Hill Farmstead Bottle releases

Amen bro. Had it last night for the first time... Speechless... Just mango on mango and no speech...

 

if you want HF, take your offer and add, then keep adding

 

I dunno--everytime I am inclined to say that S&S4 or S&S5 is the best IPA they've made, I think about Double Galaxy...

 

Is that based on what I offered or just making a little funny?

 

Very true, DG was also a favorite. Double Citra too. Then there's poor little old Abner, always there, always ready to knock you on your ass with it's awesomeness. Then grandpa Ephraim comes to town once a year and just blows the doors off the barn. And I don't even have a barn. Sigh.

 

You know what I had that I haven't had in a while this past weekend...Edward. You gotta go back to the roots sometimes, I wonder if people tend not to drink much of it because it is always there and they concentrate on the new stuff.

 

Haha--I was with you until Ephraim. To me it lacks the dry, dankness of some of their best IPA work (which I think S&S4, S&S5, and Double Galaxy all have). But I must be an anomaly because people seem to dig Ephraim.

 

Edward is so good. It's ALWAYS on tap at Worthy Burger (in South Royalton, VT.) and I always have at least a glass when I'm there, no matter what else they have on. Just a fantastic pale, and it's sessionable. Beautiful beer.

I'd pick all of those over Ephraim too...but Ephraim is just so intense, it gets points in my book. You're right though, the best Vermont IPAs like the other doubles from HF, Heady, Double Sushine, etc. do have an incredible dryness that keeps you coming back for more. Ephraim is anything but dry.

 

Haha, I've been drinking a lot of Edward lately. They serve it as a 16oz pour at the Rez, so when I feel like a real pint I grab one. I actually had it side by side with Peeper on Saturday. Both 16oz, both 6.50 a pint. Peeper tasted like water next to it!

 

Edward and the Bangkok Disco pizza at Parker Pie is an unbeatable combo!!

 

And just like that, civil disobedience is now gone and juicy is a two bottle limit releasing maybe Wednesday. I wish it was going to last until Saturday but now I'm not so sure. I'm sure it will be amazing so congrats to those folks that get to try it. I'm still going to head up to get my growlers on Saturday because I need some Abner and Edward!

 

Was there on Saturday for the first time. The beer is as good/better as advertised. I'm amazed with the number of people there waiting for the beer. The four hour drive was worth it! S/S 5 is Amazing!

 

Weird - they had a note up earlier that there were 12 bottles of CD5 left, and they would go to the first customers on Wednesday at open. Juicy also was pushed up from Friday.

 

Your offer is reasonable, it's just pretty specific. Also, there's no big release party or anything for Juicy, so there probably aren't many people planning on heading up there just for it. The BoT crowd will gobble it up though in a couple of weeks, assuming it lasts that long.

Try just reposting it Sunday or something, but you might need a more recognizable beer (or just throw out a few options).

 

How early do people tend to get to HF Bottle releases? I hate to be cut throat but I feel like it'd be a real shame to get there after four hours of driving and not get anything

 

They are just putting the beer on the shelf, it'll be there for a few weeks based on recent iterations.

 

Really hoping Juicy is still available the day after Thanksgiving.

They will be open the day after Thanksgiving, right?

 

I think I recall seeing that they are closed Thanksgiving but will be open otherwise.

 

Even if the bottle release were to sell out, they will still have 5-6 drafts for growler fills and other bottles. You'll be walking out with awesomeness no matter what.

 

yeah definitely- it's just the waiting hours for a growler fill i could've gotten in 15 minutes any other week that's a shame

edit: and i don't mean to be nonchalant about how awesome their growler fills are.... i do regularly drive the 4 1/2 hours when i see abner is on tap