Rowley Farmhouse Ales is a farmhouse-style brewery with a focus on mixed culture fermentation. Our inspiration comes from American and European wild and mixed culture fermented ales. In addition to our own beers, we have an extensive draft and bottle list of the best available beers from New Mexico and around the world. Cheers!
Draft
2 • Deschutes Brewery • Nitro Black Butte Porter
Porter - American • Bend, OR • 5.2% ABV • 30.0 IBU
3 • Boulevard Brewing Co. • Rye On Rye
Rye Beer • Kansas City, MO • 13.2% ABV • 33.0 IBUThis brawny, tawny ale is a savory celebration of spicy rye malt and rye whiskey, compliments of extended aging in freshly-emptied rye barrels. Rye on Rye pours a deep amber and evokes notes of charred oak and vanilla, with a finish this delightfully boozy and sweet! Malt Pale Rye Munich Cara Crystal Rye Hops Magnum Citra Styrian Golding Athanum Adjuncts Brown Sugar Rye Barrels
4 • RFA • IPA
IPA - American • Santa Fe, NM • 6.7% ABV • 50.0 IBUIPA is just that, our IPA. It starts with a base of premium two-row barley from the North, a hint of white wheat and German Aromatic for head retention and color, then hopped in the boil and whirlpool with Yakima Valley-grown Columbus and Centennial hops. We convert the resulting wort to beer with our house Sacchromyces ale yeast strain, then dry hop the beer post fermentation (yes, the old way) with American-grown Chinook hops. This is a decidedly old school American IPA. Welcome to the new normal. Cheers!
5 • RFA • Sin Barreras - Colkegan Barrel 2024
Stout • Santa Fe, NM • 13.5% ABV • 50.0 IBUFor the 2024 Blackest Friday, we are dropping our latest variant of Sin Barreras imperial stout, aged for an extended period in Santa Fe Spirits Colkegan barrels. This lightly smoky version will stand out, and beg your taste buds for another sip. Cheers, Santa Fe!
6 • Bosque Brewing • Scotia Scotch Ale
Scotch Ale / Wee Heavy • Bernalillo, NM • 8.4% ABV • 25.0 IBUDeep amber color with a chewy mouthfeel. This giant is brewed in the “wee heavy” style of Scotch ales and is heavy on the alcohol, caramel and malty sweetness.
7 • La Cumbre Brewing Company • Beer
Lager - Pale • Albuquerque, NM • 4.7% ABV • 23.0 IBUToo snobby for a good ol’ beer? Looks like beer... Smells like beer... Tastes like beer... it’s BEER. Our aptly named lager is light in body but substantial enough in flavor to let you know that yes.. You are drinking beer. Yeah BEER!
8 • Sierra Nevada Brewing Co. • Sunny Little Thing
Wheat Beer - Other • Chico, CA • 5.0% ABV • 10.0 IBUBask in the sunny little thing, a wheat ale made with citrus for radiant flavor that’s bold yet easy going, and balanced by a soft and smooth finish.
9 • RFA • Amber is the Color...
Doppelbock • Santa Fe, NM • 7.0% ABV • 25.0 IBU...of your energy. JJ and I brewed a doppelbock from scratch (new recipe), using 100% Munich 1 as a base from Schwebach Malz in Estancia, New Mexico. The color reminded JJ and myself immediately of the fabled 311 song, so we are running with it. Cheers!
10 • RFA • Amber is the Color - Habanero
Doppelbock • Santa Fe, NM • 7.0% ABV • 25.0 IBUAmber is the Color - Habanero was inspired by our good friends Mark (who we lost this past year) and Roger as they loved the crazy hot pepper lifestyle! JJ took a barrel's worth of the base beer and lightly dosed it with a kiss of habanero peppers (no seeds!). We didn't want you to sweat like they used to when they tried those crazy hot pepper challenges when you drank this, but there might be a light heat building in the finish, but it's subtle by design. Let the crazies torture themselves! Happy Festivus, Santa Fe!
11 • RFA • Steindock'd - Colkegan Barrel 2018
Barleywine • Santa Fe, NM • 12.5% ABV • 82.0 IBUThis is the Colkegan barrel aged version of our 2018 barleywine, Steindock'd. This beer was aged in freshly dumped Colkegan barrels from our good friends at Santa Fe Spirits for a year prior to service. Steindock'd is our 2018 ProAm collaboration beer brewed with homebrewers Jim Steinbach and Kent Steinhaus. This is the fifth year in a row they have "come together" and brewed their amazing barleywine, but the first time they have brewed a large batch at a professional brewery. Over the years, they have won many medals with this beer, including a gold in NHC finals in 2015. Kent always seemed to be one medal ahead, but Jim came out on top when he won gold at NHC. Not bad for a lazy brewer like Jimmy! We only made one change to their recipe, as we substituted Crisp Chevallier heritage malt in place of the plain old Maris Otter they had been using. We think the difference is significant, as Chevallier is the richest basemalt we have tried to date, which is perfect for a barleywine. We appreciate their willingness to come brew this lovely bit of life with us! Cheers!
12 • RFA • Slow Ready for This
Sour - Blackberry Gose • Santa Fe, NM • 5.0% ABV • 5.0 IBUSlow Ready for This is a collaboration effort between our friends at Button Brew House in Tucson, and ourselves. It is brewed with a healthy charge of raw Sonoran white wheat from Marana, Arizona and fermented with a live lactobacillus culture. It is then refermented to dryness on a chef's kiss charge of blackberries. It took it's sweet time (that or we got sidetracked and didn't package it in a timely manner), but the beauty of live lacto fermentations using raw wheat is that the two coalesce and continue to co-evolve over time, yielding a beautiful marriage of flavors that you simply can't get with a short term kettle sour. Some beers are worth the wait! Cheers!
13 • RFA • Agent Scully - Season 6, Episode 8
IPA • Santa Fe, NM • 6.6% ABV • 52.0 IBUFor this episode, Agent Scully decided to KISS it (keep it simple, stupid!) and make a single hop Strata version. We told her the hop pairings usually stand out relative to a single hop, but she wasn't having any of that reality. You tell us, how did she do?
14 • Austin Eastciders • Blackberry Cider
Cider - Other Fruit • Armada, MI • 5.0% ABV • 0.0 IBUAustin Eastciders Blackberry Cider is a ripe & juicy cider that’s slightly tart yet super drinkable. Additional Notes: This cider uses a blend of bittersweet apples and real blackberry juice from California, Oregon, and Washington fora a sparkling, light, and fruity beverage. It’s a cobbler in a can. Tasting Notes: -Flavor: A burst of ripe blackberries, notes of mixed berry, & undertones of crisp apple with a refreshing tart finish. -Aroma: Sweet blackberry, stone fruits, strawberry -Food Pairings: Grilled Steaks, Goat Cheese, Almond Croissants, and Cheesecake
15 • Lagunitas Brewing Company • Willetized '24
BA Stout - Imperial Coffee • Petaluma, CA • 12.4% ABV • 60.0 IBUOur friends over at Kentucky’s own Willett Distillery have one kind of barrel: wood. And they put two things in them: Bourbon and Rye. We were fortunate enough to get some of their Bourbon barrels, and we put a special coffee-fied version of our Imperial Stout in them. 100% Barrel-Aged, 0% Stainless. Brewed using every Highly-roasted malt we could get our hands on and coffee from our buds at Chicago’s-own Metropolis coffee. Aged in Bourbon & Rye barrels from our friends at Willett Distillery. A chocolatey, coffee-y, smoky, Bourbon-y beast of a barrel-aged thing. Word.
16 • La Cumbre Brewing Company • Project Dank Mars Edition
IPA • Albuquerque, NM • 7.5% ABV • 100.0 IBU
17 • • Saison Dupont
Saison • Leuze-en-Hainaut, Région Wallonne • 6.5% ABV • 30.0 IBUSaison Dupont is a world classic beer and the yardstick for one of Belgium’s most important beer styles. It is the most admired AND imitated Saison in the world. A strong, vital yeast is key to full attenuation and thus to the style. Saison Dupont is straw colored with a dense creamy head. The nose is alive, like fresh raised bread, estery with citrus and spice notes. Full-bodied and malty, it sparkles on the palate and finishes with a zesty hop and citrus attack. Incredibly compatible with food!
18 • Firestone Walker Brewing Company • Mind Haze
IPA - New England / Hazy • Paso Robles, CA • 6.2% ABV • 40.0 IBUFrom the coast of California comes Mind Haze, a free-spirited beer made to elevate your perceptions—juicy yet balanced, hazy yet lasting, and loaded with an imaginative array of tropical hop flavors.
19 • RFA • Festbier
Festbier • Santa Fe, NM • 5.3% ABV • 23.0 IBUFestbier for the rest of the beer. Prosit!
20 • RFA • Grimace
Plum Belgian Dubbel • Santa Fe, NM • 7.0% ABV • 11.0 IBUGrimace is a Belgian-style dubbel, aged on sour plums. It’s Treu’s last beer before she skedaddled, and it’s damn tasty! Cheers!
21 • RFA • Frambozen - 2022
Sour - Flanders Oud Bruin • Santa Fe, NM • 7.6% ABV • 6.0 IBUFrambozen is traditionally an Oud Bruin base beer that is further aged on raspberries. Our 2022 take on this lovely style starts with our version of an Oud Bruin, that was first aged in Woodford Reserve barrels unmolested for 40 months. After that time frame, we added 50 pounds of whole raspberries, and aged it an additional 3 months prior to packaging. We loved the first version we did of this for our 2nd Anniversary, so we thought a reboot was in order. Cheers!
22 • RFA • Fields of Rye
Farmhouse Ale - Saison • Santa Fe, NM • 6.0% ABV • 15.0 IBUFields of Rye is a foeder-fermented neoclassic rye saison, and is a core offering for us here at Rowley Farmhouse Ales. After experimenting with this beer for over 2 years now, we've come up with a recipe that we are in love with, and are now going to be offering on a regular basis. We've had this beer as a rotating beer that changed along with the seasons, but we've decided to hold this beer in its' current configuration, and make other saisons to celebrate the seasonal changes. How great is that? Fields of Rye is brewed with a healthy charge of malted rye and is bittered to 15 IBU's with Magnum, then gently whirlpool hopped with Slovenian Styrian Goldings, which is an aroma hop with a resinous and earthy flavor profile that exhibits soft notes of white pepper. It finishes dry, as we fermented it with the Brasserie Thiriez yeast strain. Pair this lovely beer up with bloomy-rind cheeses, Bouillabaisse, a big bowl of mussels, smoked meats, or a slice of lemon meringue pie. Cheers!
23 • RFA • Germophile - Nelson Sauvin/Riwaka Dry-Hopped
• Santa Fe, NM • 5.0% ABV • 5.0 IBUGermophile celebrates our love for souring bacteria, specifically Lactobacillus in this case. It is our core Berliner Weissbier, and is brewed with a 50/50 blend of continental pilsner malt and malted white wheat, and is soured with Lactobacillus. We then finish the beer with Thiriez yeast, resulting in a dry and tart refreshing beer. This version is dry-hopped with a healthy charge of 2023 crop Nelson Sauvin and Riwaka hops for a little extra kick in the mouth. Cheers!
24 • RFA • Germophile - GABF Silver Medal
Berliner Weisse • Santa Fe, NM • 5.0% ABV • 5.0 IBUGermophile celebrates our love for souring bacteria, specifically Lactobacillus in this case. It is our core Berlin-Style Weissbier, and is brewed with a 50/50 blend of continental pilsner malt and malted white wheat, and is soured with Lactobacillus. We then finish the beer with a neutral ale yeast, resulting in a dry and tart refreshing beer. This beer won silver at the 2018 GABF in the Berliner-Style Weisse category, which we were very proud of. Prosit!
RFA Bottles - Onsite
RFA • Ceremony
American Wild Ale with Tea • Santa Fe, NM • 5.0% ABV • 15.0 IBUWhen tea is consumed in many cultures, there is a distinct ceremonial aspect to the event. We wanted to celebrate this act of ceremony with a mixed fermentation saison brewed with a portion of rice in the grain bill, that was then dry-hopped with a unique tea blend. For this beer, we used Boulder Blues from the Tea Spot in Boulder, Colorado. This handcrafted blend combines tea fine Japanese Sencha and Chinese Dragonwell for a smooth base with wild strawberries and rhubarb flavors for a subtle twist. Luxurious aroma and brisk, vivid flavor. Smooth like the blues. This brew was made in collaboration with the fine folks at Fermly Craft Beer Laboratory, who are a fantastic resource for all your analysis needs. We hope you dig it as much as we did making it. Cheers!
RFA • Grandissant - Flor
Farmhouse Ale - Saison • Santa Fe, NM • 7.5% ABV • 20.0 IBUGrandissant is the "big brother" to our mid-level gravity mixed fermentation saison base, Sanctuario. It starts with a grain bill of Weyermann pilsner malt, raw Sonoran white wheat, a bit of Weyermann Munich malt, and some flaked oats. We ferment it with our house mixed culture, then age it gracefully in French oak Chardonnay barriques for a minimum of 16 months. This specific blend was aged for 40 months, but was dosed with a pitch of flor yeast, which are indigenous yeasts found in the region of Andalucía in southern Spain, and are typically used in Spanish and Portuguese winemaking. We finish the beer by bottling with local wildflower honey and allow to naturally condition. Cheers!
RFA • If You Must - Tablas Creek
Berliner - Mourvèdre Must • Santa Fe, NM • 5.5% ABV • 5.0 IBUIf You Must is a live lactobacillus Berlin-style weissbier that we brewed with raw Sonoran white wheat, then aged in Tablas Creek Esprit de Tablas Blanc barriques on fresh Mourvèdre must for an extended period of time. The resulting oenobeer is has subtle notes of grape skin tannins, oak-derived vanillan, a refreshing tartness, and a dry crisp finish. Special thanks to Tablas Creek Winery for working with us on this special project! We hope you like this as much as we did making it. Cheers!
RFA • Supernatant
Sour - Grüner Veltliner lees • Santa Fe, NM • 8.0% ABV • 5.0 IBUSupernantant is a heftier version of our Germophile base, that starts out via souring with the same lactobacillus strain we use in Germophile fermentations, but then we finish this beefy beer with a dose of Norwegian Farmhouse yeast, which is a Kveik type strain. We then rack the beer onto a healthy charge of Grüner Veltliner lees from our good friends at Vivac Winery up in Dixon. After an extended aging period on these lees, we then bottled this beer with Alfalfa honey. The result is a crisp and funky sour ale that is best enjoyed with a big chunk of soft rind cheese and good friends. Cheers! Lastly, some details: pH = 3.34, TA = 12.9 g/L
RFA • True to Caricature
Sour - Other • Santa Fe, NM • 7.0% ABV • 12.0 IBUTrue to Caricature is a beer we brewed with our friend Nate from Free Will Brewing in Perkasie, Pennsylvania. Nate is one of the top mixed fermentation brewers in the country, and we are proud to have brewed with him. If you're ever out that way, be sure to try his beer. You'll thank us later! True to Caricature is a beer that was co-fermented using both of our house mixed cultures in stainless steel, then gently aged in Santa Fe Spirits Atapino casks, along with Atapino-soaked piñon nuts. It exhibits a bright lemon acidity on the front of the palate, followed by delicate notes of pine and a creamy vanilla note in the finish. Special thanks to the amazing Em Sauter (@pintsandpanels) for the fun caricature! Cheers!
RFA Bottles & Cans - To-Go
RFA • Fields of Rye
Farmhouse Ale - Saison • Santa Fe, NM • 6.0% ABV • 15.0 IBUFields of Rye is a foeder-fermented neoclassic rye saison, and is a core offering for us here at Rowley Farmhouse Ales. After experimenting with this beer for over 2 years now, we've come up with a recipe that we are in love with, and are now going to be offering on a regular basis. We've had this beer as a rotating beer that changed along with the seasons, but we've decided to hold this beer in its' current configuration, and make other saisons to celebrate the seasonal changes. How great is that? Fields of Rye is brewed with a healthy charge of malted rye and is bittered to 15 IBU's with Magnum, then gently whirlpool hopped with Slovenian Styrian Goldings, which is an aroma hop with a resinous and earthy flavor profile that exhibits soft notes of white pepper. It finishes dry, as we fermented it with the Brasserie Thiriez yeast strain. Pair this lovely beer up with bloomy-rind cheeses, Bouillabaisse, a big bowl of mussels, smoked meats, or a slice of lemon meringue pie. Cheers!
RFA • Germophile - GABF Silver Medal
Sour - Berliner Weisse • Santa Fe, NM • 5.0% ABV • 5.0 IBUGermophile celebrates our love for souring bacteria, specifically Lactobacillus in this case. It is our core Berlin-Style Weissbier, and is brewed with a 50/50 blend of continental pilsner malt and malted white wheat, and is soured with Lactobacillus. We then finish the beer with a neutral ale yeast, resulting in a dry and tart refreshing beer. This beer won silver at the 2018 GABF in the Berliner-Style Weisse category, which we were very proud of. Prosit!
RFA • If You Must - Tablas Creek
Berliner - Mourvèdre Must • Santa Fe, NM • 5.5% ABV • 5.0 IBUIf You Must is a live lactobacillus Berlin-style weissbier that we brewed with raw Sonoran white wheat, then aged in Tablas Creek Esprit de Tablas Blanc barriques on fresh Mourvèdre must for an extended period of time. The resulting oenobeer is has subtle notes of grape skin tannins, oak-derived vanillan, a refreshing tartness, and a dry crisp finish. Special thanks to Tablas Creek Winery for working with us on this special project! We hope you like this as much as we did making it. Cheers!
RFA • IPA
IPA - American • Santa Fe, NM • 6.7% ABV • 50.0 IBUIPA is just that, our IPA. It starts with a base of premium two-row barley from the North, a hint of white wheat and German Aromatic for head retention and color, then hopped in the boil and whirlpool with Yakima Valley-grown Columbus and Centennial hops. We convert the resulting wort to beer with our house Sacchromyces ale yeast strain, then dry hop the beer post fermentation (yes, the old way) with American-grown Chinook hops. This is a decidedly old school American IPA. Welcome to the new normal. Cheers!
RFA • Supernatant
Sour - Grüner Veltliner lees • Santa Fe, NM • 8.0% ABV • 5.0 IBUSupernantant is a heftier version of our Germophile base, that starts out via souring with the same lactobacillus strain we use in Germophile fermentations, but then we finish this beefy beer with a dose of Norwegian Farmhouse yeast, which is a Kveik type strain. We then rack the beer onto a healthy charge of Grüner Veltliner lees from our good friends at Vivac Winery up in Dixon. After an extended aging period on these lees, we then bottled this beer with Alfalfa honey. The result is a crisp and funky sour ale that is best enjoyed with a big chunk of soft rind cheese and good friends. Cheers! Lastly, some details: pH = 3.34, TA = 12.9 g/L
RFA • True to Caricature
Sour - Other • Santa Fe, NM • 7.0% ABV • 12.0 IBUTrue to Caricature is a beer we brewed with our friend Nate from Free Will Brewing in Perkasie, Pennsylvania. Nate is one of the top mixed fermentation brewers in the country, and we are proud to have brewed with him. If you're ever out that way, be sure to try his beer. You'll thank us later! True to Caricature is a beer that was co-fermented using both of our house mixed cultures in stainless steel, then gently aged in Santa Fe Spirits Atapino casks, along with Atapino-soaked piñon nuts. It exhibits a bright lemon acidity on the front of the palate, followed by delicate notes of pine and a creamy vanilla note in the finish. Special thanks to the amazing Em Sauter (@pintsandpanels) for the fun caricature! Cheers!