow, experimental learnings of a dedicated 18-year journey of exploration culminating, over the course of the last 4 pandemic-corrupted-years, when on each occasion we brewed a batch of ‘A Cleansing Ale’, we separated a volume of the base wort and allowed it to spontaneously wild ferment. The oak barrels accumulated in our cellar, growing numerically such that they began to populate all available floorspace & sheds, eventually, and recently, spilling into the rows between our hop bines. In August 2022 we siphoned an aliquot from each barrel, blending the pieces of this time-puzzle onto hop flowers in a tank and then, in September, we bottled it.
Not only spontaneously fermented, but spontaneously bottle conditioned! Be in no doubt about this whatsoever, this is magic! The original witchcraft in fact!
The River Series Farm Ales | Four rivers, four regions, four distinctively different farm ales.
Derwent Wild Farmhouse Ale 5.2% alc. vol. | An ale, naturally soured by the microorganisms present on the raw spelt and completed by the aromatic complexity of whole hop flowers from the Derwent Valley. Now 100% spontaneously fermented.
Forester Wild Amber Farmhouse Ale 5.2% alc. vol. | A rich & complex ale featuring the Pride of Ringwood whole hop flowers from north east Tasmania's Forester river region. Developing brettanomyces complexity as it ages.
Huon Wild Farmhouse Ale - Dark Apple 5.6% alc. vol | Freshly pressed whole apple juice from Tasmania's Huon Valley is added to a spontaneously fermenting rich dark ale. An incredible blend of grains and fruit with resulting delicously light acidity.
Forth All Grain Farmhouse Ale 4.2% alc. vol. | Brewed with quinoa, buckwheat, rye, oats & barley malts, this brew showcases grains grown in the Forth River Valley in northern Tasmania by the Damen family. The bitter saponins on the unwashed quinoa deliver a subtle bittering structure and surprisingly, no hops are used at all.
Visit our online SHOP now. *Alcohols listed here are indicatve only & may vary from brew to brew.
Huon Farmhouse Wild Cider
7.1% alc. vol.
When we discovered the Griggs family at Lucaston Orchards in the Huon Valley were still growing the famous old English cider variety, Sturmer Pippin, that was all the motivation we needed to produce a traditional, unfiltered, bottle fermented farm cider made using only apples and wild microorganisms.
Current release is from the 2022 harvest.
A little note on ingredients; Our farm cider is made from whole apple juice and wild microorganisms. Nothing else. We use NO sulphur dioxide and NO preservatives.
But you like sweet cider ...
Yes, our cider is very dry. That doesn't mean you can't enjoy a sweet beverage more to your liking. The Europeans have been adding their own sugar to dry cider for centuries. Why not follow their tradition and add sugar to taste?
WINTER RELEASE | 2025
Our special release ales, ciders and meads are available in very limited quantity and released from time to time during the year. The following are available for pre-order now via our online shop.
A Forager’s Ale | 2023 | 5.6% alc. vol.
Don’t be fooled by the “relative youth” of this release compared to what precedes above, as this product is entering the realms of the fantastical!
It’s 2025 and one walks into a bottle shop only to be confronted by pallet-stacks, endless shelves of cans with pretty labels, screaming at you “pick me, pick me!” and you’d be forgiven for being temporarily plunged into an existential crisis … what do I really want? How many variations of a pale ale do we really need? Is there anything that’s new … genuinely original? What is my life all about …?! Well, the solution is here!
There can be nothing so original as this very, very special brew; using no hops, this farmhouse ale of simple conception has been aromatised by hand-foraged, wild-grown Tasmanian native botanical, kunzea ambigua, supplied by the delightful “library-on-legs”, Paulette Whitney who runs the magical Provenance Growers in the foothills on the outskirts of Hobart at the entrance to the wonderland that is the Tasmanian native forests.
And the label? Well, that too is a little magical & relates to a time, long ago, when my youngest daughter & I used to go on foraging expeditions along the entanglements of the River Derwent, finding wild hops, wild berries, various botanicals of intrigue and plenty of magical memories.
This special release is not a product. It’s a lived life and a memory!
Sour Pumpkin Ale | 2016/17/21 & 2023 | 5.5% alc. vol.
Just read that blend age above one more time; 2016, 2017, 2021 & 2023 componentry for a blended beverage made with 50% whole pumpkins & 50% malted barley.
When I say that bestowing upon grapes the exalted status as the only fruit or vegetable in the entire plant kingdom capable of producing a sophisticated, complex, age-worthy beverage for the table with the ability to graciously accommodate & match with restaurant quality food is “Bollocks! We can do that with every single one of them … with pumpkins!” You’d better sit down, take a deep breath and believe me … because here it is!
Lacto Black | 2019 - 2020 | 5.5% alc. vol.
Ink black, spontaneously wild fermented, five-years-in-oak. Incredible!
And we love the cheekiness of this label and the “middle finger” salute it gesticulates in the direction of those who want to confuse the artisan 2MT with a “brand”; this product stands out without respecting any of the accepted “marketing guidelines” for “shelf presence” and all of the “fuck-you” punk sensibilities to those who have sneered at “our way” of brewing over the years …
Lacto Black is back. It is punk and it is here to kick arse!
Sparkling MEAD | 2020 | 6% alc. vol.
Just whole hive honey from our farm and water from the River Derwent flowing around our farm. Nothing else added. Not even yeast! No filtration. No preservatives. Nothing but honey and water … and the magic of time!
An incredibly slow bottle fermentation means that whilst not yet as sparkling as it will be into the future, we are very happy to release this now as it is probably the quintessential summer aperitif that you’ve never previously thought to reach for. And for those who already know this, welcome back!
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