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Amarillo Pale Ale
Hill Farmstead Brewery
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- From:
- Hill Farmstead Brewery
- Vermont, United States
- Style:
- American Pale Ale
Ranked #51 - ABV:
- 5.2%
- Score:
- 94
Ranked #2,634 - Avg:
- 4.22 | pDev: 6.87%
- Reviews:
- 56
- Ratings:
- Status:
- Active
- Rated:
- Feb 13, 2024
- Added:
- Sep 07, 2011
- Wants:
- 37
- Gots:
- 11
An American Pale Ale bittered, flavored, and dry hopped exclusively with Amarillo.
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Ratings by PaleAleWalt:
Rated by PaleAleWalt from New York
3.25/5 rDev -23%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3
Feb 22, 2016
3.25/5 rDev -23%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3
Feb 22, 2016
More User Ratings:
Reviewed by hops_for_thought from New York
4.25/5 rDev +0.7%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
4.25/5 rDev +0.7%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
Poured from a can (2/24) in a Teku
L: light yellow/gold, small white head. Some lacing but not significant
S: citrus forward (orange, lemon) with some piney/floral notes in the back. Get some hay/grass as well
T: nose following through, orange to start with that hay note really coming through on the finish. Balanced bite, medium finish
F: well carbonated, very easy to drink
O: delicious pale ale that really highlights Amarillo's orange characteristics
Mar 27, 2020L: light yellow/gold, small white head. Some lacing but not significant
S: citrus forward (orange, lemon) with some piney/floral notes in the back. Get some hay/grass as well
T: nose following through, orange to start with that hay note really coming through on the finish. Balanced bite, medium finish
F: well carbonated, very easy to drink
O: delicious pale ale that really highlights Amarillo's orange characteristics
Reviewed by kevanb from Illinois
3.83/5 rDev -9.2%
look: 4.25 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 3.75
3.83/5 rDev -9.2%
look: 4.25 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 3.75
750ml bottle, freshly filled, poured into a 12oz Hill Farmstead black and red willibecher glass.
The beer pours a cloudy and foggy pale golden color, lemon hues with a soapy white head, about a finger and half high that has good retention and excellent lacing. The aroma is pleasant, grassy, dank, floral, earthy pine with a bit of lemon peel and soft pale dough. The flavors are right in line with the nose. Dank and earthy bitterness leaps out, lots of lemon citrus, a bit of berry fruit, bright and crisp floral and grassy green raw hop leaf with a soft bed of pale cereal grains and mineral water. The mouthfeel is good, coating and crisp with a medium body that is light and delicate and finishes with a soft creaminess and a lingering dry bite.
Verdict: A nice pale ale from Hill Farmstead. The amarillo hop is excellently expressed, I'm just not sure it's my favorite candidate for a single hop beer. A good experiment and a worthy brew, but perhaps amarillo needs a friendly hop to act as a compliment.
Dec 31, 2019The beer pours a cloudy and foggy pale golden color, lemon hues with a soapy white head, about a finger and half high that has good retention and excellent lacing. The aroma is pleasant, grassy, dank, floral, earthy pine with a bit of lemon peel and soft pale dough. The flavors are right in line with the nose. Dank and earthy bitterness leaps out, lots of lemon citrus, a bit of berry fruit, bright and crisp floral and grassy green raw hop leaf with a soft bed of pale cereal grains and mineral water. The mouthfeel is good, coating and crisp with a medium body that is light and delicate and finishes with a soft creaminess and a lingering dry bite.
Verdict: A nice pale ale from Hill Farmstead. The amarillo hop is excellently expressed, I'm just not sure it's my favorite candidate for a single hop beer. A good experiment and a worthy brew, but perhaps amarillo needs a friendly hop to act as a compliment.
Reviewed by Gatch from Massachusetts
4.34/5 rDev +2.8%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
4.34/5 rDev +2.8%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
Tried this at the brewery just before it kicked and couldn’t get a growler fill. A bit subdued, as most HF drafts seem to be compared to their canned versions. Base beer is obviously top notch, so the hop truly stands out. And Amarillo has a unique flavor with tasty citrus qualities, but seems to be underutilized these days in the industry, at least as the sole hop.
Aug 28, 2019
Amarillo Pale Ale from Hill Farmstead Brewery
Beer rating:
94 out of
100 with
374 ratings
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