Madness & Civilization #4
Hill Farmstead Brewery

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From:
Hill Farmstead Brewery
 
Vermont, United States
Style:
American Imperial Stout
ABV:
Not listed
Score:
85
Avg:
3.78 | pDev: 24.6%
Reviews:
14
Ratings:
126
Status:
Retired
Rated:
Sep 24, 2016
Added:
Mar 11, 2014
Wants:
  28
Gots:
  10
Madness & Civilization is a panorama of our barrel aging program—oak-aged beers that emerge from their individual silences to find structure and voice as a unified composition. This is the result of an unpredictable state of permanent happenstance—a dialogue with our evolving approach to blending that challenges convention and circumstance. Each release will include multiple threads and is likely to approximate the style of an imperial stout.

Release #4: Tragedy (et al) aged in Bourbon barrels for 24 months—with Cacao, Ancho and Chipotle.
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Ratings by M1A2:
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Rated by M1A2 from Ohio

4.75/5  rDev +25.7%

Jun 01, 2014
More User Ratings:
 
Rated: 4 by SiepJones from Pennsylvania

Sep 24, 2016
 
Rated: 4 by Gunch52 from Texas

Jan 18, 2016
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Rated by TampaRainman from Florida

1.52/5  rDev -59.8%
look: 4 | smell: 2 | taste: 1 | feel: 2 | overall: 1
Infected. Vinegar drainpour. Bummer.
Sep 30, 2015
 
Rated: 3.62 by CBrodbeck from Florida

Sep 17, 2015
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Reviewed by Rifugium from North Dakota

2.44/5  rDev -35.4%
look: 3.5 | smell: 2 | taste: 2.5 | feel: 2.5 | overall: 2.5
Never had this fresh, therefore, unfortunately, this bottle was infected. Thanks to Ray for the share anyway. Stinky sour aroma, bad peppers. Taste was not intolerable, but definitely some tangy sourness going on that's not supposed to be there. Still some obvious pepper burn on the back end. Seems like it could have been a good beer at some point, but I guess I'll never know, unless they make it again.
Aug 05, 2015
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Rated by Guzzle_McBrew from Connecticut

1.41/5  rDev -62.7%
look: 3.75 | smell: 2 | taste: 1 | feel: 1 | overall: 1
This was the worst infection I have run into. I don't like sour dark beers in general, but this was just punishment.
May 21, 2015
 
Rated: 3.65 by helios7 from Oregon

Apr 26, 2015
 
Rated: 3.24 by CTJman from Connecticut

Apr 13, 2015
 
Rated: 4 by oline73 from Maryland

Apr 12, 2015
 
Rated: 4.07 by yourefragile from District of Columbia

Apr 12, 2015
 
Rated: 4 by nathanmiller from New York

Mar 07, 2015
 
Rated: 4.39 by cfrances33 from Illinois

Feb 18, 2015
 
Rated: 3.62 by HuskyinPDX from Washington

Jan 30, 2015
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Rated by deleted_user_722966 from New Hampshire

2.36/5  rDev -37.6%
look: 4 | smell: 3 | taste: 2 | feel: 2 | overall: 2
Likely infected on this one.
Jan 07, 2015
 
Rated: 3.68 by NHbeerguy from New Hampshire

Dec 27, 2014
 
Rated: 2.16 by markgugs from New Jersey

Dec 14, 2014
 
Rated: 4.2 by Bzah from Massachusetts

Dec 06, 2014
 
Rated: 4.5 by Afroman from Arizona

Nov 26, 2014
 
Rated: 3 by EuphonicHops from Virginia

Nov 13, 2014
Madness & Civilization #4 from Hill Farmstead Brewery
Beer rating: 85 out of 100 with 126 ratings