View full label ↗Tap 01Pouring now
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.
Winona Lake, Indiana · Small Batch Fermentations
Disciplined ferments.
Ritual endures.
Beer, mead, cider, and anything else that can carry a story through fermentation.
See what’s pouring↓❦
❦
❦
❦
Featured fermentUnbaptizedRaw Hazy IPA
✦Made by hand✦Fermented with intent✦Offered 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.
Currently pouring at the house
What’s On Tap
Five taps. Five different expressions. Every one made here in Winona Lake and poured beneath the Blackthorn mark.
View full label ↗
View full label ↗Tap 02Pouring now
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.
View full label ↗Tap 03Pouring now
Meloncholy
Watermelon Honey Seltzer · 5% ABV
Fresh watermelon and wildflower honey unfold with bright citrus, carried by lively sparkle. Crisp, refreshing, and fleeting.
View full label ↗Tap 04Pouring now
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.
View full label ↗Tap 05Pouring now
Unbaptized
Raw Hazy IPA
Citra and Mosaic pour forth through Cosmic Punch with lush citrus, tropical fruit, and an untamed raw-beer softness.
What stays constant
Ⅰ
Made by hand
Small batches, deliberate choices, and no distance between the idea and the work.
Ⅱ
Built to evolve
Cultures are banked, blended, revisited, and allowed to carry history forward.
Ⅲ
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.
Homebrew notice: Blackthorn Craft & Cellar is a personal homebrewing project. Nothing shown here is for sale. Support is voluntary and helps fund future experiments; it is not payment for alcohol or a promise of goods.