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

Bottle: Poured a black with brown and red edges, head was bubbles tan. Aroma was vanilla , coffee, boozy. Taste is vanilla, coffee, chocolate, roasted malts, bourbon boozy.

Tried from Bottle on 10 Nov 2019 at 22:05


8.5
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 10 | Overall - 9

Bottle thanks to MrOrla. Thanks! Pours pitch black with a medium dark brown head. Aromas of honey cake, cinnamon, malts, vanilla, dark fruits, dark chocolate. Complex and very nice aroma. Taste is honey cake, coffee, bourbony vanilla, fudge and cinnamon notes, dark filled chocolates, malt.

Tried from Bottle on 06 Nov 2019 at 16:55


7.9
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5

Glass, brown bottle, 500 ml, 02 2015, from and with Big Matt, savoured on August 24 2018; eye: dark brown, semi-opaque, ring of beige head, no lacing; nose: coffee, chocolate, alcohol, vanilla, light anise, bourbon; mouth: coffee, chocolate, alcohol, vanilla, light anise, bourbon, light alcohol warmth, finale in bourbon with presence oa alcohol, full body, average carbonation, mildly sweet, lightly alcoholicslick texture; overall: really good

FRANÇAIS
Verre, bouteille brune, 500 ml, 02 2015, de et avec Big Matt, savourée le 24 août 2018; œil : brun foncé, semi-opaque, anneau de mousse beige, pas de dentelle; nez : café, chocolat, alcool, vanille, léger anis, bourbon; bouche : café, chocolat, alcool, vanille, léger anis, bourbon, léger chaleur d’alcool, finale en bourbon avec présence d’alcool, corsée, carbonatation moyenne, moyennement sucrée, texture légèrement alcoolique; en résumé : très bon

Tried from Bottle on 25 Aug 2019 at 13:53


8

No pyszka, moze z minusikiem bo beczka slabsza niz pamietam...

Tried at Czesława Niemena on 13 Mar 2019 at 19:34


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

Bottle shared at Andrew's B-day Bash. Pours a pitch black with a finger of brown head that lingers. Big aromas of dark chocolate, vanilla, bourbon, oak, star anise and coffee. More coffee and star anise on the palate with fudge brownie and espresso. Some bitterness and sweetness both playing off each other. Good carbonation with cream, coffee and chocolate lingering on the finish. --- Beer merged from original tick of Birth of Tragedy on 16 Sep 2018 at 18:41 - Score: 8

Tried from Bottle on 17 Sep 2018 at 01:58


8.4
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5

A deep dark stout with no head. In aroma, beautiful sweet fruity chocolate malt with loads of vanilla, licorice, coffee grind, alcohol warmth, very nice. In mouth, sweet chocolate malt with loads of vanilla, coffee crisp, oily mouth feel, alcohol warmth, very nice. Bottle at Big Deck tasting 2018.

Tried from Bottle on 26 Aug 2018 at 02:53


Tried from Bottle on 16 Dec 2017 at 19:04


8.3
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 9

Pours black, small white head. Smell is dark malts, tad sweet, bourbon, mild oak, tad booze. Taste is full, sharp, intense dark malts, bourbon, sweet, very intense. Nice !

Tried on 18 Nov 2017 at 16:51


9

WOW!!! Mega bzeczkowe w migdalowa strone, slodkie, geste, wyklejajace, waniliowe, kokosowe, miodowe, bombonierka, suszone i kandyzowane owoc

Tried at Chmielarnia Marszałkowska on 17 Jun 2017 at 15:49


7.6
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5

Bottle: Poured a pitch-black color porter with a deep brown color head with good retention and some lacing. Aroma of coffee with some bourbon notes and nice vanilla notes. Taste is a complex and rich mix of nice vanilla notes with bourbon and rich black chocolate notes and a sweet honey-laced finish. Body is full with deep oily texture and good carbonation with hints of warming alcohol notes. Very rich porter but a bit too much honey for my taste.

Tried from Bottle on 06 May 2017 at 22:23