Hill Farmstead (2024)

It's funny how Shaun is an asshole for two Instagram stories describing him as aloof or not chatty, while Brienne is not an asshole. The same dudes giving him shit about this would be up in arms about the old man at the bar telling the female bartender to give him a smile or act happy.

It's not about defending him specifically, it's about propping up someone on a platform who targets big names to tear down in order to draw attention to herself.

It was the right cause, but at this point, it's the wrong person anymore. She needs to go away, she's undermining the entire point.

 

Monk’s Cafe for sure, with the collaboration beer they did and some of the standard shelf bottles. I also feel like I’ve seen them at VT bars as well in the past but typically around events like FoFA and such.

 

I like sp for what they do but having to choose between the two kind of has to be a no brainer. From the perspective of both a business and a consumer. What do you think would happen if someone went into the sp tankpub is with a hf shirt on? I mean I would never knowingly do that, but just hypothetically. Would they be turned around at the door? I still plan on drinking and visiting both but if I’m put in a position to choose.. like I said, that’s a no brainer.

 

My bet is that you might be presented with the number 1 sign!?!

 

Hopefully it doesn't stress anyone out

 

Thankfully that new lager brewer - Argenta, which looks pretty damn good - opened up in Portland for anyone who gets kicked out of sp.

 

add Deep Ellum to the list of bars sporting both SP and HF brews tap...

goddamn if that isn't a killer tap list. Wish my favorite seacoast restaurant the Black Birch would get this resourceful.

 

Speaking of HF - had anybody tried the latest Damon Port release? I was mildly disappointed - muted carb, muted flavor - some back end sourness and dare I say oxidation. I readily admit my palate is immature - so curious what other HF fans think.

 

I haven't had this particular batch, but being honest, I've always gotten fairly apparent oxidation with their barrel aged stouts and barleywines. I know a lot of people love them, but it's definitely not their forte, to my palate. How their stouts can be like that while their saisons can turn out so beautifully clean is kind of confusing. Perhaps it's just a more assertive hoppiness I'm mistaking for oxidation.

 

The tap list at BB is still fine -- I was there Saturday and they had Recipricol, Forge, some Tributary beers -- lots of local stuff. But getting Dinner on tap -- or anything from RR -- or a single HF tap would get there beer list up where there absurdly/consistently good food menu is. I find Corner Pub totally hit or miss -- usually miss - but it's got a nice divey /friendly atmosphere - had a Scrugsey there Sat while waiting to get into BB. With HF taps branching out -- we want it all!!

 

It's been years since I've been to black birch, unfortunately. If I'm in that area its during the day which means Anju for lunch. Is it possible they don't do business with vacationland who distributes hill and Russian river? The hill kegs are also 1/2 barrels which not everyone can fit into their fridges.

 

I noticed that Novare Res was conspicuously absent from the list of Maine spots serving HF.

Gotta agree with Sabtos on this whole thing. All of the public claims about Shaun were flimsy at best, and at worst amounted to something that may have required a personal apology for being crass, and nothing more.

Those ig posts from Brienne just come off as extremely immature.

 

One main reason that Novare will not be pouring HF anytime soon is that Michael Fava works there. They aren't about to jeopardize that relationship with Fava and Sacred Profane. Novare always has SP on tap for obvious reasons.