Juicy
Hill Farmstead Brewery in Greensboro, Vermont, United States 🇺🇸
Farmhouse - Sour Saison Regular|
Score
8.09
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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
8.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8.5
Texture 8
Overall 8
375mL bottle at the brewery, May 8, 2026.
Hops are there, but like most of Hill's beers, not-overdone/dominant. Fruity, lightly juicy without any big chalk/earth or acid. Tropical, for sure, but the Brett is intertwined with them.
Similar flavors with excellent juiciness and bright Brett creating big tropical fruit notes without too much acidity. The only qualm I have with Juicy is the slight caramel/toasted character that seems to lighten the body and keep it very dry and be slightly at odds with the hops. I'd like to see more rich and soft honey-like character from the malt; though I guess that would be a different beer. As is, still wonderful.
Hops are there, but like most of Hill's beers, not-overdone/dominant. Fruity, lightly juicy without any big chalk/earth or acid. Tropical, for sure, but the Brett is intertwined with them.
Similar flavors with excellent juiciness and bright Brett creating big tropical fruit notes without too much acidity. The only qualm I have with Juicy is the slight caramel/toasted character that seems to lighten the body and keep it very dry and be slightly at odds with the hops. I'd like to see more rich and soft honey-like character from the malt; though I guess that would be a different beer. As is, still wonderful.
Tried
from Bottle
at
Hill Farmstead Brewery
on 11 May 2026
at 20:20
8.3/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Sharp grapefruit, some barrel, some wine. Almost a hint of whatever berry they put in gin as well. Pours dark clear golden with good head. Bitter and tangy finish. Great stuff, and great balanace. Another great entry in the Civil Disobedience series. Tap at Churchkey.
Tried
from Draft
at
ChurchKey
on 21 Aug 2025
at 21:46
8.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 9
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 9
Bottle. Pours copper. Lime, grapefruit, lime zest, funk, sharp white wine, bright tropical fruit, tart. Medium body. Excellent.
Tried
from Bottle
on 05 Aug 2022
at 22:36
8/10
Tried
from Bottle
on 03 Sep 2021
at 13:48
8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 6
Overall 9
Sour ale by Hill Farmstead with New Zealand (and American) hops, tasted at Wild in Groningen. Snow white, uneven-bubbled and irregular, opening head on a clear orange-hued golden blonde beer. Aroma of fresh dill, herb cheese, stale sweat, oxidized apple slices, dry biscuit or rusk, damp hay. Crisp onset, moderately sharpish fizz, dry and fruity, minerally, notes of dried apricot, crabapple and unripe pear; smooth, slick body, dry-peanutty and bread-crusty malt profile, rusk and crackers, with this mildly sour edge and, growing stronger in the end, funky Brett 'sweatiness'; old hay and dill aspects arise from the hops, with a soft underlying herbal bitterness. Dill, herb cheese, dry nuts: this is quite a distinct sour and a lovely Hill Farmstead creation by all means.
Tried
from Can
on 20 Aug 2021
at 17:10
6/10
Grassy, dry, wood, typical HF aroma, however the taste is a bit strange, not a fan of it
Tried
from Bottle
on 14 Aug 2021
at 14:55
9/10
Paired with tartare, carrot, mango, green curry. The beer itself is light, bit dry, and very fruity. Some wood, pretty bitter, light wine. The food was my favourite course, absolutely delicious tartare. Pairing was decent and fun.
Tried
from Bottle
on 13 Aug 2021
at 22:00
9/10
Hops fell off a bit in an unpleasant way
Tried
from Bottle
on 24 Oct 2020
at 19:49
8.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottle: Poured a hazy deep orangey/amber color ale with a medium size foamy head with light retention and some lacing. Aroma of funky yeast notes with some vinous notes of Sauvignon and some oak presence is also detectable. Taste is also a mix of funky yeast notes with some vinous notes with clear Sauvignon notes, some oak and light tartness with no acidic notes. Body is quite full with good carbonation. Very enjoyable sour with nice wine barrel-aging notes.
Tried
from Bottle
on 26 Aug 2020
at 18:42