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Natural fruit flavors for beer and craft beverages
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It was always ahead of its time, so make sure you’ve captured the alluring tropical aroma Guava is known for. With its lush floral notes and unique hints of musk, craft beverages are finally ready for this exotic fruit.
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The true technicolor taste of juicy, ripe Mango is now possible. Step into the future of craft beverage flavor with succulent waves of sweet, lightly sour stone fruit. This is mango as it always should have been.
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For the perfect addition to steamy temperatures and dazzling sunshine, revel in the candy-like nectar of prismatic florals and ambrosial stone fruit. It’s time to brew with the genuine taste of juicy, juicy Peach.
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Send tastebuds into orbit with the thrilling taste of vibrant tropical fruit and gleaming citrus. This cruise is just getting started, so head into the future of craft beverage flavors with the Pineapple of tomorrow.
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Finally, taste Strawberry’s authentic multicolored flavor. Scarlet ripples of lush, ripe berries float across your nose, opening your eyes to everything craft beverages were always meant to be.
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Pour, sip, and slip on your shades for a fluorescent light show of ripe melon and dewy summer fruit that perfectly toes the line between candy and floral nectar. Watermelon has never been this juicy.
The skyfarm series represents the freshest, most perfect version of fruit flavor and aroma. It has none of that “cooked” off-flavor that can sometimes tank a beer. There’s also none of that grandma’s perfume, potpourri, or floral junk either.
skyfarm is high-amplitude, recognizable flavor - and that’s important because when you put Strawberry on your label, consumers are going to expect to smell strawberries. It’s built with terpenes for the ultimate flavor consistency, ensuring the same flavor in every season.
Maybe you’ve tried purees. Maybe you’ve tried concentrates. skyfarm is none of that. So let’s get into it.
Compare these to the flavor of other options and it’s like night and day.
Strong and recognizable fruity aroma every time you crack a can.
There’s no sugar in skyfarm, so there’s no risk of refermentation.
Absolutely no ethanol or alcohol needed to carry the flavor through.
skyfarm goes right into your existing workflow with no modifications.
Every flavor is TTB-Approved with FIDS documents available.
skyfarm is immediately dispersed into solution. Less wait, more beer.
These are aromatic top notes that don’t impart sweetness or body.
"Having spent over a decade researching flavor in beer, wine, and spirits I've tasted my fair share of fatty, rancid mango flavors and peach aromatics that smelled more like perfume than the fresh Palisade peaches I grew up eating. skyfarm steers in the other direction, representing the freshest, most desirable fruit that's lodged away in nostalgia. These are unequivocally the best fruit flavors I've tasted."
Craig Thomas Master Cicerone® | Abstrax
Think of terpenes like building blocks. We
build beautiful aroma.
skyfarm doesn’t impart any added sugar or
color to your beverage.
Add it into your brite
tank and you’re done.
It’s that easy.
Dose way less than
you would expect to impart huge aroma.
Use “Natural Flavors” on your ingredient list.
Compare the price of skyfarm to purees, whole fruits, or fruit extracts.
skyfarm comes in lightproof bottles with
no need to refrigerate.
skyfarm is a liquid so there is nothing to soak up potential beer.
Adding to the brite tank enables precise flavor control in the final beer, eliminating the risk of aromatic compound loss from additional processing. This method also prevents flavor alterations caused by yeast activity and biotransformation.
skyfarm offers similar ease-of-use benefits as flavor extracts, but it goes way, way further in terms of flavor, aroma, and handling. It also requires only a fraction of the dosing you’d typically need. Terpenes are awesome.
As an alternative to fruit purees, concentrates, and essences - skyfarm has been built from the ground up using isolated terpenes. Think of them like little building blocks. We extract, purify, and then rebuild them into the brightest flavor expression possible. This precise control allows for us to create unbelievable, repeatable natural flavors and aromas without the added sugar or the calories.
We’ve found that simply smelling skyfarm is usually enough for people to try them in their next batch. They’re that good. So let’s get them into your hands. Click below to contact us.
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“It’s so incredibly versatile, and I've only just discovered its true potential as a "secret weapon". Our current batch demonstrates how it can be used during hot side active fermentation, at terminal, and with finished beer in the brite tank. Shit’s good bro.”
Geoff Belcher
Head Innovations Brewer | New Realm Brewing Co
Turns out - not really. Fruit purees are literal sugar bombs that require diligent, careful dosing. Not to mention the inherent flavor/aroma inconsistencies that can come with using harvested fruit. Your puree this year might taste different from last year.
Now don’t get us wrong, fruit purees have their place. They contribute body and mouthfeel to the finished beer, which can be great! If you can pair the best aspects of purees with an incredible and consistent aromatic punch, then baby, you’ve got a stew going.
Fruit is usually added during the fermentation process so that the yeast can eat up all of that extra sugar. But guess what yeast creates? Carbon dioxide. And excess carbon dioxide will easily strip off the volatile aromatic compounds.
Add the puree too early and you’re butchering the aromatics that you’re after. Add it too late and you’ll have to deal with sugar and possible refermentation due to lingering yeast.
skyfarm has absolutely zero sugar. There is no risk of refermentation and you don’t need to do a little dance just to get it into your beer. Add it to your brite tank and you’re done.
It’s also way, way more potent than other natural flavor/extract options. We recommend that you experiment with a small dose to get the feel of things. This is a lot more bang for your buck.
The pectin in the fruit contributes to the cloudy, haziness found in some beers. Maybe that’s what you’re after. Or maybe you’d like to have the same (or greater) fruity aroma in a beer you can actually see through.
There’s also the issue of tank cleanup from that sweet, sweet sugar residue. It’s not usually a dealbreaker, but hey, who wouldn’t like to shorten their turnover time?
skyfarm contributes no haze so you can keep your beer golden and clear without feeling like you’re drinking a milkshake.
It’s also not sticky and doesn’t leave a residue so forget about scrubbing fruit gunk from your tanks.
Like it or not - the seltzer revolution has changed the way consumers drink. People are looking for more varied and flavorful options today. Whether that means beer, seltzers, or ciders - people want flavor.
skyfarm works flawlessly in both alcoholic and non-alcoholic beverages. It adds no sugar, no calories, and yet it still smacks you in the face with flavor and aroma. It’s hyper-concentrated so that you don’t need nearly as much, and it’s shelf stable so shipping and storing are a breeze. Just toss it in the fridge after you’ve opened it.
There is no seasonal variability or weird “cooked” or “canned” flavors. There’s no yield loss, no refermentation, no haze contribution, no sugar, and no calories. Heck, it’s not even flammable.
Strong and recognizable fruity aroma every time you crack a can.
Absolutely no ethanol or alcohol needed to carry the flavor through.
Think of terpenes like building blocks. We
build beautiful aroma.
skyfarm comes in lightproof bottles with no need to refrigerate.
"Abstrax is shifting the paradigm by not just complimenting the hops that we all love through new processes, but also solving the problems and pushing the boundaries of what we can accomplish."
Alex Tweet
Owner | Fieldwork Brewing
Storage: We strongly recommend leaving skyfarm unopened in a cool, dark place until ready for use. When stored in the original sealed container under recommended storage conditions, the shelf life can be 1 year. It is recommended to use the full contents in one use. If storing after opened, keep refrigerated and, if possible, purge with inert gas to preserve the delicate aromatic compounds. Use opened product within 1 month.
Handling: skyfarm requires no special handling. You do not need to warm skyfarm for it to be flowable. Pour directly into the brite tank when ready. Consistent with good hygiene and lab practices, maintain good ventilation, wear safety glasses or goggles, gloves, and an apron when handling.
Usage:
For further information, please contact us at hello@abstraxhops.com.
skyfarm products are Natural Flavors that have been emulsified in Abstrax’s proprietary emulsion system. Abstrax labels identify the following ingredients: "Water, Natural Flavors, Sunflower Lecithin, Potassium Sorbate, Citric Acid".
However, pursuant to 21CFR101.100(a)(3)(i), food and beverage products that use skyfarm may only need to label the "Natural Flavors" since the other ingredients could be considered incidental additives that are present in the final product at insignificant levels and do not have any technical or functional effect in the food. These other ingredients are present in the food by reason of having been incorporated into the food as an ingredient of skyfarm, in which the ingredients did have a functional or technical effect.
USA labeling recommendations are pursuant to 21 CFR 101.22. Label declaration requirements vary significantly in different countries. These label declarations should not be used or adopted without confirming that the declaration is appropriate and legal for the subject country and intended application.
It is the user’s responsibility to ensure that the conditions and possible uses of the product conform to current laws and regulations.
This product can only be shipped to a business address. Residential shipping is not available due to shipping regulations. We recommend that our customers thoroughly review the Safety Data Sheet (SDS) for this product and take all recommended precautions for safe handling, storage, and disposal due to its flammable nature.
We proudly operate a SQF Level 3 certified manufacturing facility with a score of 95% above cGMP standards.
This is the gold standard - FAR above and beyond the typical ISO 9001:2015 certification of other suppliers.
Skyfarm is Abstrax Hops’ line of innovative, fruit-forward natural flavor products for brewing beer and craft beverages.
These have been built from the ground up using botanically sourced terpene isolates to deliver incredible fruit flavor and aroma. Whereas many flavorhouses rely on essential oils which are inherently variable, the skyfarm series reliably produces a consistent and dependable flavor to your beverages.
Simply put - the skyfarm series is a collection of the most aromatic fruit flavor top notes.
Kinda but not really. Just like a car and a tractor are kind of similar, the skyfarm series goes way beyond purees and concentrates in terms of flavor, aroma, and handling.
First off, there’s no sugar or color added from skyfarm. Which also means that there are no calories imparted and absolutely no risk of refermentation. Purees usually impart some level of haze to your beer whereas skyfarm doesn’t contribute any haze. There’s also no solid waste to remove, no need to refrigerate prior to opening, no yield loss, and no seasonal or batch variability.
With skyfarm you’re not getting any of that grandma’s perfume, potpourri, floral junk. Also none of those “cooked” off-flavors or overly ripe notes, for example.
The skyfarm series is built with terpenes for the ultimate flavor consistency, ensuring the same bright flavor in every season.
Other fruit top notes can be synthetic, rank, or overly candy-like. Dosing rates between flavors (even within the same brand or company) can vary by degrees of magnitude. And there is always the ever-occurring problem relating to consistency of flavor.
Abstrax has endeavored to solve these problems by constructing the skyfarm series with terpene isolates, guaranteeing a degree of control over the process that has not previously been explored.
We also have a world-class flavor dev team who, quite simply, makes consistently incredible stuff.
Nope. There is no need for special handling and you don’t have to make any modifications to your existing workflow. You don’t even need to refrigerate it before opening. You can save storage space too since skyfarm comes in opaque bottles instead of boxes and bags.
Thanks to skyfarm’s unique water-based emulsion, you can instantly understand the flavor impact by dosing them directly into packaged beer or carbonated water.
Start your benchtop sensory experiments with a 0.04% dosing rate (0.4 mL/L or 1.59 oz/bbl). Feel free to work your way up to around 0.07% at the high end. At least, that’s what has worked for us.
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