Society & Solitude #5
Hill Farmstead Brewery
- From:
- Hill Farmstead Brewery
- Vermont, United States
- Style:
- New England IPA
Ranked #24 - ABV:
- 8.1%
- Score:
- 100
Ranked #105 - Avg:
- 4.54 | pDev: 6.17%
- Reviews:
- 204
- Ratings:
- Status:
- Active
- Rated:
- Jan 30, 2025
- Added:
- Sep 23, 2012
- Wants:
- 452
- Gots:
- 174
SCORE
100
World-Class
100
World-Class
Our experimental Double IPA series continues.
Imperial IPA. American and New Zealand hops. Think Grapefruit.
Imperial IPA. American and New Zealand hops. Think Grapefruit.
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Reviewed by BEERchitect from Kentucky
4.39/5 rDev -3.3%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
4.39/5 rDev -3.3%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
With a blend of American and New Zealand hops, a well-engrained idea of what an imperial IPA should be. the talents at Hill Farmstead put their nose on the grindstone to develop the best taste possible from this hop medley. Society & Solitude #5 shows what's possible with the cooperation between the Pacific Northwest and the Land Downunder.
The foggy golden-straw beer takes the hues of sepia and puts it in a haze-infused and unadulterated pour. Its cottony swath of foam fills the room with a tantalizing fragrance of tropical, citrus and vinous fruits that wet the whistle by scent along. Its taste is succinct with the delicacy of sugar cookie and shortcake sweetness with a nearly tart interplay.
Its radiant fruit upstart soon makes way to a drying middle palate where the racy and radiant fruits come out to play- white grapefruit, branch-ripe orange, hints of lemon and white grape tease the tastebuds while the pulpy richness of under-ripened pineapple, passionfruit and kiwi round out the fruit punch and sherbet tangy-sweet flavor. Gooseberry, green tea and white wine finishes the session with those unapologetic urges of hemp, chive, verbena and earthy geranium.
Fuller in body, the beer's firm and smoothly bitter grip on the throat is balanced and bitter-sweet. Its soft resinous power of fresh spruce turns to lemongrass and fresh grass clippings before trailing with a dank and tart fruit aftertaste.
Oct 17, 2023The foggy golden-straw beer takes the hues of sepia and puts it in a haze-infused and unadulterated pour. Its cottony swath of foam fills the room with a tantalizing fragrance of tropical, citrus and vinous fruits that wet the whistle by scent along. Its taste is succinct with the delicacy of sugar cookie and shortcake sweetness with a nearly tart interplay.
Its radiant fruit upstart soon makes way to a drying middle palate where the racy and radiant fruits come out to play- white grapefruit, branch-ripe orange, hints of lemon and white grape tease the tastebuds while the pulpy richness of under-ripened pineapple, passionfruit and kiwi round out the fruit punch and sherbet tangy-sweet flavor. Gooseberry, green tea and white wine finishes the session with those unapologetic urges of hemp, chive, verbena and earthy geranium.
Fuller in body, the beer's firm and smoothly bitter grip on the throat is balanced and bitter-sweet. Its soft resinous power of fresh spruce turns to lemongrass and fresh grass clippings before trailing with a dank and tart fruit aftertaste.
Reviewed by brewandbbq from New Hampshire
4.3/5 rDev -5.3%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.5
4.3/5 rDev -5.3%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.5
16oz can dated 9/18/23.
Pours cloudy gold with an inch of dense white head. Persistent retention with plenty of spongy lacing. Melon, mango, bubblegum, white grape in the nose. Medium bodied with a soft mouthfeel. Ripe and tropical on the palate with minimal malt or bitterness on the palate. Honeydew, mango, wild grapes. Finishes juicy and ripe.
Oct 12, 2023Pours cloudy gold with an inch of dense white head. Persistent retention with plenty of spongy lacing. Melon, mango, bubblegum, white grape in the nose. Medium bodied with a soft mouthfeel. Ripe and tropical on the palate with minimal malt or bitterness on the palate. Honeydew, mango, wild grapes. Finishes juicy and ripe.
Rated by jb_4226 from Texas
4.9/5 rDev +7.9%
look: 5 | smell: 5 | taste: 5 | feel: 4 | overall: 5
4.9/5 rDev +7.9%
look: 5 | smell: 5 | taste: 5 | feel: 4 | overall: 5
#155, yummy!
Mar 12, 2023Reviewed by jngls from Germany
4.8/5 rDev +5.7%
look: 4.5 | smell: 5 | taste: 4.75 | feel: 4.75 | overall: 4.75
4.8/5 rDev +5.7%
look: 4.5 | smell: 5 | taste: 4.75 | feel: 4.75 | overall: 4.75
3 weeks old. Can to wine glass.
L: Pours an opaque orangeish yellow with a fluffy white head that leaves a good amount of lacing. A few tiny floaters visible.
S: Candied grapefruit and lemon paired with fresh pineapple and strawberries.
T: Fresh grapefruit bitterness, tart lemon notes and subtle sweet hints of tropical fruits, white grapes and strawberries.
F: Very juicy and refreshing with a medium low carbonation.
O: Fantastic IPA. Highly complex and perfectly balanced. Best Society & Solitude I've had so far.
Dec 06, 2022L: Pours an opaque orangeish yellow with a fluffy white head that leaves a good amount of lacing. A few tiny floaters visible.
S: Candied grapefruit and lemon paired with fresh pineapple and strawberries.
T: Fresh grapefruit bitterness, tart lemon notes and subtle sweet hints of tropical fruits, white grapes and strawberries.
F: Very juicy and refreshing with a medium low carbonation.
O: Fantastic IPA. Highly complex and perfectly balanced. Best Society & Solitude I've had so far.
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