Northeast Kingdom Pale Lager
Hill Farmstead Brewery
- From:
- Hill Farmstead Brewery
- Vermont, United States
- Style:
- American Lager
- ABV:
- 5%
- Score:
- +3 ratings needed
- Avg:
- 4.31 | pDev: 6.03%
- Ratings:
- | reviews: 3
- Status:
- Active
- Rated:
- May 01, 2023
- Added:
- Mar 29, 2023
- Wants:
- 0
- Gots:
- 0
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Northeast Kingdom Pale Lager features organic barley grown by NEK Grains in Waterford, Vt., malted by Valley Malt, and hopped solely (and copiously) with our favorite Cascade—grown and processed just a few miles down the road by Karen and Kevin Broderick at Whitefield Hop Yard in East Hardwick. As with many of our other small-batch lager projects, this was lagered in wood (for nearly 2 months) and gently carbonated naturally via krausen.
Recent ratings and reviews.
Reviewed by SABERG from Massachusetts
4.24/5 rDev -1.6%
look: 4 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
4.24/5 rDev -1.6%
look: 4 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
Poured from a 2 day old, brewery filled 750ml growler.
A - A touch of haze, cant hide the lovely steady carbonation, Capped with a thick steady white cap, that lasts the entire experience. Ring after ring produced from each pull clings to the glass.
S - Grassy, lemon peel, hint of orange. Grainy biscuit, and a touch of chalk
T - All the aromatics, with a beautiful grainy, Batard crust, The cascade hops add that not full citrus, not full pine, and hints of verbana.
M - Delicate and concise, texture is soft, but there is just enough minerality to keep it from feeling fat. Excellent crisp finish
O - Well, this is a real treat, to have the raw ingredients be nearly 100% local and turn out a fantastic offering, is something brewers are certainly working towards. This offering is simply outstanding.
Apr 23, 2023A - A touch of haze, cant hide the lovely steady carbonation, Capped with a thick steady white cap, that lasts the entire experience. Ring after ring produced from each pull clings to the glass.
S - Grassy, lemon peel, hint of orange. Grainy biscuit, and a touch of chalk
T - All the aromatics, with a beautiful grainy, Batard crust, The cascade hops add that not full citrus, not full pine, and hints of verbana.
M - Delicate and concise, texture is soft, but there is just enough minerality to keep it from feeling fat. Excellent crisp finish
O - Well, this is a real treat, to have the raw ingredients be nearly 100% local and turn out a fantastic offering, is something brewers are certainly working towards. This offering is simply outstanding.
Reviewed by JLK7299 from North Carolina
4.35/5 rDev +0.9%
look: 5 | smell: 5 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.25
4.35/5 rDev +0.9%
look: 5 | smell: 5 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.25
Pours with a REALLY thick head, I mean holy cow. Color almost looks like a hazy APA. Really fresh tasting and goes down very smooth. Glad to get a taste so close to its release!
Apr 12, 2023
Reviewed by GreesyFizeek from New York
4.81/5 rDev +11.6%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.75 | taste: 4.75 | feel: 5 | overall: 5
4.81/5 rDev +11.6%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.75 | taste: 4.75 | feel: 5 | overall: 5
Growler purchased from Hill Farmstead in Greensboro Bend, VT.
This one pours a clear golden yellow color, with a small fluffy head, and lots of lacing.
This smells like spicy and lemony hops, fresh cut grass, bready and doughy malt, and some minerally aromas.
This is utterly fantastic. There’s a lot of hop character on this one – clean, refreshing, lemony, spicy, and grassy, with a solid base of crackery, bready, and doughy malt character. This is just unbelievably refreshing and crisp, with a depth of flavor that is hard to get from lagers, usually.
This is crisp, clean, and just super drinkable, with a crisp bite on the finish.
It’s hard to find many flaws with this one – it’s excellent.
Apr 11, 2023This one pours a clear golden yellow color, with a small fluffy head, and lots of lacing.
This smells like spicy and lemony hops, fresh cut grass, bready and doughy malt, and some minerally aromas.
This is utterly fantastic. There’s a lot of hop character on this one – clean, refreshing, lemony, spicy, and grassy, with a solid base of crackery, bready, and doughy malt character. This is just unbelievably refreshing and crisp, with a depth of flavor that is hard to get from lagers, usually.
This is crisp, clean, and just super drinkable, with a crisp bite on the finish.
It’s hard to find many flaws with this one – it’s excellent.
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