Description

Oak Cliff Coffee Ale started out as an idea to build a beer specifically to compliment an addition of locally roasted coffee. We came up with a base beer that is an oatmeal brown ale made with an addition of milk sugar. We reached out to Shannon Neffendorf at Oak Cliff Coffee Roasters and sampled some of his cold brews paired with our beer. One coffee, in particular, played really nicely with the beer. It's called Carmen and it's a naturally processed coffee bean from a farm in Panama. The coffee was personally delivered to us, and ground fresh at the brewery, just before we made a 1 pound per barrel cold infusion of our own. We let it brew for 24 hours before we add the cold infusion during transfer from fermentation vessel to brite tank. Not only is Oak Cliff Coffee Ale a great showcase of two local businesses who are highly dedicated to their craft, it also showcases the possibilities and importance of Direct Trade Coffee.