Aaron - Grand Cru
Hill Farmstead Brewery
- From:
- Hill Farmstead Brewery
- Vermont, United States
- Style:
- English Barleywine
Ranked #11 - ABV:
- 9%
- Score:
- 96
Ranked #1,027 - Avg:
- 4.77 | pDev: 4.19%
- Ratings:
- | reviews: 3
- Status:
- Active
- Rated:
- Aug 21, 2025
- Added:
- Mar 04, 2023
- Wants:
- 3
- Gots:
- 1
SCORE
96
World-Class
96
World-Class
As with other ancestral expressions, we may rarely discover a single barrel whose journey and resultant character most closely embodies our envisioned form for its namesake beer. This edition of Aaron, our barleywine-style ale, rested for nearly three years in a single bourbon barrel, harmonizing in time and place, and then conditioned in the bottle for more than two years. To such a fortuitous discovery, we grant the moniker Grand Cru, representing our most optimistic realization of intention, patience, and the whim of wood.
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Reviewed by Huhzubendah from District of Columbia
4.67/5 rDev -2.1%
look: 4 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.75 | feel: 5 | overall: 4.75
4.67/5 rDev -2.1%
look: 4 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.75 | feel: 5 | overall: 4.75
Bottle shared by Keith. Thank you!
Cola brown body with a thin beige cap.
Aromas include leather, tobacco, malt.
Medium sweetness with a lovely mélange of barrel characters.
The feel is easily the best I've ever experienced in a barleywine or strong ale.
Terrific.
Jul 29, 2023Cola brown body with a thin beige cap.
Aromas include leather, tobacco, malt.
Medium sweetness with a lovely mélange of barrel characters.
The feel is easily the best I've ever experienced in a barleywine or strong ale.
Terrific.
Reviewed by edthehead from Maryland
4.74/5 rDev -0.6%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.75 | taste: 4.75 | feel: 4.75 | overall: 4.75
4.74/5 rDev -0.6%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.75 | taste: 4.75 | feel: 4.75 | overall: 4.75
Dark brown amber appearance with a sparse light beige head that quickly dissipates to a collar. Toffee, caramel, burnt sugar, bourbon, oak. Moderate to thick mouthfeel, moderate carbonation.
Jun 26, 2023
Reviewed by Sabtos from Ohio
4.57/5 rDev -4.2%
look: 3.75 | smell: 4.75 | taste: 4.75 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.5
4.57/5 rDev -4.2%
look: 3.75 | smell: 4.75 | taste: 4.75 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.5
Surprisingly clear acorn-red building almost no head, leaving a fluid surface with the finest chain around the edge.
A fine carbonation makes for a slickly drinkable body that delivers black peppery toffee, ashy oak, sassafras and a hint of flame-licked orange peel.
Certainly the most unique Aaron I've ever had, and honestly the most enjoyable.
Mar 13, 2023A fine carbonation makes for a slickly drinkable body that delivers black peppery toffee, ashy oak, sassafras and a hint of flame-licked orange peel.
Certainly the most unique Aaron I've ever had, and honestly the most enjoyable.
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