Warsaw, Indiana · Small Batch Fermentations

Disciplined ferments.
Ritual endures.

Beer, mead, cider, and anything else that can carry a story through fermentation.

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Featured fermentEastboundToasted Rice Lager
Made by handFermented with intentOffered without apology

The Blackthorn creed

Flavor writes the rules.

Blackthorn is not one style, one tradition, or even one kind of ferment.

It is an evolving cellar built from grain, fruit, honey, living culture, and time. We use precision where it serves the glass—and instinct where the map runs out.

A saison can become a solera. A mead can borrow from wine. A culture can outlive the recipe that made it. The flavor decides what the thing becomes.

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What’s On Tap

Five taps. Five different expressions. Every one made here in Warsaw and poured beneath the Blackthorn mark.

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Peach Queen

Peach Honey Seltzer · 5% ABV

Sun-ripened peaches and wildflower honey unfold beneath a whisper of vanilla, carried by bright sparkle and a creamy finish. Bright, indulgent, and inviting.

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Jam Session

Peanut Butter & Jelly Mead · 7% ABV

Concord grape and orchard blossom honey over roasted peanut and soft sweetness. Bright, nostalgic, and strangely refined.

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Meloncholy

Watermelon Honey Seltzer · 5% ABV

Fresh watermelon and wildflower honey unfold with bright citrus, carried by lively sparkle. Crisp, refreshing, and fleeting.

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First Watch

Apple Toffee Belgian Ale · 5.5% ABV

Caramelized apple and rich toffee unfold beneath Belgian spice, carried by lively sparkle and a rounded finish. Bright and inviting.

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Eastbound

Toasted Rice Lager · 5.5% ABV

Toasted rice and delicate florals unfold beneath crisp malt, carried by lively sparkle and a clean finish. Bright and refreshing.

What stays constant

Made by hand

Small batches, deliberate choices, and no distance between the idea and the work.

Built to evolve

Cultures are banked, blended, revisited, and allowed to carry history forward.

Remembered in art

Every ferment gets a name, a world, and a label worthy of the liquid inside.

Keep the cellar moving

Fund the next batch.

Blackthorn is built one ferment at a time. Every tip helps cover grain, fruit, honey, cultures, bottles, labels, and the strange ingredients behind whatever comes next.