Road Notes

A Taste of Home: Our House Ale at Area Two

What gives our Table Terroir it’s “terroir”? Well, a little bit of everything we put in it!

Table Terroir is a beer made for CT and made of CT. So, now, what does that mean? The French often use the term “terroir” (pronounced “ter-wahr”) to describe a unique character of something, usually a food or wine. It refers to attributes that exhibit a “sense of

Area Two Gives Unique Second Life To Apple Brandy Foudre

When buying foudres for Area Two we came upon the opportunity to buy one from Normandy, France, made originally for Calvados. So, brew a beer with an apple brandy character… why the hell not, right?

Sometimes inspiration for a beer comes not from a “eureka” moment but from a situation that presents itself. When we were presented with the opportunity to purchase a rare and refined French Oak vessel known as a “foudre” that had been used for storing the famous apple brandy