OEC Brewing

Open Fermented Ales & Lager – Oxford, CT USA

Beers

All our beers are unfilitered, unpasteurized, open fermented & pass through our copper coolship.

  • Aether

    Aether

    6.0% abv. – Dry Hopped Sour Ale – Æther is a pale ale brewed with wheat malt & oats fermented with our special wild yeasts. It is very lightly hopped during the boil and then dry hopped right after the primary fermentation. The dry hopping slows down the activity of the souring bacteria resulting in…

  • Albus

    Albus

    4.7% abv -Sour Witbier … Historic interpretation of a white ale brewed with ginger root, chamomile and lemon balm. Mixed fermentation with saccharomyces and lactobaccilus.

  • Antioch

    Antioch

    8.0% abv – Flemish Style Red Ale … Antioch is a blend of ales lying somewhere between the Flemish Red & Oud Bruin styles. Historically it would have been referred to as a “provision beer”, meaning it was stored and aged to allow the flavor to develop.

  • Anytime Lager

    Anytime Lager

    4.2%  abv – Lager …  Just enough hop and fermentation character without dominating. Soft malt body. A crushable beer for now, for later, for anytime.

  • Baudelot Blanche

    Baudelot Blanche

    5.2% abv – Sour White Ale … Baudelot Blanche is our foeder aged sour witbier brewed with traditional Belgian pilsener and locally grown wheat malt from Thrall Family Farms. After maturing in our oak foeder for 5 months it develops a beautifully refreshing acidity to go alongside the citrusy spice character from the bitter orange…

  • Carneia

    Carneia

    12.5%  abv – Bourbon Barrel Aged Ale … Bold, rich, deep. Dried fruit and whiskey notes ensure you that you are drinking one of our most intense clean beers.

  • Coolship Lager

    Coolship Lager

    5.2% abv – Czech Style Blonde Lager … Aromas of European hops with a pleasant fermentation character, simultaneously complex and extremely drinkable.

  • Coolship Lager Amber Smoke

    Coolship Lager Amber Smoke

    5.4% abv. – Smoked Amber Lager … Soft caramel, luscious body with a subtle, yet growing smokey finish.

  • Coolship Lager Black

    Coolship Lager Black

    5.4%  abv. – Czech Style Dark Lager …  Pours black in color with a reddish hue and a fluffy off white head. Notes of dark chocolate & roast balanced by a nice herbal hoppiness.

  • Dapple

    Dapple

    4.2%  abv – English Dark Mild Ale …  Bitter sweet cocoa, soft hops, fluffy body, extremely drinkable

  • Dubbel

    Dubbel

    7.4% abv. – Belgian Style Dubbel … Pours a dark brown in color with a caramel colored head. Aromas of Belgian yeast esters are balanced out by notes of dark fruit & raisins. The soft floral & spicy bitterness from the Styrian Golding leads to a dry finish.

  • Dunkel

    Dunkel

    5.4%  abv – Munich style Dark Lager … Balanced caramel and delicate roast combine with a soft earthy hop backbone

  • Esgaroth

    Esgaroth

    14% abv – Still Barley Wine … Cúvee de Esgaroth is a blend of barrel aged barley wines aged on quince juice blended with E. Dupont ice cidre. This blend comes in a corked bar top bottle so you can enjoy the liquid over the time.

  • Exilis

    Exilis

    4.0% abv – Berliner Weisse … Exilis is our Berliner Style Weisse is brewed using a traditional 3 part decoction using the thin part of the mash in each decoction. The hops are added and boiled during the decoction process. Unboiled, the beer then sits in the coolship overnight. The next day it is transferred…

  • Experimentalis with Limes & Raspberries

    Experimentalis with Limes & Raspberries

    5.8% abv. – Fruited Sour Ale … This version of Experimentalis with Limes & Raspberries is a blend of 2 year old ales matured in Gandona Vineyards Cabernet Sauvignon (St. Helena, CA) & Matthiasson Vineyards Merlot (Napa, CA) barrels on our greenhouse limes and raspberries.

  • First Class

    First Class

    4.5%  abv – Belgian style Xtra Hoppy Ale …  Zesty esters, bright hops, perfectly balanced with a stern malt base. Complex and crushable.

  • Fred's Roggenbier

    Fred’s Roggenbier

    5.4%  abv – Roggenbier (Rye Lager) … Caramel balanced by a rye spice pop, earthy hop note and clean finish

  • Galaxia

    Galaxia

    6%  abv – Hoppy IPL “India Pale Lager” …  Bright aromas of galaxy hops, supported by just enough malt to give structure. Hop forward, but still crisp.

  • Gorgoroth

    Gorgoroth

    16.66% abv. – Still Oxidixed Barley Wine … A still blend of 3 year old barley wine style ales, matured & oxidized in a 5 year old beer spirit (whisky) barrel.

  • Gorgoroth Bourbon Barrel Blend

    Gorgoroth Bourbon Barrel Blend

    16.66% abv – Still Barley Wine … a still blend of 3 year old barley wine style ales, matured & oxidized in a 5 year old beer spirit (whisky) barrel.

  • Gorgoroth Rum Barrel Blend

    Gorgoroth Rum Barrel Blend

    16.66% abv. – Still Oxidized Barley Wine … A still blend of 1 year old barley wines matured in rum barrels & oxidized in a 5 year old beer spirit (whisky) barrel.

  • Gorgoroth Whiskey Barrel Blend

    Gorgoroth Whiskey Barrel Blend

    16.66% abv. – Still Oxidized Barley Wine … blend of 1 year old ales matured in rye whiskey & bourbon barrels and 5-year old Solera style barrel wine.

  • Helles

    Helles

    4.6% – German Style Helles … Our Helles pours golden in color with a white head. Aromas of fresh baked bread & honey are balanced by a soft minty hop character.

  • Helles Spezial

    Helles Spezial

    5.8%  abv – Stronger Helles …  Pours deep golden color, bountiful malt character balanced by just enough noble hops on the back end

  • Hidalgo

    Hidalgo

    4.5%  abv. – English Bitter … Soft, bready nuances lead each sip with measured hop bitterness beneath. A touch of dark fruit follows after, like plum jelly on a cracker with a kiss of caramel before a crisp finish.

  • Joe's Mexican White Ale

    Joe’s Mexican White Ale

    Joe’s Mexican White Ale pours straw in color with a fluffy white head. Belgian yeast esters are balanced out with a resfreshing spicyness from the lime peel & coriander. The finish is dry leaving a very resfreshing beer.

  • Kashmir

    Kashmir

    5.6%  abv – Pale Lager … Soft notes of lime pith coming from the hops balanced by a crispy malt base.

  • Le Pils

    Le Pils

    5.2%  abv. – Dry Hopped Pils …  Beautiful citrusy with floral aroma with a crispy, dry & refreshing finish

  • Lentbier

    Lentbier

    5.9% abv. – Lent Beer … Lentbier pours copper in color with a fluffy off white head. Notes of caramel & freshly baked bread crust are balanced by spicy hoppiness leaving a clean finish.

  • Les Ardennes

    Les Ardennes

    12% abv –  Imperial Flemish Style Red Ale … aged for 12 months in port and whiskey barrels