Sometimes stories take on lives of their own. “Wagon Lager” started as “Lithuanian Wagon Lager” many years ago, a fictional tale about an apocryphal style of heavily-hopped lager brewed primarily with wheat malt by Baltic pioneers in wagons. Where were they coming from or going to? Not sure, but their destination was well-supplied with choice wheat and hops. Being chill folks, they decided to roll with it, and a new tradition was born.

To date, Double Elbow has been a project that attempts to faithfully recreate foundational styles. You can look at Wagon Lager one of two ways – either we’ve jumped the shark a bit here, or we’re productively expanding the definition of “foundational.” We’re ok with whichever.