Simcoe Single Hop Pale Ale

Draught at Prohibition Pig on 3/15/14
Strong white head tops the slightly hazy orange-golden body.
Much softer and easier than the Zero Gravity Sim City Extra IPA I just had, thankfully. Honey, tangerines, lemon and just a touch of pine on the end. Medium to medium-high strength of aroma. Almost marmalade-like in it’s sweet and orange-like presentation. No alcohol or flaws. Perhaps a touch of blandness from the sediment in suspension?
Light bitterness plays about a fluffy, very airy textured beer. Touches of wateriness, light honeysuckle sweetness and some vibrant tangerine-apricot-like hop flavors are all pleasant. Extremely dry, well-attenuated beer seems like it could actually use a touch more hop juiciness or malt sweetness. Just something to enliven it and balance all of this dry malt and dry, nearly astringent hop bitterness on the finish. Great carbonation levels and appropriate body, though, with no flaws or alcohol noted. Very marmalade-y....

22nd October 2011
Cloudy amber beer, good white head. Light crisp palate. Mild minerals. Good fresh orangey hops, floral as well. A little brett - is this mildly infected? Doesn’t really matter as it doesn’t dominate. Bitterness ramps up toward the dry finish.

A hazed blonde ale with a thin white head. In aroma, classic Hill Farmstead with pungent piney hops, a hint of lemon, nice and smooth. In mouth, a nice smooth biscuit malt with citrusy hops, light acidity, piney character, well done. On tap at Ginger Man NYC, Sept 21, 2012.

750 ml growler direct from the brewery. Cloudy golden/ orange body topped by a quickly dying, small off-white head. Nose is a delightful mixture of citrus hops, pine and sweet malt. Without sounding cheesy or sarcastic. What to take a guess what hop you are going to taste??? Dry bitter grapefruit, resin and a bit of orange. The bitterness is real strong with grapefruit. Lively mouthfeel with a nice effervescent touch. As with all of Hill Farmstead’s Pale ales. Top notch!

Growler @ Dan’s house, courtesy of Steve_0. Thanks a bunch! Pours a milky yellow orange appearance with a bit small white head. Herbal, onion, honey, lemon citrusy, spicy hoppy aroma. A bit tangy tangerine/lemon citrusy, spicy herbal hoppy, grapefruity, juicy flavor. Pretty tasty, easy drinking beer.

Sampled on tap at Hill Farmstead Brewery, pours a cloudy yellow with a small white head. Aroma is way less funky than the Riwaka, with some hay, slightly funky and citrusy hops, some slight sweet bready malts in the back. Flavour is very citrusy, with hay and mild funk; low hop astringency but they're certainly there. Well-rounded, dominated by the citrus and hay. Great one.

750 growler/bottle-shared by j12601-pours hazy yellow with white bubbles. Aroma is lemon/pine. Taste is lemon/pine/spice hops, drying, 2nd light malt. Ok effervescence.