Excursions #5
Hill Farmstead Brewery

 

 

 

On tap at Vermont Tap House, Williston, VT. This was poured into a tulip. The appearance was a cloudy/hazy burnt orange color with a bar pour’s kind of white foamy head that dissipated at a nice pace. Super slim film of white foamy lace. The aroma starts off with bitter citrus rind flowing sweetly into a pith-like fluffy juiciness. Grapefruit bitter to sweet pulpiness flows to blend nicely. The flavor blends nicely between the bitter rind and pith to the sweet pulp, somewhat fluffy but not distracting. Some mango. Free flowing blend into the aftertaste and finish. On the palate, this one sat about a light to medium on the body with fair enough balance between sipping to sessionable sort of bittersweet juicy contour flowing over my tongue. Nice carbonation. Overall, extremely nice AIPA exacting the New England style juicy standards coming in nicely. One of these days, West Coast and New England will probably split, but for now, this was superb and of course I’d have again.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Pours a hazy bright golden straw color with a 2-finger creamy all-white head. The head sticks around for days before settling into a halo around the top of the beer. Leaves a ton of lacing as the head dissipates. One of the best looking beers I've ever had.

The aroma brings lots of grapefruit and papaya, followed by some pine and grass. The back end is dank and oniony.

The taste follows the nose. Lots of grapefruit, some pine, finished off by onions and garlic.

The feel is medium bodied with lower carbonation. Creamy and smooth, but lots of lingering bitterness.

Overall, a solid and interesting IPA, but not one I'd be interested in trying again. It's a bit too oniony and bitter for my tastes, and the lingering bitterness makes me crave a tic-tac.