Society & Solitude #2 | Hill Farmstead Brewery

4.25/5  rDev -2.1%
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4.19/5  rDev -3.5%
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4/5  rDev -7.8%
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4.12/5  rDev -5.1%
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4.4/5  rDev +1.4%
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4.5/5  rDev +3.7%
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4.15/5  rDev -4.4%
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4.21/5  rDev -3%
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4/5  rDev -7.8%
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4.23/5  rDev -2.5%
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4/5  rDev -7.8%
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4.31/5  rDev -0.7%
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4.25/5  rDev -2.1%
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4.44/5  rDev +2.3%
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On tap at Armsby Abbey

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4.25/5  rDev -2.1%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25

4.19/5  rDev -3.5%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25

4.24/5  rDev -2.3%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.25

A- Pours from the 750ml into a becher with a black body that has some very dark nutty brown hues at the edges. A massive, thick and creamy deep tan cap rises to several fingers high with great retention.

S- Chocolate and hops. The grains are deep and roasted but still give off delicate cocoa nib notes that balance out with the hops to form the bulk of the aroma. Piney and citrus hops meld into the roasted grains.

T- Strays a bit towards the hops here with citrus and pine making up most of that hop bill. Grapefruit, resin, orange, floral and herbal notes. The cocoa again forms a strong base from the roasted grains along with slight caramel, toasted nuts, bread, licorice and toffee. No awkward caramelized sweets; the hops and chocolate are in harmony.

MF- Medium bodied with a slickness and a moderate level of carbonation. Silky smooth and crisp. Ends with a clean grapefruit zest bitterness.

A well balanced beer that is more hop focused than malt focused with a harmony between grapefruit citrus hops and cocoa nib grains.

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4.67/5  rDev +7.6%
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4.06/5  rDev -6.5%
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4.62/5  rDev +6.5%
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4.45/5  rDev +2.5%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.75 | overall: 4.5

4.43/5  rDev +2.1%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5

4.5/5  rDev +3.7%
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4.42/5  rDev +1.8%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.5

4.49/5  rDev +3.5%
look: 4.75 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.5