Hill Farmstead Brewery Birth of Tragedy

Birth of Tragedy

 

Hill Farmstead Brewery in Greensboro, Vermont, United States 🇺🇸

  Porter - Pastry / Flavoured - Imperial Rotating
Score
8.03
ABV: 11.0% IBU: - Ticks: 81
Birth of Tragedy is the imperial and oak barrel-aged version of our annual winter porter, Twilight of the Idols. Brewed with locally roasted coffee and Vermont honey, we age this beer for a year in personally selected bourbon barrels from our favorite distilleries.
 

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8.1
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8.5 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8

Almost black beer with a beige lacing. Aroma of mid sweet dark malt, chocolate, vanilla. Taste of sweet chocolate malt, caramel, vanilla, some bourbon.

Tried from Bottle on 25 Sep 2025 at 18:01


8.8
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 9

Van fles bij Borefts '25. 2025 editie. Zwarte kleur, beige kraag. Vol, volzoet, gebrand, koffie, chocolade, vleugje zoete soyasaus, honing, bourbon, eikenhout, vanille, rijk, romig, mooi gebrand bitter. Volle body. Bier van het festival, top.

Tried from Bottle on 24 Sep 2025 at 08:34


9
Appearance - 9 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 9 | Overall - 9

From bottle at Borefts 2025. Thick with loads of chocolate, roast, bourbon, soy sauce. Sweet with a mild bitterness, rich full body. Exquisite.

Tried from Bottle on 21 Sep 2025 at 07:12


8.6
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5

Bottle at Borefts. Vwry dark brown with snall head. Massive massive bourbon, dark sugar, oak, soft coffee, nutty. Quite sweet, less bitter. Oily medium body.

Tried from Bottle on 19 Sep 2025 at 10:57


8

Thanks Brian, held up well. Hint of oxidation, but all the flavors are there. It did dry out slightly. Still really delicious.

Tried from Bottle on 19 Oct 2024 at 14:36


8

Thanks Brian digging deep. Aroma is coffee, honey, chocolate. Taste is delicious, still balanced, nice mouth feel.

Tried from Bottle on 10 Feb 2024 at 15:53


8

bottled Jan 18 2018.

Tried on 17 Jul 2021 at 23:25


8

Tried from Bottle on 26 Sep 2020 at 17:16


8.1
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5

500ml bottle. 2016 vintage. Smooth, slightly roasty and sweetish with some coffee, honey, toffee, syrup, vanilla and cocoa. Quite balanced despite its quite old.

Tried from Bottle on 26 Sep 2020 at 14:20


Tried from Bottle on 16 Nov 2019 at 21:42