What does the term "Farmhouse" mean to you?

Same here. To me farmhouse = saison

 

Saison orientated beer for sure but to me it should have a very earthy/yeasty/funky taste to it as well as a very hay like taste to it. Yep, it should taste like hay (thus living up to the name "farmhouse") but some of the best Farmhouse ales I've had don't necessarily taste like this.

Overall, I think it's just another term for a Saison which is another variation of a pale ale.

 

I typically associate it with saison, so whatever characteristics you'd expect from a saison are what you'd expect from a "farmhouse" beer.

 

It's basically just a buzzword at this point.

 

really....

 

A type of dwelling located on a plot of land primarily used for agriculture.

 

To me it's like a more liberal definition of saisons. Saisons' brothers, sisters and cousins, if you will. To include some wild ales and brett'd beers that still have a light, rustic and yeasty profile.

 

According to most definitions, yeah. In fact the best farmhouse ales I've had were quite hoppy. However, not in a bitter way, the hop profile is usually much more smooth and drinkable when compared to most of your extremely bitter Pale Ales. The other difference is of course, the funky yeast taste you get from this style. But overall, Saison/farmhouse is very similar to Belgian Pale Ales.

 

saison. or just delicious.

 

Old McDonald had a farm.... Seriously

 

Opinion Alert: Farmhouse breweries should use local wild yeast and (if required) bacteria for fermentation.

Doesn't have to be spontaneously fermented; it could be cultured local wild yeast. That is my definition of farmhouse ale. I'm looking at you, @jesterkingbeer

 

Second what wrongtone said. It can't be made with the generic saison yeast that laboratories package and sell. It must be your own strain and it must be funky. Plenty of brewers do saisons, because they use some wheat and candi sugar and add coriander to a pale ale, but that is not a farmhouse beer, even if they referment with brett.

 

Logsdon, the picture on the bottle.

 

around here there are a bunch more using the name because NY has created a new license with specific farm parameters. People with this license are using the name.

Farm brewery license. 1. Any person may apply to the authority
for a farm brewery license as provided for in this section to brew beer
within this state for sale. Such application shall be in writing and
verified and shall contain such information as the authority shall
require. Such application shall be accompanied by a check or draft for
the amount required by this article for such license. If the authority
grants the application, it shall issue a license in such form as shall
be determined by its rules. Such license shall contain a description of
the licensed premises and in form and in substance shall be a license to
the person therein specifically designated to brew beer in the premises
therein specifically licensed.

and so on http://ypdcrime.com/abc/article4.htm#a51-a

 

I always envisioned "farmhouse" as what a day in the life of Dany at Fantome must be like.

Something along the lines of waking up, frolicing through the meadows and forest gaining inspiration (and ingrediants) for the brew day. Then, brewing and tossing the wort into open vessels of a barn at 90 degrees and letting mother nature take care of the rest.

Then I learned that my brewing hero Dany of Fantome doesnt even like beer...


Now I hate farms, houses, meadows and beer.

 

Farmhouse Brewery to me means, "we're gonna throw brett at everything and charge $12.99 a 750ml."

 

Ideally, Dupont-y. Commonly, pale Belgian-ish.

At best, it indicates the use of saison yeast, traditional fermentation methods (wild yeast and bacteria can come into play, or just taking as much time as the core yeast strain wants and needs to ferment properly), and high quality malt/unmalted grains.

At worst, it means the brewer used a nominally Belgian yeast strain and pushed it until it got really estery. Probably some bubblegum shit, plus too much coriander.

See also: breweries that are on/incorporate actual farm land, buildings, or processes (i.e., they grow their own hops). Y'know, like Hill Farmstead—is it a farmhouse brewery? Well, kind of. Yes and no. Yes?

 

I always think of a Belgian style beer. Not sure if that is remotely accurate but, that's what I think of.

 

Frocking through the meadows? That's a new one.