Hill Farmstead (2022)

Yeah I feel like that's been the status quo for at least 5 years at this point.

 

Nah. Got a sweatshirt there in December 2019.

 

Were glasses available?

 

Bought glassware (tasters) in 2020 online so they’ve had glassware.

 

New glassware posted on their Instagram for sale today.

 

Seems so sporadically available though. Haven't seen any available over at least 5 years during my visits.

 

Maybe sporadic, but the ones I ordered online were likely available on-site too. I’d have to dig deep and 5 years seems like a long time, but it seemed like every time I went or friends went they had a new color tasting glass and or willi.

 

Concur with @Sabtos . In over a dozen trips over the past three years, I've only seen glassware for sale maybe once. And I'm not even sure that was since the beginning of the plague. T-shirts and hoodies, yes, but not glassware. Five years seems a stretch, but could be.

 

They. Are. Listening.

 

So uhh......it sure would be nice if they got some new hoodies up for sale......

 

Love my Hill hoodie, it's a perfectly heavy material and just a tad too big which makes it ideal when I need like 4 layers in the winter.

Chiming in to note that I feel like there's been glassware (willis, mugs) available just about every time I went between like 2018-2020 so maybe it was sporadic (or I could be mis-remembering... pre-COVID times feel so long ago).

 

Reservations @ 12:15 tomorrow. Coming from the Warren, VT area (via Plymouth, MA). Other than the brewery, is there anything else to do in the area? Recommendations on places to eat?

 

Not sure if you’re looking to eat on the way or after, Pie is about 20 mins away (north). They open at 11am.

https://www.parkerpie.com/


Hill could also have a food truck on-site.

 

Parker Pie

 

Beat me by a few seconds

 

If heading back south towards Montpelier you could stop at Bragg farm. It's where I prefer to load up on syrup and get a cup of ice cream.

 

Thinking on stopping in Saturday. Wondering about reservation difference on Saturdays vs not having one. Specifically these questions.
1. Is there still benefit to reservations on Saturdays?
2. Can you buy bottles to go, if so, do you have more options with res?
3. Crazy friendly dog with me, looks like I can only be on the lawn with her? No covered tent or tables?
4. Being L-weekend, should I expect a mad house and if so, will showing up first thing help mitigate it?

Thank you.

 

1) no clue, someone else can definitely help you out, they are very vague about Saturday reservations. I’d personally go for it.

2) bottle shop is separate from the tap room, so no, reservations don’t open up to go options

3) I haven’t been since the spring, the first time I went (with our dog) I sort of was an ass about it, we have a Frenchie, I picked him up and went into the tap room, and ordered. Of course I was told no animals inside, they were cool and poured me a dandelion Aaron. The second time, I brought him but didn’t take him into the tap room, but he hung out on the deck and tables. They may be enforcing that differently now. But they were very nice, they offered to bring out a water bowl. (I had brought one)

4) no idea, someone else can definitely offer help

Man, I need to make a trip soon. This place is wonderful.

 

Don’t need Saturday reservation. The reservations during the week give you a menu with more stuff for on site, but Saturday there’s just one menu.

Takeaway options same w or w/o a res - go on toast in the morning to put your order in.

Never brought the dog, not sure.

I would guess arriving right when or right before they open you’ll get at least one beer from the bar before there’s a crowd. In my experience if it’s a busy day there it’s about 30 min after the doors open that it gets slammed. And even slammed is generally just VT slammed.

 

Get a reservation. There are reservations on Saturday. You can order beer to go at 7AM the day of your visit. It will not be that crowded, because of reservations. It is dog friendly. There is one covered outdoor section.