Hill Farmstead hype

Overrated, no fucking way!

Overhyped, most certainly, especially in the trading community.

 

I've had 24 different HF beers in the last couple of years and really liked 23 of them (the Clara grisette didn't do much for me, and from what I've read, the original grisettes in Belgium were never anything to get excited about so it's probably historically accurate). I'd call about 10-12 of them world class and the rest just really good.

 

For the record, I don't think Everett is sub par. Far from it. I just don't think its the best porter.

 

This. People hype the small bottle releases...I'm there regularly for the consistently impressive ipa's and amazing saisons.

skivtjerry, I recommend revisiting Clara, I had a similar impression the few times I had had it, but recently was given a pour and found it much, much better...different yeast or that house microflora, I think.

 

They make great beers, and as with every hard to find beers some are hyped correctly and others are vastly inflated. I'm just glad there is so much competition and attention paid to the New England beer scene, and breweries like HF help in both those categories

 

I don't know if they are overrated but I'm sure as hell sick of hearing about them

 

Get use to being sick bro

 

until the next big thing

 

For me I think the hype and talk is warranted. There are select breweries that continuely make amazing beer Hill Farmstead is 1 of those breweries. Shaun e. Hill has created a handful of some of the best beers I have had the opportunity to try thus far. The beers he makes are thoughtfully planned, detailed, and always well made. When a brewery makes styles of beer I dont like and shows me how they should taste, it sets them apart from the others (imo). Hill Farmstead beer has broaden my horizons in the world of beer. I will be drinking Hill Farmstead for as long as they make beer regardless of hype, rankings, and rating. Cheers!

 

Just wait another year. I'm sure some secluded farmhouse small batch brewery in Northern Idaho will be the next flavor of BA. Mmmmmm, potato saison....

 

I've never had a chance to try a Hill Farmstead brew, so as far as I'm concerned they're unrated.

But I can imagine that a beer you make a day-trip of acquiring by driving way out into the beautiful, remote reaches of rural Vermont will likely be a beer you rate highly.

 

No

 

what about to people who drink Hill Farmstead in the Midwest and California? All they have to do is open their front door, open a box, and proceed to drink. I don't think there is a regional bias here, the beer being crafted in Greensboro really is that good.

 

This is so stupid.

 

I don't care about their opinions. Opening boxes is easy.

I care about the opinions of persons willing to drive for hours and hours to get the beer.

 

What do you mean you don't care about their opinions? Numerous review scores for HF are from those constituencies. You can't neglect regional opinion simply because they didn't put time, energy, and gas into acquiring the beer.

EDIT: I'll put it like this. I've never gone to Hill Farmstead, so I've never "driven hours and hours to get their beer." However, I have had upward of 20 or more of their offerings. They are without question among the best beers I've ever had, and the collective catalog is in my opinion the best there is. Thus, my opinion has nothing to do with the effort put forth to acquire said beer.

I will however, be driving from New Jersey to Hill Farmstead for the first time in January, even when there is not a slated special release, simply because I love their beer, want to experience it first hand, and meet Shaun Hill. All that effort based on an opinion that required very little.

 

Yes, they are overrated. Stop drinking it. I'll take your share For that matter, Alchemist and Lawson's are also overrated. I'll take your share of them too.

 

No.

 

Hype is generally the issue with these kinds of things. I have had Two beers from HF and they were both fantastic and I had no idea of the hype surrounding the brewery until I came back around here for the first time in a long time. The same thing generally happens with regional hard to come by brews. That being said my brother has a bottle of Anne were cracking into on christmas and I can wait!

 

Hey: I'm saying their beers must be good if people are willing to travel for them. That's all.