I've been very interested in this company for some time but couldn't find anywhere to purchase it online at the time. I am especially interested on one of their brews in particular that uses pine needles in the brewing process. Supposedly the pine is very invigorating. This is how all ale was like pre-1500's. Don't get me started on how the catholic church pushed and pushed for hops to be mandatory to add to all beers because of its sedating effects. Did they really think that adding a sedating plant to beer was going to stop men from brawling and fucking?
Don't get me wrong, I have only known beer with hops in it so of course I appreciate the taste but from what I've read of early medieval records, the general european population revolted at the time and hated the thought of having hops added to all beer and insisted they keep their other herbs but eventually they lost that fight.
To be fair, I'm sure the preservation qualities of hops had a lot to do with it's widespread use.. probably even more than the story I told above but I'd like to think the former was true... it just gives me an excuse to bash on the catholic church.