Song Of Autumn
Hill Farmstead Brewery

Poured from a pint can with canning date stamp of 9-10-24, the body is an opaque brown with a fluffy white head. Very good lacing.

Aroma is light pine and citrus. Taste follows nose. The flavor is a mix of hoppy pine and a background malt. Clear and simple flavor. A medium bitterness soon is tasted and slowly trails off at a nicely dry finish.

Mouthfeel is soft with good carbonation. Body is substantial, a medium weight.

Had on tap. First off, make no mistake this is a red ipa, not a true amber ale. With that being said this is delicious and well made, indeed perfect for autumn. Cloudy dark maroon body with a large beige head with tons of thick lacing. Smells of various ne centric hops with an emphasis on earth and fall forest floor. Taster reminds me of fall visits to vermont in a glass: pine and citrus meets dry earth, fall leaves, with toasty malt. Pine hops become less complex on the palate as you go, but ever constant. The feel is full and well hopped in a bitter but old school way, medium bodied and well craft with the balance of all elements. The wife, not a fan of ipas unless they are complex, liked this

On tap at Armsby Abbey in Worcester, MA.

This one pours a ruddy and slightly murky looking dark red/brown color, with a small head, and lots of lacing.

This smells pretty toasty, with some chocolate and rye like breadiness, with caramel, and piney hops.

This has a pretty intense resinous bitterness to it, but I don’t hate that, as it’s balanced out well by the creamy and caramelly malt characteristics. There’s some toasted maltiness, a touch of chocolate, and some herbal flavors as well.

This is medium bodied, slightly creamy, but a little muddled on the finish, but it’s very drinkable.

I love this changeup in hoppy beers for HF, and this definitely invokes a nice little fall vibe for sure.

 

 

Smells and tastes like a brewery, literally. It has that earthy, grainy type smell as you pour. Very resiny with the lacing all over the glass. This beer has hints of a lot of flavors but none of them are at the forefront. Some bread flavor. Everything is subtle.

Muddy brown in color and clarity. Thick but smaller head that never fully fades and leaves a thick blanket of lace on the glass.

Weedy hop aroma. Some darker bread background. There may be a bit of faint berry sweetness way in the background.

Dry start with a brown bread flavor. There’s a sizable yeast bite along with a straight up hop bitterness. Relatively rich with a fine bubbled carbonation. The finish is all hop which lingers a long time.

 

 

 

Brown to amber and murky in complexion. There’s a fingernail of beige on the rim. Moderate, soapy lacing. The aroma is of piney and vegetal hops and lightly toasted malt. The mouth is resinous and crisp.

 

 

 

Muddily opaque amber-brown with a thick khaki head of moderate height settling to a bubbly film and curled collar.

Much less intense than it looks, Song of Autumn is softly malty, lightly toasted, subtly piney and gently citrusy. It's even a little dank, yet nutty. This is like a slightly juicier, less bitter red IPA, so the haze does indeed work its magic.

As such, it's a little thicker than your typical red, while still medium of body, with a soft, airy froth and a powder dry finish.

 

Can pour into a tulip glass.
Murky amber copper color with foamy moist sticky finger + of head. Notes of pine, malt, and stone fruit, with a fruity subtle sweetness. Medium body moderate carbonation.

 

Canned on 9/27/22; consumed on 10/8/22

Pours an opaque, ruddy orange-ish copper body topped with multiple fingers of rich, fluffy, off-white foam; great head retention leaves a finger of creamy cap, a large, frothy collar, and comprehensive array of chunky, webby/spotty lacing around the walls of the glass.

Aroma leads with floral overtones and a distant grapefruit zing; peach pits fade to toasted malts into the middle, while juicy citrus sparks through rustic grain and wet cinnamon over time, leaving grassy hops lingering.

Taste offers subdued peach skins upfront, with a steady grapefruit twang welcoming delicately grassy undertones alongside toasted malts building to floral sensations.

Mouthfeel shows a medium-light body and a fluffy, moderate-high carbonation, imparting an airy texture countering a subtle hop twang as a level, mild bittering eases over the back end.

A fresh and earthy offshoot, this Red IPA remains delicately hoppy, with subtler hints of NEIPA saturation yielding to toasted malt prominence throughout; ultimately, that effortless Hill Farmstead touch is present, though the juxtaposition inherent to the stylistic profile is unmistakably quirky.