Hill Farmstead Bottle releases

The sign says 5 growlers per person, does not specify size of the growlers. If its slow (unlikely) they'd do more. Perhaps on like a Thursday afternoon you could do more. Otherwise, 5 each.

 

They did 7 750s for me a few Thursdays ago. It was not too crowded though.

 

Generally if the line isn't out the door they don't enforce the limit.

 

Just noticed that Madness and Civilization is on the horizon. Maybe people will finally start recognizing my avatar around here

 

From the website:

Our First Bottle Release of the Year will include the following three releases. Stay tuned for dates. It will be on a Sunday from 12pm to 2pm. Early to Mid June... ?

• • Hill Farmstead: Elaborative #1: Tart Brown Ale brewed with Ohio Walnuts. Aged 18 months in a variety of oak barrels... in friendship with Brad at Jackie O's and Chad at Crooked Stave. 375ml. 10$

• Flander's (style) Red: Aged in Wine and Port barrels. Collaboration with Will Meyers from Cambridge Brewing Company. Brewed in April of 2011. 375ml. 12$.

• Spontaneously Fermented Ale. 20$ 375ml.

Interesting that they'll be doing it on a Sunday. I would expect just bottles, no growlers, given that timeframe.

 

They all sound absolutely fantastic, and I'm a fan of the Sunday releases. Part of me hopes it is just bottles on Sunday release days, it'll be so much faster in and out. Cheers to HF, can't wait to try these beers, each with so much time put into them.

 

I actually feel the same way. Love to get some growlers too, but no growlers will make the line infinately more bearable.

 

Exactly. And if they, for example, have bottles of Everett and Anna available the same day then it's really a good idea to have no growler fills. Based on their fb post today, Anna could be ready by the time of this release!

I'm just worried that the late spring is going to delay Vera Mae so much that it isn't ready for Anniversary Party, that would be sad.

 

Anna could be ready by mid june? That would be amazing but would definitely be surprising. I asked that question maybe three weeks ago, and i was told that Anna will be brewed "many many weeks from now" and that it'll be ready "7 weeks after it's brewed". So obviously who knows what "many many weeks" actually is but even if that was right now, that would still be cutting it close to these bottle releases. I hope i'm wrong though!

What did the FB message say?

 

Anna is being brewed tomorrow.

 

Fantastic news - thanks!

 

Anna bottles ready in mid June...

 

Vera Mae has always been brewed the day before the the Anniversary Party (which also happens to be my birthday...). Never ready until August.
Sunday release will be when the shop is closed. Expedited. On a day when people can travel. And we can over small pours/tasters.
Release is going to be........ May 26th. The day after the Anniversary Party. And a 3 day weekend...
Will get to posting details later tonight or tomorrow.

 

I think the Anna/Arthur/Art/E. release was when all hell broke loose

 

Offer. Not over.... man.

Anyway - we'll update things shortly. Something like 2pm on Sunday May 26th. 3 barrel aged beers. 3 stainless beers. We will still have our festival permit from the anniversary party so... if we wanted to... we could sell glasses of beer... AND Brad from Jackie O's will be here. Which is a bonus.

 

I have tickets to the Anniversary Party so this pretty much sums up how I feel:

 

Ah, thanks for the correction on Vera Mae. That beer so haunts my dreams, I was confused. Cheers!

 

you should have half the number of bottles as you do anniversary tickets and stage a hunger games-style battle for spots in line on sunday.

 

Seriously, that release is gonna be a madhouse with people traveling up there plus the people camping out the night before. Are there enough bottles of these releases for people other than those who stick around from the anniv party?

Because I want to drive up there if there are.

 

Likewise!