Elaborative #2
Hill Farmstead Brewery

Elaborative #2Elaborative #2
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From:
Hill Farmstead Brewery
 
Vermont, United States
Style:
Wild Ale
ABV:
6%
Score:
94
Avg:
4.23 | pDev: 5.91%
Reviews:
22
Ratings:
178
Status:
Retired
Rated:
Jul 04, 2018
Added:
Nov 13, 2013
Wants:
  48
Gots:
  25
Elaborative Two was brewed September 2012 with our friends Brad Clark and Ryan Burke. We crafted this farmstead™ ale with pumpkins grown by Ben’s Pumpkins. The beer was aged in a variety of wine barrels — as well as a barrel from Virtue Cider in Michigan — with wild yeast and bacteria. After a year, the unique threads were blended together and conditioned in the bottle.

The Elaborative: A brewing collaboration with like-minded friends. A fermentative experiment through thoughtful enquiry and discourse. A desire to further our understanding of the interactive complexities of our process while trying to abandon our preconceptions...
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Rated: 4.29 by CheapBeerBuzz from California

Jul 04, 2018
 
Rated: 4.19 by liquorpig from Massachusetts

Apr 06, 2018
 
Rated: 4 by Jhfinn from New York

Oct 30, 2016
 
Rated: 3.77 by BMart from Pennsylvania

Apr 29, 2016
 
Rated: 3.75 by dfhhead25 from Pennsylvania

Apr 25, 2016
 
Rated: 3.94 by snowmageddon from Massachusetts

Nov 15, 2015
 
Rated: 4.11 by kjkinsey from Texas

Oct 10, 2015
 
Rated: 4 by joeroma5 from Massachusetts

Aug 21, 2015
 
Rated: 4.21 by canadianghetto from Texas

Jun 09, 2015
 
Rated: 4.56 by kbuzz from North Carolina

Mar 14, 2015
 
Rated: 4.46 by Kurmaraja from California

Mar 11, 2015
 
Rated: 4.48 by Bilco from Pennsylvania

Jan 13, 2015
 
Rated: 4.24 by Mesa512 from Connecticut

Dec 28, 2014
 
Rated: 4.25 by _morandi_ from California

Dec 22, 2014
 
Rated: 4.25 by MicroBeerMan1980 from Pennsylvania

Dec 08, 2014
 
Rated: 4.25 by bootdown21 from Connecticut

Nov 23, 2014
 
Rated: 4.6 by Guzzle_McBrew from Connecticut

Nov 22, 2014
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Reviewed by nmann08 from Virginia

4.19/5  rDev -0.9%
look: 4 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 4.25
From a bottle, pours a slightly hazy light gold color with very active carbonation and a big fluffy white head.

The nose is a musty funk aroma, straw, a little vegetable and spice balanced with citrus zest and wood pulp. The flavor is much more white oak notes, a bit floral, vanilla, citrus, and very faint vegetable spice (must be the pumpkin?). It finishes very clean, refreshing, crisp.

This is brewed with pumpkins, but in a way that doesn't let their flavor play a main role. So much so, that I wouldn't call this a pumpkin beer by taste, just in ingredient. Very good, enjoyable. A unique one.
Nov 11, 2014
 
Rated: 4.3 by DCLAguy11 from California

Nov 09, 2014
 
Rated: 4.25 by Boozecamel from Canada (BC)

Nov 02, 2014
Elaborative #2 from Hill Farmstead Brewery
Beer rating: 94 out of 100 with 178 ratings