Society & Solitude #2
Hill Farmstead Brewery

Society & Solitude #2Society & Solitude #2
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From:
Hill Farmstead Brewery
 
Vermont, United States
Style:
Black IPA
Ranked #1
ABV:
9.5%
Score:
96
Ranked #1,132
Avg:
4.32 | pDev: 7.18%
Reviews:
69
Ratings:
400
Status:
Active
Rated:
Jun 02, 2023
Added:
Jan 12, 2012
Wants:
  93
Gots:
  20
Imperial Black IPA
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Rated: 4.16 by CraftFan5 from New Jersey

Jun 02, 2023
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Reviewed by jngls from Germany

4.75/5  rDev +10%
look: 4.75 | smell: 4.75 | taste: 4.75 | feel: 4.75 | overall: 4.75
2 months old. Can to wine glass.

L: Pours a very dark brown, almost black. The foam is fluffy and leaves a good amount of lacing. No floaters.

S: Hoppy and malty at the same time. Lemon and fresh orange cutting into roasty notes of dark chocolate.

T: Malty, roasty and bitter up front followed by fruity hop notes. Lemon and orange again, but rather candied than fresh. Grapefruit‘s also there. So are piney and resiny notes.

F: Full and smooth with a medium carbonation.

O: Not a big fan of the style, but this has to be the best Black IPA I‘ve had so far. Great balance, very complex and clearly distinguishable HF. Very good beer.
May 23, 2023
 
Rated: 4.02 by Cpmitchno1 from Virginia

Apr 24, 2023
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Reviewed by jrc1093 from Connecticut

4.3/5  rDev -0.5%
look: 4.75 | smell: 4.75 | taste: 4 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
Canned on 1/11/23; consumed on 2/27/23

Pours a stark, jet-mahogany body topped with just under two fingers of rich, tan foam; good head retention leaves a finger of cap, moderate, frothy collar, and chunky rings accompanying a generous spatter of spotty lacing coating the walls of the glass.

Aromas of milk chocolate intertwine with grapefruit peel as nutty malt interludes see earthy cacao nibs pronounced through subtle grassiness while accents of coffee meet a touch of spruce.

Taste offers distant tones of peach pith easing to fresh coffee and a subtle, malty char upfront: a chocolatey prickle through residual grapefruit over the mid-palate finds wisps of boggy spice and wet moss on the back end as a dank kiss of dark cocoa finishes.

Mouthfeel brings a medium-light body and a rounded, moderate carbonation; a creamy silk, almost nitrogenated texturing supersedes a subdued, prickly char, drying steadily with a backing, resinous sensation through the finish.

The eclectic embrace is delicate yet extensive, cleanly displaying a quirky, even interplay of both malt and hop character; a healthy marriage of contrast at peak attenuation for a typically polarizing style.
Feb 28, 2023
 
Rated: 4.44 by mattmarka1 from Minnesota

Jan 27, 2023
 
Rated: 4.21 by timmy2b from New York

Jan 19, 2023
 
Rated: 4.25 by Holderness from Massachusetts

Jan 19, 2022
 
Rated: 4 by Bhubbard34 from Pennsylvania

Jan 11, 2022
 
Rated: 4.07 by DaveCash from New York

Dec 24, 2021
 
Rated: 4 by pepesylvia from Pennsylvania

May 14, 2020
 
Rated: 4.19 by Chuckdiesel24 from Illinois

Mar 19, 2020
 
Rated: 4.4 by Jdells09 from New Jersey

Mar 05, 2020
 
Rated: 4.71 by lovindahops from New York

Mar 04, 2020
 
Rated: 4.25 by jbarletto from Massachusetts

Apr 14, 2019
 
Rated: 4.07 by user785335 from Florida

Apr 10, 2019
 
Rated: 4.25 by hughesm12 from Massachusetts

Feb 08, 2019
 
Rated: 4.44 by Luscious_Malfoy from Illinois

Jan 23, 2019
 
Rated: 4.25 by rpjterp from Virginia

Jan 09, 2019
 
Rated: 4.1 by AD17 from New Jersey

Jan 05, 2019
 
Rated: 4.24 by Rub_This_BBQ from Massachusetts

Dec 31, 2018
Society & Solitude #2 from Hill Farmstead Brewery
Beer rating: 96 out of 100 with 400 ratings