Civil Disobedience #04
Hill Farmstead Brewery in Greensboro, Vermont, United States 🇺🇸
Farmhouse - Black Saison Series Out of Production|
Score
7.67
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Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
From notes taken at last week’s tasting. Aroma has a medium light, sweet roast note with light chocolate. Moderate notes of dark stone fruit and light berry character. Pours dark brown with a large tan head with good retention and lacing. Flavor is slightly sweet with medium light roast and faint smoke notes. Light chocolate notes. Moderate dark stone fruit and light berry notes. Light phenolics. Mouthfeel is medium bodied with medium high carbonation. Low astringency and low alcohol warmth. Overall, a really nice dark saison. Lots of nice malt and dark fruit notes. Good yeast character.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5
Bottle thanks to Gibson. Pours a cloudy brown with large frothy beige head that lasts. The aroma is strong dark fruit, oak, yeast, roast. Thin mouthfeel with nice oak, rich malt, light sourness, spice. Easy to drink, very good.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
Bottle shared at the 2014 tasting in the Cellar of Moeder Lambic Saint-Gilles. Pours near black with a medium tan head. Aroma of Brett, citrus, peppery saison yeast. Flavor is light sweet, light acidic. Medium bodied with light carbonation.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5
Bottle tasting with Kaufmanised; dark mahogany pour with velvety beige head, stewed fruit aroma, fruitiness come through in the taste cherries plums, some toasted malt action, some funk, rewarding beer experience very complex and compelling would love to try other versions. Bottle during HF CD night; opaque mahogany red pour with a thin beige head, tart vinous aroma, taste has cherries, tart dark fruit, a hint of chocolate, still good.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
Bottle shared by the HF ex-pat, Leighton. It pours cloudy, darkest mahogany brown with a thick beige head. The nose is wood, toast, vanilla, sour berry, dark fruit, mustiness, mustiness, cocoa and toffee. The taste is mildly sour, tart berry, mild roast, toast, lemon, granny smith apple, copper, earth, vinous, sherbet and light acidity with a dry, tart finish. Medium+ body and moderate carbonation. Hides abv pretty well. More like a sour brown than a saison. Pretty nice stuff whatever it is!
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
Bottle shared by GOTC. Pours dark brown with tan head. Nose and taste of roast chocolate malt, saison yeast, sour cherry, grape and cocoa. Medium body.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6.5
26th June 2013
Craft Clerkenwell Tasting. Thanks as always to Leighton for keeping us in Hill Farmstead. Hazy dark red - brown beer, Big pale cream coloured head. Light fluffy palate, semi dry. Light sourness. Mildly tart fruits. Touch of malt cream. Semi dry finish. Not bad! Drinks well below it’s abv.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
Bottle split at Craft Clerko, thanks to Nellie then Leighton, 26/06/13. Murky mahogony brown with a tan head that clears to a film. Some little floaty friends make themselves known! Nose is sour cherries, tarte berry fruit,oaky wood notes, light smoke, burnt straw. Taste comprises tarte berry fruits, touch of yeast, grass, funky, famyard, light herbals. Medium bodied, fine carbonation, dry crisp finish. Solid enough stuff but came over more as a sour than a saison to me.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 10 | Overall - 9.5
750mL bottle, sent from Glouglouburp (thanks a lot, Dany), pours a deep dark brown / near-black with a large beige head. Nose is very complex, full of farmhouse notes, deep earthy notes, oak barrels, some wood tannins, a little roast, and a touch of dark fruits. Flavour is remarkably complex, full of wood tannins, oak barrels, a strong earthy farmhouse dominance, some mild lactic notes, light-to-moderate sourness, yeast and some dark fruits. A blend of stunning complexity here, with all the notes working in incredible harmony. I feared the carbonation would be too lively, as has been the case in many other black saisons I've had, but this is perfectly suited. One of my favourite Hill Farmstead beers and one of the best black saisons. Remarkable.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 9
Bottle shared at CBC Clerkenwell - big thanks to Momma Smith for picking this up and to Sister Nellie for bringing it to London (via Cluj, Romania). A moderate gusher! Pours dark brown with a creamy, beige head. Good and tangy berry aroma, big funk, leather, grapes. Light sweet flavor with some sweat, leathery dark fruits, ripe berries, sturdy wild funk. Light to medium bodied with average, creamy carbonation. Fairly tangy to finish, some acetic bite, more sweaty and leathery fruits. Another great one.