The Knitting Circle x Tavour
Welcome tavour folks to the knitting circle!
We are pleased to partner with Tavour and extend the Knitting Circle to Oregon residents and 26 other states!
The Knitting Circle is our award winning bottle membership. Our approach to these beers is not necessarily about finding the best barrel or using the most obscure and expensive ingredients. Instead, our intent is primarily twofold: to offer early insight into the direction of Fair Isle and to share small, thoughtful, experimental batches.
Season 7 beers
Second release, batches E&F
August, 2026
S:7 batch e
A saison born of place and patience, Batch E was brewed with fragrant NZ Cascade hops back in January and refermented on second use chardonnay grapes before heading to oak to rest in white wine barrels. Time drew the grapes orchard fruit and gentle acidity into the beer, giving it a lively and vinous character. After a four month rest, we steeped the saison with elderflowers foraged along the river banks in Fall City. The flowers delicate perfume rises from the glass and is the most prominent character in this beer. Intensely floral and woven throughout with notes of white peach, lemon zest, and ripe pear.
S:7 batch f
Staying with the theme of foraged ingredients, Batch F started as a saison knocked out on top of the second use Krush dry hop from Eugene, our farmhouse IPA. After a few weeks in stainless and then months of maturation in oak, where time softened the hop character nicely, we selected our two favorite barrels to give the beer a final infusion from the forest: freshly foraged spruce tips gathered from the Cascades. Bright and intensely aromatic, the young spruce tips bring a vivid green and fruity character similar to that of dry hopping. Lastly, at packaging we primed the beer with blueberry honey, adding another layer of fruit and floral sweetness to echo the contributions of spruce tips and compliment the dry finish of our saisons. The result is a beer bursting with notes of wildflower honey, vanilla, cotton candy, citrus peel, and blueberry skin.
Claude
Claude, a farmhouse ale with white peaches. This year’s batch uses 700 pounds of white peaches to a blend of farmhouse ales maturing in oak for an average of 12 months to re-ferment to dryness before packaging. These farmhouse ales were brewed with Luminosa hops, contributing more stone fruit characteristics to the base beer that complement the white peaches. All in all this beer is almost two years in the making and requires the help of many hands along the way.
750ml bottle
Soleil
A blend of oak-aged farmhouse ales refermented on crushed and destemmed Grenache Blanc and Grenache Noir grapes from the Yakima Valley.
We are intentional about where we get our ingredients from and have been thrilled to work with third-generation farmer Phil Cline of Naches Heights Vineyard on this project. The unique volcanic soils in Naches Heights, combined with the vineyards' unusually high bestows cool nights upon the grapes, imbuing them with food friendly acidity to balance the ripeness.
750ml Bottle
Goldie
A saison re-fermented with Washington grown Cinsaut and Counoise wine grapes, then steeped with a medley of marigold flowers from Duvall Herb Farm. Queen Sophia marigolds take center stage, filling the beer with floral, savory aromatics and botanical notes reminiscent of vermouth. The wine grapes lend subtle fruit and structure beneath the blooms, creating a bright, expressive saison with a long, herbaceous finish
750ml Bottle
Violetta
For years we’ve been intrigued by how our hoppy beers morph as they age in oak. A benefit of having several oxygen scavenging yeast in our house culture, is instead of the hops oxidizing like a typical IPA, they move into new territories of dank tropical and stone fruit notes balanced with a soft bitterness and round body from the oak.
Violetta is a blend of these hoppy beers dry hopped with Dolcita hops (formally HBC 1019), Violetta is expressive with notes of peach rings, guava and tropical pineapple.
16 oz can
2026 Upcoming Release Dates
BATCH C&D RELEASE – MAY 15TH
BATCH E&F RELEASE – AUGUST 21ST
BATCH G&H RELEASE & PARTY – OCTOBER 16TH
These are our local dates and Tavour typically ships out the following week.
Season 7 beers
Second release, batches C&D
May, 2026
S:7 batch C
Batch C is our award-winning blend of oak-aged farmhouse ales thoughtfully selected and blended to showcase our house yeast culture and time in oak.
S:7 batch D
Batch d is as a blend of saisons refermented on Washington grown gooseberries and dry hopped with Vera hops. A meeting of sharp and soft—green brightness, tropical lift. Bright, fleeting, and alive!
Hanami
Hanami is our oak-aged ale with Sakura Sencha tea conditioned on Meadowfoam honey. Hanami marries a blend of oak-aged beers with beautifully delicate Japanese Sencha green tea infused with cherry blossoms
750ml bottle
Tove
Tove is a blend of mature farmhouse ales aged in oak for up to twelve months and refermented on Washington grown Triple Crown blackberries from Sidhu Farms.
2023 Wold Beer Cup Bronze Award – Mixed Culture Brett Beer
750ml Bottle
Renee
Renee is a younger expression of our oak-aged farmhouse ales, shaped by a brief rest in neutral oak. Hops shine—citrus and sunlit fruit—with quiet transformation still to come.
750ml Bottle
Lora
Lora is a fruity and crushable saison that takes advantage of the bursting berries we have in Washington. Using the second runnings of fruit, this year Lora uses cherries, blackberries, raspberries and boysenberries from our oak-aged beers, Waldo, Tove and Val to create a bright and sparkling saison.
12 oz can
Season 7 beers
First release, batches A&B
February 2nd, 2026
S:7 batch A
Batch a is a blend a farmhouse ales brewed with Washington grown Barley and Elwha River spelt. Refermented on destemmed and crushed Riesling grapes from the Yakima Valley, aged in oak for seven months and steeped with dried Osmanthus flowers.
S:7 batch B
Batch b is as a blend of farmhouse ales refermented on white peaches from Collins Family Orchard and a young oak-aged hoppy farmhouse ale brewed with Krush and Dolcita hops.
Forrest
More info to come on February 2nd, when we announce this beers!
750ml bottle
Ferris
More info to come on February 2nd, when we announce this beers!
750ml Bottle
Alicel
A saison with Hallertau hops. Alicel is an exploration of the elegance of the noble hop, Hallertau Mittelfrüh.
750ml Bottle
Myrtle
Myrtle is brewed with malts from @lincmalt and steeped with Myrica Gale to coax out its multilayered flavor profile. This tiny, yet mighty ingredient packs a punch of flavor. On the nose there are hints of wildflower honey and straw, and on the palate we’re getting notes of euculyptus, juniper berry, Meyer lemon, and white pepper. It finishes dry, with a lively tartness from our house culture uplifting the singular character of the Myrica Gale. Every Fall we head to the sloughs and bogs of Washington to forage the fruit of Myrica Gale.
12 oz can
Jade
Jade is a saison with dried Osmanthus Tea from @mirotea. These flowers are native to Asia, particularly China, Japan, and the Himalayas are small, fragrant blossoms enjoyed for their sweet floral scent with notes of apricots and peaches.
12 oz can
Behind the Artwork
Each year we dive into a new theme for the Knitting Circle Labels, from hiking in the PNW for Season 1 to LiDAR mapping our providers in Season 6. This year, we extract images from our travels of 2025. While the taproom and our Seattle guests are the core of Fair Isle, we can't ignore the influence our distribution and export sales have on Fair Isle, both financially but also culturally and how it informs the beer we make. We love drawing inspiration from our food, people, places and of course other breweries when we travel.
Last winter we began distribution in Japan with AQ Beverage and had the honor of visiting their team as we took a two week tour, sharing Fair Isle and everything we love about the PNW. We met new friends and many enthusiastic fans who had crossed the Pacific and visited Fair Isle before. We ate a ton of sushi, but still not enough and experienced new cultures, food and people.
Batch A are two images from the Arashiyama Bamboo Grove and the Tenryuji Temple from a bike ride Owner, Andrew Pogue, and Head Brewer, Matt Rowe, did in Osaka.
Like living in the PNW, our experience was filled both with nature and urban explorations. Batch B is a composite of an image of the ice deciduous trees while skiing in Nagano and a tree in urban Tokyo.
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End of year RELEASE & PARTY – OCTOBER 16, 2026
Save the date for our End of Year Release Party! Come make the trip to Seattle and enjoy Fair Isle in our taproom. We're open to members only, with special beers from the cellar, music and food.
RSVPs open in September.