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Civil Disobedience #16
Hill Farmstead Brewery
- From:
- Hill Farmstead Brewery
- Vermont, United States
- Style:
- Saison
- ABV:
- Not listed
- Score:
- 93
- Avg:
- 4.21 | pDev: 5.7%
- Reviews:
- 13
- Ratings:
- Status:
- Retired
- Rated:
- Jun 06, 2022
- Added:
- Dec 06, 2015
- Wants:
- 9
- Gots:
- 27
Keeping with the theme of dark beers landing on 4 in the series, this is a blend of five beers, aged between 8 and 30 months in oak barrels.
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Ratings by DaPan:
Rated by DaPan from Canada (ON)
4.85/5 rDev +15.2%
look: 4.75 | smell: 4.75 | taste: 5 | feel: 4.75 | overall: 4.75
Apr 02, 2017
4.85/5 rDev +15.2%
look: 4.75 | smell: 4.75 | taste: 5 | feel: 4.75 | overall: 4.75
Apr 02, 2017
More User Ratings:
Reviewed by GreesyFizeek from New York
4.1/5 rDev -2.6%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
4.1/5 rDev -2.6%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
This one pours a dark brownish black color, with a small head and a bit of lacing.
This smells like berries, grapes, roast, Brett, oak, and chocolate.
I don’t usually like dark saisons much, but of course Hill Farmstead was going to nail this one. It’s got a very nice balance between dark malts and acidity/funk. I get dusty chocolate and light roast, plus red wine and funky acidic berry flavors.
This is medium bodied, crisp, and pretty drinkable, with a soft level of carbonation.
Of the 3 dark CDs that I’ve had - the 3 most recent ones - this one is the “weak” link. It’s still very good.
Sep 10, 2019This smells like berries, grapes, roast, Brett, oak, and chocolate.
I don’t usually like dark saisons much, but of course Hill Farmstead was going to nail this one. It’s got a very nice balance between dark malts and acidity/funk. I get dusty chocolate and light roast, plus red wine and funky acidic berry flavors.
This is medium bodied, crisp, and pretty drinkable, with a soft level of carbonation.
Of the 3 dark CDs that I’ve had - the 3 most recent ones - this one is the “weak” link. It’s still very good.
Reviewed by ManapuaMan from Massachusetts
4.09/5 rDev -2.9%
look: 3.75 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
4.09/5 rDev -2.9%
look: 3.75 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
Finally found that “occasion” to open this beer - got thirsty for a HF beer. Go figure. Stored for a couple years in appropriate conditions.
Light brown hue with a minor effervesce. Little white head fades quickly. The brown hue speaks to the oak conditioning...or more likely brown is the color that emerges when blending multiple multi-hued vintages.
Aroma is green apple, oak, purple grapes and light cherry.
Dry, wine-like tannins and an earthiness beneath. Crisp and lightly tart. Balanced. Amazing with food.
Nov 18, 2018Light brown hue with a minor effervesce. Little white head fades quickly. The brown hue speaks to the oak conditioning...or more likely brown is the color that emerges when blending multiple multi-hued vintages.
Aroma is green apple, oak, purple grapes and light cherry.
Dry, wine-like tannins and an earthiness beneath. Crisp and lightly tart. Balanced. Amazing with food.
Reviewed by Sabtos from Ohio
4.14/5 rDev -1.7%
look: 4 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 4
4.14/5 rDev -1.7%
look: 4 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 4
Dark brown burgundy with a large beige head leaving tons of cobweb lace.
Smell is red wine oak with a little toasty char, cherry and grape gummies, and green apple.
Taste is almost like a sour brown, slightly nutty, except for a substantial lean into mature red wine, oak and tannin, with a hint of toasted cocoa and fruity grape, cranberry and cherry.
Body is medium with a nice crisp froth and a dry, red wine-like finish. This becomes exceedingly drinkable as it warms, becoming a tad less potent in flavor, and a bit thinner--both of which are developments that are quite unique to my experience with the style.
Originally tasted at DLD '17, but I have since had my own 2015 bottle on 9/26/17, so the review has been updated to reflect that more thorough experience.
May 17, 2017Smell is red wine oak with a little toasty char, cherry and grape gummies, and green apple.
Taste is almost like a sour brown, slightly nutty, except for a substantial lean into mature red wine, oak and tannin, with a hint of toasted cocoa and fruity grape, cranberry and cherry.
Body is medium with a nice crisp froth and a dry, red wine-like finish. This becomes exceedingly drinkable as it warms, becoming a tad less potent in flavor, and a bit thinner--both of which are developments that are quite unique to my experience with the style.
Originally tasted at DLD '17, but I have since had my own 2015 bottle on 9/26/17, so the review has been updated to reflect that more thorough experience.
Civil Disobedience #16 from Hill Farmstead Brewery
Beer rating:
93 out of
100 with
131 ratings
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