Triple Crossing Beer - Downtown

Our flagship IPA. Dank hop character from dry hop of Falconer's Flight, and a proprietary blend of rotating hop varietals. Fermented with our house ale strain.

Our house DIPA, should we ever actually have one, makes its return for the weekend. Hopped extensively with one of our all-time favorite and earliest hop combinations: Simcoe and Mosaic. The familial connection between these two varietals, while inherently interesting, seems to offer something more than the sum of the parts. This batch displays intense notes of ripe orange marmalade, grapefruit zest, lightly floral mango tones with that classic, complimentary fresh-cut danker pine finish.

Pathway makes its return, bolstered by a grist of 100% Epiphany Modern Pilsner Malt from our friends down in North Carolina. As always, this one is single decocted, providing an extra layer of slightly toasty, bready malt complexity and lagered extensively for that roundness and refinement we look for. This German inspired Pilsner is pulled together by our house lager strain, providing notes of lavender to accompany flavor characteristics of lemon, hay, and honey, for the ultimate dry and softer bodied yet firmly bitter Pilsner. There is, and always will be, something special about a simple beer made from equally simple ingredients that will forever captivate us. If we had to choose a house lager, this one just might be it. 5% ABV

Precursor returns as our delicately built, dry hopped pale lager at 5.5%. Dry hopped with Mandarina Bavaria and Saphir, this one is less about hop saturation, and more about the blending of two different hop varietals with one of our preferred pale lager grists, and a variant of our favorite German lager strain. Our intention with this beer was to explore the interactions that occur between two newer school German varietals, even more specifically what happens when active lager yeast find themselves in the presence of readily available hop oil. To that end, we notice impressions of hop derived lemon peel, sage, pils malt biscuit, freshly cracked white pepper, jasmine herbal hop, and that classically clean, cold fermented cohesion at a drinkable 5.5% ABV.

Hopped exclusively and heavily with Citra, this beer, and all of the Triangles beers, are a full on expression of hop character usually derived from one cultivar. Utilizing Citra in the whirpool, and extensive dry hopping, we taste peach gummies, bright tropical citrus, and fresh coconut.

Clever Girl IPA, our incredibly light bodied, soft and dry American IPA with impressions of tropical citrus, and hints of blueberry and orange blossoms. Hopped generously with Citra and Mosaic hops. This beer just never lets any of us down. 6% ABV

Our flagship IPA. Dank hop character from dry hop of Falconer's Flight, and a proprietary blend of rotating hop varietals. Fermented with our house ale strain.

Our house DIPA, should we ever actually have one, makes its return for the weekend. Hopped extensively with one of our all-time favorite and earliest hop combinations: Simcoe and Mosaic. The familial connection between these two varietals, while inherently interesting, seems to offer something more than the sum of the parts. This batch displays intense notes of ripe orange marmalade, grapefruit zest, lightly floral mango tones with that classic, complimentary fresh-cut danker pine finish.

From the initial cold call from Nick at Pollak Vineyards back in 2014 regarding used wine barrels, we've had a great collaborative relationship with the Pollak team. From aging our mixed fermentation beers in Red Wine barrels to using various varietals of grape pomace in our Floraison series, the Pollak crew has been a friend to the Triple Crossing team for almost our entire 10 years. In the fall of 2023, the Triple Crossing team visited our friends at Pollak Vineyards in Waynesboro, VA for a long-awaited collaboration. Weighing in at 8.6% ABV, Second Pressings La Boisson displays impressions of honeydew melon, ripe strawberry, light musk, green tea and a specific Aqua perfume. This style, and specifically this wine, are purpose built for consumption on these 70 degree spring days with a side of sharp cheddar and brie, if we do say so ourselves.

Introducing our latest mixed fermentation offering, Off the Beaten Path, and this time featuring nothing. This batch, utilizing four Vienna lager barrels was transferred into red wine barrels with our house mixed culture, and then moved to stainless for two solid months. The bottle conditioning, as it does, took a full 15 months to find the desired carbonation and cohesion we look for. This beer offers lower levels of acidity while displaying notes of tannic lemon rind, sprees, sweeter oak celery, and white wine grapeness. Incredibly drinkable yet brightly interesting enough to stand on its own.

Introducing our latest mixed culture ale, Adrift and at Peace. The base for this beer was brewed back in September 2020 with grist of @epiphanycraftmalt pils, spelt and flaked oats. Much like many of our other characterful mixed culture-based beers, we transferred the wort into our coolship to undergo fermentation by our house culture comprised of sach yeast, wild yeast, and who-knows-what lactic acid producing bacteria. This blend prominently features Yosemite Gold Mandarins from our friends at Flavors by Bhumi @yuzu_lemons in New Jersey. After aging in oak barrels, the blend sat on juiced and zested mandarins for about 3 months, and then conditioned in bottles for several more months. The blend generates aromas of candied orange, thick peach jam, floral orange blossoms and slight rind like funk that's common to many of our mixed culture ales. We taste medium acidity that compliments the bright juicy orange and berry jam flavors with an oak tannin derived finish.