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Gold in Mixed Culture Brett Beer

Orchard Pear

Minneapolis Town Hall Brewery, Minneapolis, MN

Category
Mixed Culture Brett Beer
Entries
24
ABV
6.3%
IBU
Not Found
Style
Mixed Culture Ale
Malts
Not Found
Yeast
Brettanomyces
Adjuncts
Bartlett pear

Hops

Not Found

From the Brewery's Description

Barrel grown and fermented mixed culture Brettanomyces with orchard grown Bartlett Pears.

Source: beeradvocate.com

Brewery Medal HistoryCategory HistoryBrewery Website

Hop Profile

No hop profile is on record for this beer.

Beer Details

Description
Barrel grown and fermented mixed culture Brettanomyces with orchard grown Bartlett Pears.Source beeradvocate.com

Research Notes

Orchard Pear is a beer from Minneapolis Town Hall Brewery, a brewpub at 1430 South Washington Avenue in Minneapolis, Minnesota; it was not on the brewery's published menus when read.

Award

Category Medal Entries Brewery Location
31, Mixed Culture Brett Beer Gold (1st place) 24 Minneapolis Town Hall Brewery Minneapolis, MN

Specs

Field Value Source
Style Mixed culture ale BeerAdvocate: Orchard Pear MC
ABV 6.3% BeerAdvocate: Orchard Pear MC
IBU Not Found Not Found
Hops Not Found Not Found
Malts and grains Not Found Not Found
Yeast Brettanomyces BeerAdvocate: Orchard Pear MC
Adjuncts, fruit, spices Bartlett pears BeerAdvocate: Orchard Pear MC
Other Barrel grown and fermented BeerAdvocate: Orchard Pear MC

Brewery Description

Barrel grown and fermented mixed culture Brettanomyces with orchard grown Bartlett Pears.

Source: BeerAdvocate: Orchard Pear MC

Tasting Notes

Not Found

Ingredients

The product description names the fruit variety and yeast recorded above but provides no grain bill, hop varieties or bacteria. BeerAdvocate: Orchard Pear MC

Hop Profile

Not Found

Brewing Details

Field Value Source
Color (SRM) Not Found Not Found
Original gravity Not Found Not Found
Final gravity Not Found Not Found
Water Not Found Not Found
Process Not Found Not Found

Style Context

As category context only, the Brewers Association guidelines for Mixed-Culture Brett Beer call for Brettanomyces character together with bacteria that are "incorporated and in evidence", medium to high fruity esters, and ABV and IBU that vary with the underlying style; fruited versions should show fruit in balance. With no published specs, fit cannot be assessed.

Awards History

Year Competition Category Medal
2026 Great American Beer Festival Mixed Culture Brett Beer Gold

Generated from the loaded results for this brewery and beer name, not researched separately; years not loaded are not covered.

Brewery Context

Minneapolis Town Hall Brewery is in Minneapolis, MN. Brewery type in Open Brewery DB: Brewpub.

Links checked 2026-10-14: Website, Instagram.

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Research Notes

  • Orchard Pear does not appear on the brewery's beer, drink or beer to go menus as read; those menus do list a related barrel program beer, Mixed Culture Cherry Orchard (6.7%, a barrel grown and fermented mixed culture wheat-based beer with Michigan cherries), which is a different beer and is not used for these specs.
  • A web search for the beer name found no listing, review or press.
  • No 2026 medal announcement was found on the brewery's site.
  • Researched 2026-10-13.
  • Second pass 2026-10-13: Found the matching mixed culture pear beer under Orchard Pear MC. Its listing supplies ABV, fruit and yeast; coverage documents a 2024 release, so these are published product specifications rather than a verified 2026 batch analysis. No IBU or brewery beer page was found.
  • Field pass 2026-10-13: A new brewery-domain search excluding previously checked menus found no Orchard Pear page, IBU or hops; other fruit beers were excluded.
  • Deep dive pass 2026-10-14: the brewery site has no Orchard Pear page; the only description is on BeerAdvocate, whose data is not copied here.