Self Reliance: Amarillo/Strata
Hill Farmstead Brewery

Beer Geek Stats
From:
Hill Farmstead Brewery
 
Vermont, United States
Style:
American IPA
ABV:
Not listed
Score:
+7 ratings needed
Avg:
4.2 | pDev: 2.38%
Ratings:
3 | reviews: 1
Status:
Active
Rated:
Nov 24, 2025
Added:
Aug 30, 2025
Wants:
  0
Gots:
  0
Ralph Waldo Emerson’s essay "Self-Reliance" inspires and compels our persistent reflection, examination, and refinement. This release of our Farmstead® single-hop India pale ale was brewed in September of 2024, conditioned in oak barrels, and hopped copiously with Amarillo® and Strata®.
Recent ratings and reviews.
 
Rated: 4.15 by PhineasMcClintock from Massachusetts

Nov 24, 2025
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Reviewed by GreesyFizeek from New York

4.33/5  rDev +3.1%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
This one pours a slightly hazy pale orange color, with a big fluffy head, and lots of lacing.

This smells like tart grapefruit, with lemon peel, Smarties, marijuana, wine barrel, with some floral notes.

I really, really enjoy all these beers – they have basically batting .1000 for me. This has some nice candied hop notes, and it’s quite lemony, with lots of grapefruit too. There’s a very pleasant floral bitterness to it, with a soft and pleasant acidity on the back end.

This is light bodied, soft, and super drinkable.

This is really excellent – Hill Farmstead does these farmhouse/Farmstead sour IPAs so well.
Nov 04, 2025
 
Rated: 4.11 by acurtis from New Jersey

Sep 15, 2025