Currently on the shelves at Hill Farmstead (March/April 2018)

Discussion in 'New England' started by NiceBeerCans, Mar 1, 2018.

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  1. NiceBeerCans

    NiceBeerCans Initiate (0) Mar 16, 2013 New York

    Since Hill Farmstead is no longer holding official release events, please use this thread to post the bottles available on the shelves along with costs, sizes, limits, and so forth.

    It's OK to include the beers available in growlers too. Also, you can post new additions, for onsite consumption, in their tap room.

    As always, looking at the HF retail page
    http://www.hillfarmstead.com/retail/

    or calling the brewery
    802-533-7450

    are your best sources for up-to-date information.

    ** Updated bottle release policy: http://hillfarmstead.com/faq/retail-shop/what-is-the-bottle-release-policy.html. This FAQ has been updated on June 11, 2016 and they will ONLY accept a credit card/debit card accompanied by a valid, legal picture ID that matches the name on the credit card (this excludes generic Visa / MasterCard gift cards). This requirement is only for all special releases and barrel-aged beers. Read the entire linked page which explains the changes.

    To see what's available to drink (and eat) in their new tap room, click on the following link:

    http://hillfarmstead.com/onsite/

    The 2 drink limit has been removed. Please be responsible. Everything on tap is available to sample.

    The bottle shop stops selling bottles at 5:00 pm sharp. The tap room will stay open to fill growlers for the people who are inside already before 5:00 pm and are waiting for the staff to complete their order.

    The onsite bottles, for consumption in the tap room only, are NOT to leave the tap room. Please do NOT try to steal the empty bottles. Please respect the rules. Thank you.

    High abv beer bottles (ie Double Barrel Damon bottles) have to be split for on premises consumption. This is a strict rule. Please note that it's actually pretty easy to find people to split a beer up there (if you didn't bring anybody). Just say out loud that you are looking to split a DBD and you'll find takers. Enjoy.

    Cans

    Posted on the HF retail page and information is usually posted on this thread too.

    The cans are sold in 12oz 6-packs. "We set limits on cans, just like bottles: with the expectation of the beer lasting into, if not through Saturday."

    Historical information on limited releases

    @RuckIt
    created this awesome spreadsheet for the limited releases for the past two years.

    https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1TGdA6oCRFKUKm_SrUvAhrl6Zuk2g7njqhYCHMFkhTVQ/edit?usp=sharing

    Full credit should be given to @RuckIt for creating and maintaining it.


    @AutumnBeerLove, HF staff member, has been nice enough to respond to questions on this thread and to provide valuable updates like the following:

    I think it is mostly safe to say our new draft onsite location in retail will stick around for the summer, if not the potential busier days. This keeps growler waits at a maximum of an hour with an average wait of under 30 minutes for a day. Along with that, it keeps two employees in retail and thus has the bottles line moving too.
     
  2. pirate99gs

    pirate99gs Initiate (0) Nov 9, 2014 Canada (QC)

    On my way there now. How are the roads?
     
  3. icfpny

    icfpny Initiate (0) Apr 3, 2015 New York

    Not sure if they were enforcing it, but they did have the 2 drink limit sign up this week.
     
  4. AutumnBeerLove

    AutumnBeerLove Initiate (0) Oct 16, 2010 Vermont

    In full effect.
     
  5. icfpny

    icfpny Initiate (0) Apr 3, 2015 New York

    Is it weather related? The tap room was pretty quiet this week.
     
  6. M-Fox24

    M-Fox24 Grand Pooh-Bah (3,617) Mar 17, 2013 New Jersey
    Pooh-Bah Society Trader

    With Mary back in cans, Norma onsite, and Flora Pear for takeaway - Lovely week ahead
     
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  7. ISpendTooMuchOnBeer

    ISpendTooMuchOnBeer Zealot (529) Oct 29, 2015 Illinois

    Anyone mind sharing what time HF has typically been opening on Wednesdays? I know stated opening hour is noon, but also know they typically open earlier. Just wondering how much earlier lately in order to plan a long roadtrip we’re doing from Burlington to Portland that day. Thx!
     
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  8. dropkick1977

    dropkick1977 Initiate (0) Jan 4, 2016 New Hampshire
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  9. oldbean

    oldbean Initiate (0) Jun 30, 2005 Massachusetts

    Posted hours are posted hours of course, but 11:30 is reasonable if you want to get in early. Wouldn't bother showing up any earlier than that.
     
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  10. AutumnBeerLove

    AutumnBeerLove Initiate (0) Oct 16, 2010 Vermont

    It's "we are not a bar" related. Considering also how many car accidents there are up here, almost daily, we do not need any one of them being traced to alcohol.
     
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  11. DaaaaBeers

    DaaaaBeers Initiate (0) Oct 9, 2015 Massachusetts

    I know it is still early in the week, but will Flora last until next Thursday?

    Looks like there will be some great options either way, as always, but the addition of pears sounds delightful.
     
  12. icfpny

    icfpny Initiate (0) Apr 3, 2015 New York

    Okay, then why have you guys lifted the limit many times before, sometimes for weeks at a time?
     
  13. AutumnBeerLove

    AutumnBeerLove Initiate (0) Oct 16, 2010 Vermont

    Lessons learned. It has been lifted, and then people post photos where they were able to sneak having 5 or 6 beers here. Maybe that is worth the risk to a consumer, but it is not to a business that depends on its liquor license.
     
  14. Cmike1992

    Cmike1992 Initiate (0) Apr 26, 2017 New Hampshire

    Definitely agree with not overserving, obviously. But are there smaller taster sizes for draft rather than just the 2 pints? Would love to try a few different things when I head up there
     
  15. dwmetsfan13

    dwmetsfan13 Zealot (730) Jul 22, 2013 Massachusetts
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    They'll give you a taste (1-2 oz) of anything on draft (at least last time I was there).
     
  16. AutumnBeerLove

    AutumnBeerLove Initiate (0) Oct 16, 2010 Vermont

    Tastes of draft beer are free. Which, at times can mean upwards of 12 free tastes. Hence another reason for a (full) pour limit.
     
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  17. nicktown

    nicktown Initiate (0) Nov 12, 2017 Connecticut

    How does this work when you come with a group of let's say four people and split all the bottles?

    Is the group allowed to split 2 bottles? 4 bottles? 6 bottles?
     
  18. wehaveamap

    wehaveamap Pundit (783) Jan 16, 2010 Massachusetts
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    I believe anything you need to split counts as 2 drinks total, so for a pair, 1 drink for each person.
     
  19. nicktown

    nicktown Initiate (0) Nov 12, 2017 Connecticut

    so if I have ~94 mL of Norma that is the same as having a 250 mL pour of a DIPA?

    That's a bit discouraging. It is their house, their rules so I will not argue.
     
  20. wehaveamap

    wehaveamap Pundit (783) Jan 16, 2010 Massachusetts
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    I could be wrong but I would be surprised if they make you split Norma, so splitting it would probably not count as a full drink for you. I'm referring to stuff like Damon and 750s, where they won't sell it to you unless you have someone to split it with - those ones you will likely only be able to split 4 bottles between the four of you, or two and then a draught pour each, etc.
     
    #20 wehaveamap, Mar 7, 2018
    Last edited: Mar 7, 2018
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