Hill Farmstead saisons?

Pretty much all their saisons are mixed fermentation, that's why after about 4-8 months there's a pretty awesome tartness to them. I've loved every one of their saisons fresh and with 3-6 months on them. I think Shaun mentioned once in a post that you should drink them within 6 months to a year of bottling.

 

Never pitched them, but most batches of Saison from this year went through a foudre and have been nice and tart right off the bat. I can also say that even old batches of saisons like Arthur dried out and got progressively more tart over the course of a year. Hill also recently sold bottles of saison from around a year ago, so he's pretty sure they can age well too.

 

I had 2012 Anna on draft at Prohibition Pig during the HF 4th Anniversary celebration this past May. It was the beer I was most looking forward to and it exceeded my expectations. It was one of the the BEST Hill Farmstead beers I've ever had. I think they all age very well!

 

Which ones are you referring to? All the saisons see some form of oak at this point, and all generally get more tart/funky with some time. In my experience I haven't found any benefit to aging beyond a year. But most of the 2014 batches have been drinking as good fresh as most previous batches did with 6mo on them, so it will be interesting to see how they develop with some time.

 

Cellarable for 12-18 months. Delicious from day 1. But generally as @bahnfire said aging past 1 year doesn't seem to add much to it. Buy a case of 12 and drink 1 a month (or 24 and drink one every 2 weeks see how it changes) - stupid statement as I see you live in Washington lol. Trade for a case !

 

After 6-9 months, the tartness will really start to overwhelm the other flavors in the beer. If you like something that just tastes tart, then by all means age as long as you want. I find they hit the sweet spot at around 4 months - the tartness complements and enhances the other flavors in the beer, rather than overpowering them.

 

I have had both Anna and Florence with exact one year on the bottle. I thought that the tartness was really nice and I would not be afraid to drink any of the regular HF saisons with up to a full year on them. I don't think that they will get any better, but I will say that they have a longer "shelf life" compared to other saisons.

 

^ This.