All Our Beers
Below you’ll find a description of all our beers.
Audubon Haze
Double NEIPA
Named after the first beer I ever brewed, back in 1997. I was working for the Audubon Society in Greenwich, Connecticut. My first beer was a simple Amber Ale, and back then I didn’t know enough to take gravity readings but it had a serious kick! Today, Audubon Haze is a Hazy Juicy IPA that still packs enough ABV to make any craft beer lover smile.
Beetle Blood
SOUR ALE
Beetle Blood is Oval's first ever sour beer. I used modified yeast to create a delicious 2.89pH sour with Strawberry and blueberry. Sour upfront and fruity on the backend. This is a must have for any sour lover.
CAMP
BELGIAN SAISON
A true summer beer. This Belgian Saison is brewed with fresh ginger and blood orange. The flavor is plentiful and complex. This beer is refreshing on a hot summer day. Have a couple.
Summer Fling
CREAM ALE
A limited edition Blackberry Cream Ale. Cream ales are one of three indigenous beers of America. Summer Fling is my second flavored beer. It is light and refreshing, perfect for a hot summer day.
Cider
Oval cider is made with 100% locally farmed apples! The flavor changes throughout the year, could be fruited or otherwise flavored.
Simplicity Pils
PILSNER
An American pilsner with rye and dry hopped with Loral hops. Simplicity makes a great lawnmower beer. It’s light, and easy to drink.
Elusive
STOUT
Elusive got its name because it took me forever to create a stout recipe that I was proud of. When I finally nailed the formulation for this beer I was attempting to keg it in my basement when my carboy broke, spilling this awesome smelling oatmeal stout all over the floor. Luckily, I take good notes and was able to reproduce this beer! This is the perfect beer on a cold winter day. Contains lactose.
Eclipse
ESB
Eclipse is an old English style beer called an ESB. ESB stands for Extra Special Bitter. Ironically the beer is not bitter but actually malt forward! This style is known for its caramel/bready flavor. The hops are balanced to avoid a cloying sweet beer.
Hipster Magnet
DIPA
5 year anniversary beer, Double dry hopped New England IPA. The big hop presence is balanced out with high end English malts to create a full flavor NEIPA that is more drinkable than most. This year's Hipster was special so it is hopped with Galaxy and Southern Star(South Africa). This combination creates a distinct citrus, apricot aroma and flavor.
Prom Night Cherry
BLOND ALE
A blond ale with hints of cherry. I consider this beer to be a great introduction beer for the non-craft beer drinker. It’s easy light, fresh and a little lower in alcohol.
Rock Eater
IPA
Named after the Saturday Night Live skit. While I was living out in the Seattle area I developed an appreciation of IPAs. Washington is the US capital of hop cultivation, and the local IPAs showcase that fact. Rock Eater is my version of an old school West Coast IPA. It has a great straw color and a classic Cascade and Citra hop nose.
Ruby
RED ALE
Named after my grandmother. Ruby was created for flavor by my brother Curry and I. It doesn’t fit into any specific category. Ruby is a red beer with obvious citrus and tropical fruit on the nose. This beer is easy drinking any time of year.
Simple Man
BROWN ALE
A Brown ale, the brewer’s favorite style. Simple Man’s complexity starts with hints of caramel, coffee and chocolate. This beer dispels many dark beer myths being light in mouthfeel and balanced in hops and malt.
Touch of Kindness
AMERICAN PALE ALE
5.5%ABV, 42 IBU
American Pale Ale. Touch is loaded with stone fruit and tropical aroma and flavor. It drinks smooth and crisp with a slightly sweet finish.
Rescue Hose 5
LAGER
Named after the last fire department to call 111 Ohio Ave. home. RH5 is an American lager brewed with local honey. The honey gives the beer a little more mouth feel and some complexity that its drier cousins don’t have. The late additions of Macinac hops compliment the malt backbone with great melon/tropical fruit aroma.
Resurrection
BARREL AGED BARLEY WINE
The latest of Oval’s barrel aging program, Resurrection is a Barley wine aged in Bourbon barrels that were used to age spirits that where once beer. Mountain Spirit Distilling stilled a hoppy amber ale into a delicious 140 proof spirit. The spirit was aged in the barrels until saturation. Then the Barley Wine was added and aged in the barrels for 10 months. Only 31 gallons will be sold this year in order to age the remainder for additional time
Protocol 001
VIENNE LAGER
Vienne lager brewed to be as true to style as possible. Protocol is balanced slightly toasty with some biscuit flavors on the back side.
Pepe’s Plaid
PORTER
Named after my Pepe’s plaid pants he wore in the 80s. This robust Porter is a classic English style Porter with hints of coffee. I use specialty malts to create a smooth coffee flavor with compliments of chocolate and toffee.
Ron’s Ale
SCOTTISH ALE
This beer is named after a good friend’s stepfather. I designed this beer to match how he described what he remembered as a traditional Scotch Ale. Being that Ron is as Scottish as it gets, Ron’s Ale is full of malt forward caramel flavor. Don’t worry about bitter hops in this beer; it’s all about the malt. I’m able to create some unique complexity by using higher boiling temperatures for extended periods to caramelize the sugars in the wort.
Star Gazer
WHEAT IPA
Star Gazer is an American Wheat IPA. Wheat IPAs were around before the New England craze. They are big on aroma and hop flavor but little hop bitterness.
Life Choices
American Pale Ale
American Pale Ale with heavy aroma of pineapple and citrus. Life Choices is everything a hazy juicy IPA has but with lower alcohol. LC isn’t super hazy but still has that soft mouthfeel that is light on the pallet.