Nordic Saison
Hill Farmstead Brewery

 

 

 

 

 

The fruit is a sour, tartness in the background. The super soft water profile in HF isn't super obvious in this one somehow. Not really a "saison" per se but it's an excellent New England farmhouse type of beer done in the HF way.

 

 

A-Pours a beautiful golden color with a slight head and lacing
A-Aroma has floral, honey and rose hip hints
T-The taste follows the nose with a very well balanced floral, honey and rose hip flavors
M-A light bodied well carbonated beer
O-A great very well balanced Belgian Saison

 

 

Huge foamy head, great retention and lacing, clear straw colour

Nose light barnyard funk, blond malt, tart fruity notes, grainy gristy,

Taste little tart citrus lemony like, sour funk and little barnyard, weird juniper spice like thing, little plastic note, phenolic, herbal, flemmy finish

Mouth is med bod, good carb, little flemmy

A - Poured into a Kate the Great tulip a crystal clear honey with thin head.

S - Aromas of nice funky saison yeast.

T - Taste is similar to the nose with loads of sweeter funk. Finish is almost plastic or bandaid though.

M - Mouthfeel is lightly carbonated, little creamy and crisp.

 

Just an overall great beer. Great balance of sour and dankness, or farmhouse as they would say. Some good pear and rhubarb flavors. I’d sum this up as rustic.

 

 

 

Uniformly hazy yellow with a thick head of white rolling hills leaving identically shaped painted walls of lace.

Smell is floral citrus--orange and lemon with wildflowers--as faint phenolic spice and even fainter sharp funk lie in the background.

Taste is lightly tart rhubarb and crisp pear with accents of passion fruit. Light brett is transformed into this floral character due to the added ingredients, but it's nothing offensive like a certain other rose hip saison I've had before.

Feel is tingly and moderately light with a semi-wet finish.

 

 

 

750ml bottled 2018 07 20

Pours a hazy straw golden yellow with a creamy white foam head with good retention. Smells like apples, fresh rhubarb, wildflowers, sweet honey, pale bready malt, some peppercorn spice, mild banana, lemony orange citrus, funky hay, straw, heather, rose hips, some tree branches, flowers, stems, leaves, with floral earthy herbal grassy pine. Tastes like fresh tart rhubarb, tart apples, wildflowers, honey, pale bready malt, some white peppercorn spice, funky hay, straw, mild banana, lemony orange citrus, heather, rose hips, foraged flowers, stems, leaves, tree branches, with floral earthy herbal grassy pine. Feels light medium-full bodied, crisp, creamy and smooth with moderate carbonation. Overall a really great and interesting saison.

 

bready, floral, grassy, hay, some citric notes of grapefruit and lemon, green apple, getting a subtle but clean rhubarb flavor as it warms, some sweetness, spice, bright acidity, funky and yogurt character as well.

 

 

 

 

Pours a clear light straw color, big white billowy head. Aroma is honey layered into your typical funky saison. Very fruity, lemon, honey, floral. Bright acidity adds to a tart and crisp beer. Towards the end of the bottle I gave it a swirl and it poured nice and cloudy.
Overall a very enjoyable beer.

6/6/18
Bomber from brewery dated 6/22/17
4.5 rating

 

 

Thanks to Eric