Flora
Hill Farmstead Brewery in Greensboro, Vermont, United States 🇺🇸
Farmhouse - Saison Rotating|
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7.94
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Flora is the wine barrel-aged version of Florence, our grandfather’s sister, as well as the name of our Farmstead® wheat ale. In her honor, we fill French oak wine barrels with Florence and allow the beer to mature in the presence of our resident microflora. After extended aging, a beautifully complex beer emerges; Florence becomes Flora.
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7.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Bottle split at Leighton's 20K, big thanks to the deviant himself for this Juan, 01/03/17. Golden blonde with a decent off white head that retains well. Nose is lemon rind, hint of lime, damp straw, grassy vibes, light spice pinch, mellow barrel tunes. Taste comprises damp straw, light funk, vinous, green berry must, on the turn melon, grains. Medium bodied, fine carbonation, semi drying close. Solid well balanced saison.
Tried
from Bottle
on 17 Sep 2017
at 08:05
7.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Oxford tastings; bottled November 2016
Hazy blond color. Sour beer with nice lemon character, strong acidity, hint of acetic acid, balance and enough complexity.
Very good (not worth the price point though).
Hazy blond color. Sour beer with nice lemon character, strong acidity, hint of acetic acid, balance and enough complexity.
Very good (not worth the price point though).
Tried
from Bottle
on 10 Sep 2017
at 14:04
7.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Bottle - Nice funky notes, oak and lemon. Clearish pale yellow gold and a decent white head. Soured lemon, nice funk and a clean finish. Well balanced and nice.
Tried
from Bottle
on 09 Sep 2017
at 22:27
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Hazy, blonde. Thin head. Nice bretty aroma, with a touch of pedio, some dusty barrel notes. On the palate, dry, earthy, tart, a bit dusty, then woody notes come through. Brettanomyces accents throughout. Lemon juice tartness. Nice balance. Still some sweetness left in the beer. Refreshing and complex.
Tried
on 09 Sep 2017
at 22:25
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
750ml bottle at Alex's (thx, Jonathan J.!). Bottled on 2016-11. Pours a hazy golden with a white head. Aroma is funky, fruity, barrel, bretty. Similar taste. Quite good, but I liked Sue much more.
Tried
from Bottle
on 09 Sep 2017
at 22:25
8.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Well filtered neon yellow and a finger of clean white foam. The nose shows lightly tart notes of juicy plum. The palate is medium bodied and moderately carbonated. Moderately tart with flavors of juicy plum and bretty funk.
Tried
on 09 Jul 2017
at 01:29
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
750ml bottle pours out a straw color topped with a white head. Nose is nice funk notes wine barrel touch some spice. Taste is more of the wine barrel notes oak floral perfume notes and some funk.
Tried
from Bottle
on 06 May 2017
at 23:04
8.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Bottle shared at the Leighton mega 20k tasting. 1/03/2017. Huge thanks to Leighton for this one. A light hazed pale yellow straw coloured pour with a a lasting white head. Aroma is funky grapey, sour, lychee, saison yeast. Flavour is composed of crisp tart, pithy lemon, bretty, funky grapey fruits, woody tannin. Palate is tart and refreshing, pithy, drying finish, frothy carbonation. Good. Nice hill Farmstead yeast. Good.
Tried
from Bottle
on 01 Mar 2017
at 12:40
8.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 9
Bottle shared in London for the 20k - sourced from the brewery. Pours clear yellow-gold with a frothy, white head. Restrained aroma, some lemon peel, flaked wheat, subtle yeast, minimal funk. Light sweet flavour with quite modest lemony tang, some melon, woody dryness, white wine, citrus peel. Light bodied with delicate, massaging carbonation. Super clean finish, more lightly tart lemon, restrained wheaty sweetness, some straw, soft funk. Subtle to an incredible level, but still nicely layered. Hugely drinkable. Excellent.
Tried
from Bottle
on 01 Mar 2017
at 12:38
10/10
Tried
on 01 Mar 2017
at 12:35