Juicy (Batch 2 - 10/10/2015)
(Batch of Juicy)
Hill Farmstead Brewery in Greensboro, Vermont, United States 🇺🇸
Farmhouse - Sour Saison Rotating Out of Production|
Score
7.13
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Dry-Hopped Farmstead® Aged in Wine Barrels
Juicy is inspired by our love for New Zealand—the adventures had therein, and the journeys grown from without. Our love for the landscape, the agriculture, and the spirited reflection of its inhabitants has led to the vision of what lies before you. After 10 months conditioning in wine barrels with our resident microflora, this dry-hopped Farmstead® ale is now ready to be enjoyed.
Juicy is inspired by our love for New Zealand—the adventures had therein, and the journeys grown from without. Our love for the landscape, the agriculture, and the spirited reflection of its inhabitants has led to the vision of what lies before you. After 10 months conditioning in wine barrels with our resident microflora, this dry-hopped Farmstead® ale is now ready to be enjoyed.
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7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Batch 2, bottled 10/10/15, drunk 11/5/16.
Lime-brass-tinted golden with good clarity and a medium-sized, white head that fizzles to a ring rather quickly.
Juicy, indeed, in the nose, though having sat in the bottle for over a year, the juiciness is now provided by the brett and lactic acids. There is still some remnant of juicy hop notes, I believe, and the sum total aroma is very full of lime, nectarine, kumquat, gooseberry and yogurt cultures. Quite sniffable with light honey and biscuit malt character behind it. No alcohol. Maybe a touch over-acidic.
In the mouth it’s both malty and very lactic. So it balances pretty nicely, but with a high amount of acidity lingering. Woody, lactic and with some hop bitterness lingering, as well. Very low carbonation but mostly tight/engaging. Quite nice, enjoyable stuff, though the lactic acid gets pretty strong over the course of the beer, unbalancing things slightly. A little bit monotonous but very good, nonetheless.
Lime-brass-tinted golden with good clarity and a medium-sized, white head that fizzles to a ring rather quickly.
Juicy, indeed, in the nose, though having sat in the bottle for over a year, the juiciness is now provided by the brett and lactic acids. There is still some remnant of juicy hop notes, I believe, and the sum total aroma is very full of lime, nectarine, kumquat, gooseberry and yogurt cultures. Quite sniffable with light honey and biscuit malt character behind it. No alcohol. Maybe a touch over-acidic.
In the mouth it’s both malty and very lactic. So it balances pretty nicely, but with a high amount of acidity lingering. Woody, lactic and with some hop bitterness lingering, as well. Very low carbonation but mostly tight/engaging. Quite nice, enjoyable stuff, though the lactic acid gets pretty strong over the course of the beer, unbalancing things slightly. A little bit monotonous but very good, nonetheless.
Tried
from Bottle
on 11 May 2026
at 20:21
8/10
Insane tropical fruit and funk nose. Mango, star fruit, passion fruit. Fresh wood. Sour fruity taste. Oily dry tart mouth. Lovely hop sour.
Tried
on 28 Dec 2016
at 21:48