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Hill Farmstead Brewery

 

a: hazy light orange color. thin film of a head

s: light earthy citrus aroma. earthy sweet malts, caramel. faint grape note, guava, sweet grapefruit, and a noticeable bready note

t: earthy citrus orange notes. a punch of mellow floral flavors behind that. strawberry and guava, with a very faint sweet melon note. bitter grapefruit and some faint caramel malt

m: solid medium mouthfeel with low carbonation

o: very much a Vermont IPA. has a nice kick of bitterness and a big earthy presence as well. smooth and tasty

Very solid. Not mind-blowing, but really drinkable

 

Advent day 7
Hazy but far from opaque orange colour pour. Plenty of dense head and lovely lacing. Older school look done fabulously.

Smell immediately made me think of calamansi, odd, but that's what I got. Juicy tangy sour gummy type citrus. Quite like the tired hands one, but with less sweetness, less sourness, and a more happy character.

Taste is very much the same, but with a touch more resin, and malty back to it.

Feel is smooth and easy to drink, without being thin.

Proper good stuff.

Another stellar IPA from the masters at Hill Farmstead. Light hazy yellow pour, modest pillowy head with nice lacing. The nose suggests pine and the hop profile leans Pacific Northwest. But there's a lot more to this beer. I was prepped for a piney, resinous high-IBU type IPA. But while there certainly is pine presence, it mingles with citrus and tropical fruit flavor for a beautifully blended West Coast-East Coast hybrid. Delicious in a delicate way.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Canned on 09/09/2020. Enjoyed on 10/07/2020.

L: Hazy pale yellow with a rocky white head and good lacing.

S: Subtle for the style, but very fresh and clean citrus and pine notes with a touch of pale malt and grain.

T: Mild bitterness, moves into grapefruit, mango, and pine flavors with a bready/grainy malt support. No sweetness.

F: Full mouthfeel for the abv, but a lowish carb and dry finish.

Overall: A very nice IPA that boasts great flavor and mouthfeel. Super crushable.

 

 

Sampling a cold 12 oz can poured into a snifter. Ive had the beer as part of a trade and its been in my fridge for about 10 weeks.
The beer pours a slightly hazy gold color with some fizzy bleached white head foaming up .5 cm and fading quickly to a thin surface layer.
The aroma is light and citrusy with some lemon and orange with a bit of tangerine note too. I get a little bit of a biscuity note too.
The first sip reveals a light textured and crisp body with very fine and tingly carbonation. Pretty easy drinking physical traits on this beer.
Flavor is what you expect from the nose with some light citrusy notes including orange and tangerine with a bit of grapefruit bite on the finish. The rindy bite lingers after each swallow and also dries out my palate. Slightly bitter note on the beer and the booze is non existent.
A nice drinkable IPA with a good citrus profile on this brew. Glad I got to try another beer from HF.

 

 

Poured into a 20 oz Nordic Glass. Pours a very hazy yellow with a half finger white head that leaves little bubbles of lace as it settles. 4.25

Smell is tangerine, pineapple, apricot, mango, and a little grapefruit rind. 4

Taste follows pineapple, tangerine, mango, apricot, and just a little hint of grapefruit rind. 4

Mouthfeel is a watery medium, gentle life, a tad sticky but not dry, and at 6.2% easy going down. 4

Overall this very good and at a rather modest ABV really tasty. 4