Civil Disobedience #15
Hill Farmstead Brewery in Greensboro, Vermont, United States 🇺🇸
Sour / Wild Beer - Flavoured Series Out of Production|
Score
7.89
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A blend composed of beers from a diversity of barrels ranging from 16 to 30 months and further aged on organic, hand peeled mangos... many, many mangos, thanks to the able assistance of some great volunteers!
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7.3/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7.5
Flavor 7.5
Texture 8
Overall 7
Bottle pour shared by AdamChandler--thanks Adam!--at Camp Tasting Finale! Murky gold-light brown, ring of head. Aroma is strong tart fruit, light funk, mango. Taste is strong tart fruit, funky. Thick, frothy texture, soft carbonation, finish as taste. Decent complexity, strength and balance. Well crafted.
Tried
from Bottle
on 09 Aug 2025
at 20:57
8.4/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 9
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 8
Magnum I believe several years old. Mango in nose holds up, plus some white wine. Yates of mango, wine , lemons, wood, fruit leather, gooseberry. Tart and flavorful
Tried
on 09 Aug 2025
at 20:42
8.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 10
Overall 8.5
Bottle at share. cloudy peach-y colored pour, bubbly white head. Aroma is fruity and tart, woody barrel notes. Taste ads overripe fruit, melon, grape skins and plenty of brett. Finishes a touch dry and sour.
Tried
from Bottle
on 22 Dec 2021
at 01:57
9/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 10
Overall 9
Tap @ Warpigs. Pours hazy golden with a small white head. Aroma is estery, yeasty, sweet mango, light tart, citrussy, lemon zesty. Taste is sour, lactic, light acedic, mango, sweet fruity, esters, citrussy, lemon zesty. Whoaaaa
Tried
from Draft
on 06 Nov 2019
at 16:55
8.3/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 9
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottle. Hazy to cloudy golden yellow color white head. Mango aroma. Taste is softly sour tropical fruit. Very tasty.
Tried
from Bottle
on 24 Mar 2018
at 12:54
8.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Bottle during Civil Disobedience tasting part 2; hazy golden yellow pour with a thin white head, aroma has mango, taste has some funk, grapefruit, quite big mango.
Tried
from Bottle
on 13 Mar 2018
at 20:02
7.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Bottle split at RB Best awards dinner, big thanks to Julien, 30/01/16. Hazed orange with a moderate off white cap that soon dissipates. Nose is pissy citric shreds, funk, brett, tangerine, wooded notes, ripe tropical fruits. Taste comprises on the turn melon, funk, light floral interlude, sharp orange, wooded tang, tannins, light green berry must. Medium bodied, fine carbonation, semi drying close with mellow acidic bite. Solid well rounded sour.
Tried
from Bottle
on 22 Aug 2017
at 10:00
7.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
At Fofa in Vermont in August 2016. Light, very pale straw gold in color with a nice aroma of sweet tarts and mango. The taste is acidic, almost like pickle mangos. Kind of ascerbic in the finish but a really nice beer nonetheless. 3.9-4.0
Tried
on 22 May 2017
at 10:23
8.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Magnum shared at the brewery, 1/19/17. Canteloupe-peachy-golden body has a very soft haze and a small, light-beige head atop that steadily recedes to a ring. Light sugars in the nose give off light honey and mix with a very soft citrus (mandarins, tangerines, lemons) and light tropical fruits. Hints of Brett waft up with a touch of wood. This is one of the softest Hill Farmsteads I’ve ever tried. Good minerality, almost chalky wine-like notes at times, with very little, if any lactic character. Lots of soft tangerine pulp notes. Light Brett lingers, with no alcohol or flaw. In the mouth it’s again very soft and understated with a lightly sweet, citrus and tropical fruit-accented, honey-like maltiness and very light lemon-lime-like Brett character. Minor tartness, light oak and wood tannin with a light but fairly engaging carbonation and good attenuation. Wouldn’t be able to pick out the mango at this point, but seems like they would have been apparent when this was fresh. Has developed very nicely and has not soured heavily at all. No alcohol or flaw. DRAUGHT! at the brewery, 8/30/24. Crazy! AND this is in insanely good shape. So much mango still. Fruity, juicy, light, playful, balanced. Incredible. Upping the rating from the magnum I had a long time ago.
Tried
from Can
on 16 Feb 2017
at 15:52
8.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Bottle shared at Ratebeer awards show. 30/01/2016. Huge thanks to Julien. A hazed light straw / yellow coloured pour with a small white head. Aroma is lovely mix of bretty funk, mild horse funk, funk, classic hill farmstead yeast with a hint of pineapple. Flavour is composed of watermellon, tangy pithy lemon, grapefruit, bretty funk, tangy lemon. Lovely. Palate is straw, medium light bodied, highish carbonation. Great.
Tried
from Bottle
on 30 Jan 2017
at 15:35