Prolegomena (2017)
Hill Farmstead Brewery
- From:
- Hill Farmstead Brewery
- Vermont, United States
- Style:
- Flanders Red Ale
- ABV:
- 8.5%
- Score:
- +5 ratings needed
- Avg:
- 4.37 | pDev: 4.35%
- Ratings:
- | reviews: 2
- Status:
- Active
- Rated:
- May 06, 2026
- Added:
- Feb 26, 2024
- Wants:
- 0
- Gots:
- 0
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The base of this, only the second edition, was brewed on December 24th, 2013, and May 8, 2014. This beer conditioned, slowly, in wood for between 32 months and three years, slowly developing acidity and harmonized layers of complexity from the introduction of wild yeast.
With an extended bottle-conditioning of more than five years prior to release, this beer has seen a journey of more than 8 years from brew day to release. Significantly, this represents and highlights our unwavering commitment to shepherding each beer along its appropriate journey towards achievement—regardless of the time frame necessitated by the whim and whimsy of the natural process.
With an extended bottle-conditioning of more than five years prior to release, this beer has seen a journey of more than 8 years from brew day to release. Significantly, this represents and highlights our unwavering commitment to shepherding each beer along its appropriate journey towards achievement—regardless of the time frame necessitated by the whim and whimsy of the natural process.
Recent ratings and reviews.
Ratings by SadMachine:
Reviewed by SadMachine from New Jersey
4.53/5 rDev +3.7%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.75 | overall: 4.5
4.53/5 rDev +3.7%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.75 | overall: 4.5
This was reviewed years after drinking, to the best of my recollection, it because the 2017/batch 2 was not yet added, and there was a bit of a stigma surrounding adding vintages/batches at the time.
May 06, 2026More User Ratings:
Reviewed by Sabtos from Ohio
4.39/5 rDev +0.5%
look: 4.75 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.5
4.39/5 rDev +0.5%
look: 4.75 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.5
An unusually beautiful hue of brick reddish-brown, it's a sort of dark red velvet under a fine have finger of beige foam bubbling at the ridge.
Brighter and less heavy than expected, it's got a sort of a raspberry pop with a splintery woody edge. Served very nicely chilled at FOFA 2025, the finish is cotton dry, exhaling touch of wet leaves. Relative to the rest of the progression I've had up to Prolegomena, this has a slightly higher acid profile.
Aug 15, 2025Brighter and less heavy than expected, it's got a sort of a raspberry pop with a splintery woody edge. Served very nicely chilled at FOFA 2025, the finish is cotton dry, exhaling touch of wet leaves. Relative to the rest of the progression I've had up to Prolegomena, this has a slightly higher acid profile.
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