Flora Plum
Hill Farmstead Brewery
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- Style:
- Farmhouse Ale - Saison
Ranked #4 - ABV:
- 5%
- Score:
- 100
Ranked #85 - Avg:
- 4.62 | pDev: 5.19%
- Reviews:
- 52
- Ratings:
- From:
- Hill Farmstead Brewery
- Vermont, United States
- Avail:
- Rotating/Seasonal
- Wants
- 176
- Gots
- 44
SCORE
100
World-Class
100
World-Class
Notes:
Flora is the wine barrel aged version of Florence (1915-1967), our grandfather's sister as well as the name of our wheat farmhouse ale. Selected barrels were aged on a variety of hand-picked organic plums from Elmore Roots Nursery in Wolcott, Vt., for several months. The result is a vibrant, refined expression of both harvest and craft.
Reviews: 52
| Ratings: 369
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Reviews by Tmyhre802:
Tmyhre802 from Vermont
4.93/5 rDev +6.7%
look: 4.75 | smell: 4.75 | taste: 5 | feel: 5 | overall: 5
Aug 16, 2015
4.93/5 rDev +6.7%
look: 4.75 | smell: 4.75 | taste: 5 | feel: 5 | overall: 5
Aug 16, 2015
More User Reviews:
Kurmaraja from California
4.42/5 rDev -4.3%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.75 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.5
The tone of plum flesh, a juicy orange which I probably hallucinate people hues into. Bright fruit nose, depths of skins with that hazy tannin, grain and tartness. Flavor falls a bit short though, lacking depth it the kind of transformation I expected as it warmed. A great beer but with the cost of attaining ... And I might say the tilquin prunes de namur is superior.
Oct 10, 2015
4.42/5 rDev -4.3%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.75 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.5
The tone of plum flesh, a juicy orange which I probably hallucinate people hues into. Bright fruit nose, depths of skins with that hazy tannin, grain and tartness. Flavor falls a bit short though, lacking depth it the kind of transformation I expected as it warmed. A great beer but with the cost of attaining ... And I might say the tilquin prunes de namur is superior.
Oct 10, 2015
bobv from Vermont
4.51/5 rDev -2.4%
look: 4 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.75 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
2nd batch, bottled on 1-12-2016
L: Fairly vigorous pour yields a one inch head that disappears to a tiny ring within a minute or two.
S: Citrus, oak, plum, and as it warms some kind of berry comes out.
T: Plum, tart, so nice. As it warms a bit of grapefruit.
F: Full mouthfeel coats the mouth very nicely.
O: Great job on this one. Probably my favorite in the Flora series. One drawback is the price.
Feb 18, 2016
4.51/5 rDev -2.4%
look: 4 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.75 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
2nd batch, bottled on 1-12-2016
L: Fairly vigorous pour yields a one inch head that disappears to a tiny ring within a minute or two.
S: Citrus, oak, plum, and as it warms some kind of berry comes out.
T: Plum, tart, so nice. As it warms a bit of grapefruit.
F: Full mouthfeel coats the mouth very nicely.
O: Great job on this one. Probably my favorite in the Flora series. One drawback is the price.
Feb 18, 2016
ncaudle from Virginia
4.68/5 rDev +1.3%
look: 4.75 | smell: 4.75 | taste: 4.75 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
Aug 07, 2015
4.68/5 rDev +1.3%
look: 4.75 | smell: 4.75 | taste: 4.75 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
Aug 07, 2015
starrdogg from District of Columbia
4.74/5 rDev +2.6%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.75 | taste: 4.75 | feel: 4.75 | overall: 4.75
This beer was stellar, the first Flora variant I've had to surpass the original. Up there among the best of the HF saisons.
Jun 23, 2015
4.74/5 rDev +2.6%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.75 | taste: 4.75 | feel: 4.75 | overall: 4.75
This beer was stellar, the first Flora variant I've had to surpass the original. Up there among the best of the HF saisons.
Jun 23, 2015
Prospero from Colorado
4.54/5 rDev -1.7%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.75 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
Nov 27, 2018
4.54/5 rDev -1.7%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.75 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
Nov 27, 2018
cannabispinoy from New Jersey
4.25/5 rDev -8%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
Sep 11, 2015
4.25/5 rDev -8%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
Sep 11, 2015
ShanePB from Pennsylvania
4.58/5 rDev -0.9%
look: 5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.75 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.5
May 11, 2015
4.58/5 rDev -0.9%
look: 5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.75 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.5
May 11, 2015
Texasfan549 from Texas
4.64/5 rDev +0.4%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.75 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.75
Jun 27, 2019
4.64/5 rDev +0.4%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.75 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.75
Jun 27, 2019
absoluthamm from Illinois
5/5 rDev +8.2%
look: 5 | smell: 5 | taste: 5 | feel: 5 | overall: 5
Sep 23, 2019
5/5 rDev +8.2%
look: 5 | smell: 5 | taste: 5 | feel: 5 | overall: 5
Sep 23, 2019
acurtis from New Jersey
4.4/5 rDev -4.8%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.5
Jun 12, 2015
4.4/5 rDev -4.8%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.5
Jun 12, 2015
rhong187 from Pennsylvania
4.36/5 rDev -5.6%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.5
Jul 17, 2016
4.36/5 rDev -5.6%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.5
Jul 17, 2016
Rutager from Canada (BC)
4.92/5 rDev +6.5%
look: 4 | smell: 5 | taste: 5 | feel: 4.75 | overall: 5
Holy Crap, the plum flavour and nose!! So real and delicious. Tyler, broing things up in a crowd of Bros. Impressive. Would drink this every day if I could.
Aug 08, 2015
4.92/5 rDev +6.5%
look: 4 | smell: 5 | taste: 5 | feel: 4.75 | overall: 5
Holy Crap, the plum flavour and nose!! So real and delicious. Tyler, broing things up in a crowd of Bros. Impressive. Would drink this every day if I could.
Aug 08, 2015
Bhubbard34 from Pennsylvania
4.72/5 rDev +2.2%
look: 5 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.75
Oct 02, 2020
4.72/5 rDev +2.2%
look: 5 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.75
Oct 02, 2020
westcoastbeerlvr from California
4.59/5 rDev -0.6%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.75 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
Apr 23, 2018
4.59/5 rDev -0.6%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.75 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
Apr 23, 2018
BMart from Pennsylvania
4.5/5 rDev -2.6%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
Jan 18, 2016
4.5/5 rDev -2.6%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
Jan 18, 2016
XmnwildX12 from Minnesota
4.5/5 rDev -2.6%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
Aug 08, 2016
4.5/5 rDev -2.6%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
Aug 08, 2016
Uconnelmo from Connecticut
4.58/5 rDev -0.9%
look: 4.75 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.75 | feel: 4.75 | overall: 4.5
May 17, 2019
4.58/5 rDev -0.9%
look: 4.75 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.75 | feel: 4.75 | overall: 4.5
May 17, 2019
tom10101 from Canada (QC)
4.5/5 rDev -2.6%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
Jun 19, 2015
4.5/5 rDev -2.6%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
Jun 19, 2015
WolverineFan1243 from Colorado
5/5 rDev +8.2%
look: 5 | smell: 5 | taste: 5 | feel: 5 | overall: 5
Oct 11, 2019
5/5 rDev +8.2%
look: 5 | smell: 5 | taste: 5 | feel: 5 | overall: 5
Oct 11, 2019
pmarlowe from Virginia
4.44/5 rDev -3.9%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.5
2018 release.
A: Pours a very light pale, hazy, kind of berliner-like, with a cap of bright white head which quickly fizzles out to a sharp ring. Nicely effervescent. Minimal retention and no lacing.
S: Moderate sour plum and grainy wheat, hefty amount of barnyard funk and a hint of spice.
T: Rich juicy plum and wheat, light earthy funk, finishing with a crisp medium-light tartness on a fairly lengthy finish.
M: Medium-high, somewhat sharp carbonation. Light bodied.
O: Tasty, refreshing, drinkable, and exceptionally well balanced. The sourness is restrained and the fruit is delicious.
Nov 18, 2018
4.44/5 rDev -3.9%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.5
2018 release.
A: Pours a very light pale, hazy, kind of berliner-like, with a cap of bright white head which quickly fizzles out to a sharp ring. Nicely effervescent. Minimal retention and no lacing.
S: Moderate sour plum and grainy wheat, hefty amount of barnyard funk and a hint of spice.
T: Rich juicy plum and wheat, light earthy funk, finishing with a crisp medium-light tartness on a fairly lengthy finish.
M: Medium-high, somewhat sharp carbonation. Light bodied.
O: Tasty, refreshing, drinkable, and exceptionally well balanced. The sourness is restrained and the fruit is delicious.
Nov 18, 2018
fortheunheard from New York
5/5 rDev +8.2%
look: 5 | smell: 5 | taste: 5 | feel: 5 | overall: 5
May 26, 2015
5/5 rDev +8.2%
look: 5 | smell: 5 | taste: 5 | feel: 5 | overall: 5
May 26, 2015
mklisz from New Hampshire
4.6/5 rDev -0.4%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.75 | feel: 4.75 | overall: 4.75
Jun 21, 2015
4.6/5 rDev -0.4%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.75 | feel: 4.75 | overall: 4.75
Jun 21, 2015
22Blue from Kansas
4.18/5 rDev -9.5%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
Jun 03, 2019
4.18/5 rDev -9.5%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
Jun 03, 2019
BDeibs from Colorado
4.28/5 rDev -7.4%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
Nov 10, 2015
4.28/5 rDev -7.4%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
Nov 10, 2015
Flora Plum from Hill Farmstead Brewery
Beer rating:
100 out of
100 with
369 ratings
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