Black Project Spontaneous & Wild Ales

Formerly known as Former Future—yes, the famed airplane-wing bar is still there—brewer and co-owner James Howat went in a new direction to specialize in spontaneous and wild ales. Eschewing the quick money to be made by selling out to a huge beverage conglomerate as many small breweries sadly have, these folks are single-minded and relentlessly passionate in their quest to further the craft-brew movement and produce unusual, memorable, quality beer. Every Black Project beer is fermented with microbes captured from the local environment via a "coolship" or foraged from nature—think terroir in wines. For that reason, Black Project's beers cannot be replicated anywhere else. In-house snacks include pretzels, popcorn, kombucha, cookies and chips.