The newest addition to our Tidewater series of beers featuring locally sourced ingredients. This is not your typical Kolsch. A quarter of the grain bill is comprised of heirloom Indian corn grits grown by Pungo Creek mills on the eastern shore. This adds a rich grainy complexity and a touch of sweet corn while contributing a nice creaminess to the mouthfeel. As is the Benchtop way, this beer is dry hopped with a blend of German and American hops to add another layer of complexity. Did we mention that a portion of every Harmonious Kolsch sold goes to Mr. Holland’s Opus Foundation to support childhood musical education. Drink a beer, support the cause. What’s more rck and roll than that?

This beer is kettle fermented to drop the pH and add some nice tartness to the beer. We then added Azacca and Vic Secret hops late in the boil to add a slight bitterness and some nice tropical pineapple and passionfruit flavors to complement the nice lemony acidity and soft wheat character. This beer starts with a tart lemony aroma followed by white grape and passionfruit and finishing with some grainy flavors from the wheat and little bit of bitterness to finish nice and dry with some creaminess from the addition oats to smooth things out.