Civil Disobedience Citrus
Hill Farmstead Brewery

Civil Disobedience CitrusCivil Disobedience Citrus
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From:
Hill Farmstead Brewery
 
Vermont, United States
Style:
Saison
ABV:
Not listed
Score:
90
Avg:
4.02 | pDev: 10.7%
Reviews:
13
Ratings:
80
Status:
Retired
Rated:
Dec 16, 2023
Added:
Sep 30, 2017
Wants:
  0
Gots:
  6
Comprised of Arthur and Florence, which were aged in barrels for between 10 and 24 months and then conditioned atop a variety of fresh organic citrus for many months. Bright, lightly tart and delicate, this enlivens the memory of spring citrus as we wend our way towards cooler temperatures.

Civil Disobedience, our nonviolent protest against the homogenization of flavor, comes in the form of a spontaneous, circumstantial and unpredicted series of beer releases. We relinquish control in favor of an anarchistic collaboration of microbial activity. This is the expression of our conscience, our opposition to oppression and an act of creative freedom.
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Ratings by GreesyFizeek:
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Reviewed by GreesyFizeek from New York

4/5  rDev -0.5%
look: 4.5 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4
This one pours a slightly hazy light yellow, with a small fluffy head, and lots of lacing.

This smells incredibly pithy, with a huge Meyer lemon aroma, some clean herbal spruce, lemon candy, bready funk, and grassy funk.

The lemony citrus character is absolutely dominant here. It's not balanced and delicate affair Shaun Hill is usually known for, but it's still tasty. It almost kind of has a pine-sol taste to it, but I think that's the acidity, sweetness, and spruciness of the lemons, which definitely seem to Meyer lemons. There's not a ton of underlying funk- it's a bit bready and slightly grassy, but doesn't have the expressiveness I'm used to.

This is light bodied, and fairly juicy, with a good level of carbonation.

This is fairly good, but nowhere near the level of wizardry Hill Farmstead is known for.
Nov 13, 2017
More User Ratings:
 
Rated: 3.97 by hopley from Massachusetts

Dec 16, 2023
 
Rated: 1.97 by Bhubbard34 from Pennsylvania

Dec 03, 2023
 
Rated: 4.23 by MDDMD from Pennsylvania

Aug 30, 2023
 
Rated: 3.86 by Uconnelmo from Connecticut

Sep 06, 2019
 
Rated: 3.56 by heerboth from Pennsylvania

Aug 22, 2019
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Reviewed by Sabtos from Ohio

4.29/5  rDev +6.7%
look: 4 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.5
Lightly foggy pale amber with a short bubbly white head settling to a persistent blanket with a short ridged collar.

This is way better than I was expecting, and not as sour as I'd heard others describe it to be. Maybe it mellowed with time, but it's beautifully expressive and vibrant of woody funk with a very unique citrus character that reminds me of spiced orange and Spree, as well as other fruits like apple, passion fruit and pear. With time the woodiness even develops into a sort of cedary humidor characteristic. So unique.

The tingly, tart medium-light body finishes cleanly and just dry. After time the citrus becomes more puckering, but it's wholly from the flavor and not any increasing acidity.
May 30, 2019
 
Rated: 4 by cmdbrews from New York

Mar 20, 2019
 
Rated: 3.77 by AMCimpi from New York

Dec 24, 2018
 
Rated: 4.21 by CTJman from Connecticut

Aug 21, 2018
 
Rated: 3.59 by Dloschiavo from New York

Aug 12, 2018
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Reviewed by Alieniloquium from Florida

3.58/5  rDev -10.9%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.5
375 mL bottle. Golden body. Smells of tangerine and lime. Acidic and a bit of white wine. Tastes of all citrus up front. Quite tart. Lemon and lime with some faint orange. White wine in the back end. Dry and oaky finish. Some sort of citrus flavor lingers that I can't place. It's not what I expected. All citrus and not much subtlety. Not the best from HF, but it's still a good beer.
Jul 09, 2018
 
Rated: 3.88 by Sammy from Canada (ON)

Jul 05, 2018
 
Rated: 3.9 by goalie35 from Canada (AB)

Jun 25, 2018
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Reviewed by angrybabboon from Massachusetts

3.85/5  rDev -4.2%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.75
Consumed 6/17/18

A: Deep gold with some yellow and orange highlights - nicely clear - pours with a medium sized white head, fades to a few wisps and a small collar, leaves some streaks and spots of lacing

S: Aroma seems more reminiscent of a cocktail than a beer - tons of citrus, with loads of orange, grapefruit, and lemon rinds, zest, and some juice - ripe undercurrents of saison and barrel funk - some lactic notes, but the emphasis is on acid - acidic funk and some citric acid - some sharp barrel - smells somewhat boozy, but I'm pretty sure it isn't, but again... it kind of smells like a mixed drink with a lot of triple sec of something along that line

T: Sharp citrus for days - tons of citrus, with a lot of orange, grapefruit, and lemon zest, rind - floral citrus and some spicy citrus - again, the amount of citrus is intense, as the name of this beer implies - some saison funk, with some notes of pepper - some light lactic funk notes, but it's mostly acid - lots of barrel and oak - puckering sour and tart notes - some light sweetness, with lingering acidity

M: Medium body, low carbonation, sharp acidity

O: Yo dawg I heard you like citrus

This is quite possibly the weirdest Hill Farmstead beer I have ever had... At least to the extent that it does not taste like a "typical" Hill Farmstead beer. It's a citrusy cocktail. It's worth a try, but I don't think I need to try it again.
Jun 17, 2018
 
Rated: 3.92 by ScottP from New Hampshire

Jun 16, 2018
 
Rated: 3.88 by JoeB51982 from Rhode Island

Jun 15, 2018
 
Rated: 4.25 by duceswild from Heard & McDonald Islands

Jun 03, 2018
 
Rated: 4 by Montanabeerz from Montana

Jun 01, 2018
 
Rated: 4.4 by Casey3236 from Pennsylvania

May 26, 2018
Civil Disobedience Citrus from Hill Farmstead Brewery
Beer rating: 90 out of 100 with 80 ratings