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only bottled beers (i.e., no kegs) was a consequence of both a desire to make cellar-ready beers and of directly seeing how kegged beers were often treated during his time at Speakeasy. “As a brewer, you can do so much to ensure that your product going into keg—even the cleaning and sanitizing of the keg itself—is pristine, so that what leaves your brewery is perfect. And yet, if the bar isn’t doing really anything to their tap lines, it will only take a couple days for the tap line to take down the keg.” For the time being, Divine Brewing’s production will be limited to two releases, synced with the spring and fall equinoxes. Albeit a touch late last year, the Teufelweizen will be Divine’s regular fall equinox release. Until Robinson’s operation can expand beyond its current arrangement at Sonoma Springs, he’ll be focusing solely on those two releases. Which brings us to today. While the spring equinox has already come and gone, the second beer from Divine Brewing will be released within the next few weeks. Called Engelen Tarwe (your guess is as good as mine, pronunciationwise), Robinson describes his latest beer as being closest to the Belgian tripel style, albeit with the added contributions of coriander, bitter orange peel and the West African spice grains of paradise. Engelen Tarwe will only be available in bottles, like the Teufelweizen, and it’s also been brewed using three different yeast strains. The best place to look locally is Bottle Barn in Santa Rosa, and bottles also make it down to San Francisco and the East Bay. The bottles themselves include a number of, let’s call them, hidden features. Though Divine’s motto was written in German on the Teufelweizen labels, it will appear in Dutch on the Engelen Tarwe ones. Either way, both are translations of an aptly chosen phrase: “Refuse to compromise.” Ken Weaver is a beer writer, fiction writer and technical editor based in Santa Rosa. He’s also the author of ‘The Northern California Craft Beer Guide’ with photographer Anneliese Schmidt, due out this June from Cameron + Company.