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Madness & Civilization #1
Hill Farmstead Brewery
- From:
- Hill Farmstead Brewery
- Vermont, United States
- Style:
- American Imperial Stout
- ABV:
- 9%
- Score:
- 98
- Avg:
- 4.44 | pDev: 6.98%
- Reviews:
- 46
- Ratings:
- Status:
- Retired
- Rated:
- Apr 12, 2023
- Added:
- May 02, 2013
- Wants:
- 132
- Gots:
- 53
Madness & Civilization is a panorama of our barrel aging program—oak-aged beers that emerge from their individual silences to find structure and voice as a unified composition. This is the result of an unpredictable state of permanent happenstance—a dialogue with our evolving approach to blending that challenges convention and circumstance. Each release will include multiple threads and is likely to approximate the style of an imperial stout.
Release #1 A blend of multiple barrels: Buckwheat Rye Porter (aged 24 months in Elijah Craig 12 year barrels), Imperial Stout brewed with Maple Syrup and Wheat (aged in select barrels for 16 months), and Everett aged in Bourbon Barrels with Cacao Nibs and Vanilla Beans. Anticipated ABV: 12+%
Release #1 A blend of multiple barrels: Buckwheat Rye Porter (aged 24 months in Elijah Craig 12 year barrels), Imperial Stout brewed with Maple Syrup and Wheat (aged in select barrels for 16 months), and Everett aged in Bourbon Barrels with Cacao Nibs and Vanilla Beans. Anticipated ABV: 12+%
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Ratings by oriolesfan4:
Rated by oriolesfan4 from Maryland
4.34/5 rDev -2.3%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.25
Jul 03, 2017
4.34/5 rDev -2.3%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.25
Jul 03, 2017
More User Ratings:
Reviewed by JLK7299 from North Carolina
4.25/5 rDev -4.3%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
4.25/5 rDev -4.3%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
I am not drinking this at the ideal temperature but enjoying it nonetheless. The mouthfeel is like a buttery caramel and I just can’t get enough of it. Glad to have caught it available on site!
Apr 12, 2023Reviewed by jzeilinger from Pennsylvania
4.39/5 rDev -1.1%
look: 4 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.5
4.39/5 rDev -1.1%
look: 4 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.5
After sitting for (8) years I decided it was probably time I better open this bottle. (*grimacing*)
A - Dark brown pour with dense, creamy toffee colored lacing with lots of bubbles. Nice retention on the sides of the glass with legs.
S - Roased malt, some light black licorice, oak, and char.
T - Oak, char, alcohol, Bourbon, roasted cocoa, some dry spiciness, a slight bit of licorice buried far beneath the surface (and shows up at the very end in a delicate way). Light residual licorice, oak, cocoa char, and alcohol.
M - Full bodied and silky with some warming on the way down.
O - This aged incredibly well!
Nov 10, 2021A - Dark brown pour with dense, creamy toffee colored lacing with lots of bubbles. Nice retention on the sides of the glass with legs.
S - Roased malt, some light black licorice, oak, and char.
T - Oak, char, alcohol, Bourbon, roasted cocoa, some dry spiciness, a slight bit of licorice buried far beneath the surface (and shows up at the very end in a delicate way). Light residual licorice, oak, cocoa char, and alcohol.
M - Full bodied and silky with some warming on the way down.
O - This aged incredibly well!
Rated by Sludgeman from District of Columbia
4.15/5 rDev -6.5%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
4.15/5 rDev -6.5%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
With Mark Rhoda and Jack
Jul 22, 2018
Madness & Civilization #1 from Hill Farmstead Brewery
Beer rating:
98 out of
100 with
340 ratings
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