Beyond Good & Evil (11/25/2020)
(Batch of Beyond Good and Evil)
Hill Farmstead Brewery in Greensboro, Vermont, United States 🇺🇸
Stout - Pastry / Flavoured - Imperial Rotating Out of Production|
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7.02
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Beyond Good and Evil is one of Nietzsche’s most powerful works, challenging convention, ‘wisdom’ and ‘morality;’ urging us to transcend the restrictive, bounded concepts of good and evil; and confronting the relative nature of ‘knowledge.’ This both informs and inspires our work. Beyond Good and Evil is also the name of our bourbon barrel-aged maple imperial stout. First brewed in December of 2016, we craft this beer with malted wheat and Vermont maple syrup. It then rests contentedly in hand-selected bourbon barrels from one of our favorite distilleries for at least a year.
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Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
Bottled Nov 25, 2020, drunk 5/24/23. Dark, inky, small, tan head, low retention. Soft wheat, yet bourbony (not too much so), with light alcohol, pepper and graphite. Sweet chocolate and fudge with caramel and light vanilla. Bit of grape, prune, tobacco, more alcohol with warming though it's not hot. Soft, wheat-forward with a slick, easygoing texture. Good sweetness, not too much so, with maple, fudge and caramel. Bourbon spice, graphite, pepper and light oxidation at this point. Round, soft, bourbony, drying alcohol. Classy. Maybe a bit of breadiness I don't love and some strong maple residuals at points, but otherwise, well-barreled and interesting with a super-soft texture.