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Flora Mélange
Hill Farmstead Brewery
- From:
- Hill Farmstead Brewery
- Vermont, United States
- Style:
- Saison
Ranked #62 - ABV:
- Not listed
- Score:
- 95
Ranked #1,639 - Avg:
- 4.52 | pDev: 4.65%
- Reviews:
- 3
- Ratings:
- Status:
- Active
- Rated:
- Oct 27, 2023
- Added:
- Sep 29, 2018
- Wants:
- 7
- Gots:
- 0
SCORE
95
World-Class
95
World-Class
Flora is the wine barrel-aged version of Florence (1915-1967), our grandfather's sister as well as the name of our Farmstead® wheat ale. We selected a single barrel of Flora and aged it on fresh, Vermont-grown pawpaw; rowan berries; cherry crabapples; and gooseberries.
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Reviewed by kevanb from Illinois
4.41/5 rDev -2.4%
look: 3.5 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.75 | overall: 4.5
4.41/5 rDev -2.4%
look: 3.5 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.75 | overall: 4.5
375ml bottle, bottle date is March 29, 2018, poured into a Hill Farmstead oversized wine glass.
The beer poured a bright golden color, honey hues with a cloudy and lightly hazy complexion that sports a thin white head that offers no retention and no lacing. The aroma is wonderful, lots of paw paw fruit and tart gooseberry, citrus peel, soft oak with a soft white wine grape and vinous acid quality that brings out a soft pale grain and mineral water. The flavors are excellent, soft grains and a light spicy yeast that brings out a really delicate funk profile that really highlights the tart and tangy gooseberries and brings out the juicy paw paw and citrus qualities with a bit of bitter crabapple that finishes with musty oak that's vinous and earthy and offers a bit of bright grape. The mouthfeel is good, lively medium body, coating and vibrant with a tart and dry finish.
Verdict: An excellent fruited Flora variant from hill Farmstead. The paw paw is juicy and rich with a great counterbalance of tart crabapple and gooseberry. The funk and barrel character is well developed and offers more layers of complexity but keeps a great sense of balance.
Mar 10, 2019The beer poured a bright golden color, honey hues with a cloudy and lightly hazy complexion that sports a thin white head that offers no retention and no lacing. The aroma is wonderful, lots of paw paw fruit and tart gooseberry, citrus peel, soft oak with a soft white wine grape and vinous acid quality that brings out a soft pale grain and mineral water. The flavors are excellent, soft grains and a light spicy yeast that brings out a really delicate funk profile that really highlights the tart and tangy gooseberries and brings out the juicy paw paw and citrus qualities with a bit of bitter crabapple that finishes with musty oak that's vinous and earthy and offers a bit of bright grape. The mouthfeel is good, lively medium body, coating and vibrant with a tart and dry finish.
Verdict: An excellent fruited Flora variant from hill Farmstead. The paw paw is juicy and rich with a great counterbalance of tart crabapple and gooseberry. The funk and barrel character is well developed and offers more layers of complexity but keeps a great sense of balance.
Reviewed by npolachek from New York
4.73/5 rDev +4.6%
look: 4.75 | smell: 4.75 | taste: 4.75 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.75
4.73/5 rDev +4.6%
look: 4.75 | smell: 4.75 | taste: 4.75 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.75
Color - gold and straw
Mouth - smooth, a bit of tartness
Taste - wheat, pawpaw, berries, apples
Overall - extremely well balanced, an award winner IMHO.
Oct 10, 2018Mouth - smooth, a bit of tartness
Taste - wheat, pawpaw, berries, apples
Overall - extremely well balanced, an award winner IMHO.
Reviewed by SomethingClever from Ohio
4.6/5 rDev +1.8%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.75 | taste: 4.75 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.5
4.6/5 rDev +1.8%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.75 | taste: 4.75 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.5
375 ml bottle poured into wine glass
A: gold blonde body with great clarity Soapy big bubbles white head.
S: lots of wine blackberries vinegar apple skins a little oak a touch of honey as well.
T: lots of wine again sharp berry flavors and apples softer tones of wheat and light honey.
M: medium bodied decent carbonation.
O: really well put together beer.
Oct 07, 2018A: gold blonde body with great clarity Soapy big bubbles white head.
S: lots of wine blackberries vinegar apple skins a little oak a touch of honey as well.
T: lots of wine again sharp berry flavors and apples softer tones of wheat and light honey.
M: medium bodied decent carbonation.
O: really well put together beer.
Flora Mélange from Hill Farmstead Brewery
Beer rating:
95 out of
100 with
15 ratings
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