Daybreak
Hill Farmstead Brewery in Greensboro, Vermont, United States 🇺🇸
Collab with: MikkellerStout - Pastry / Flavoured - Imperial Special
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Score
8.02
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Imperial Stout brewed with Citrus at Hill Farmstead Brewery with the company, hard work, and input of our good friend Mikkel Borg Bjergsø of Mikkeller.
20240223
Some may remember Daybreak, an imperial stout brewed with organic citrus zest. Originally brewed in 2011, at a time when we coined the phrase ICU (international citrus unit), this rebrewed version of our original collaborative adventure resulted from the creative friendship between two transatlantic travelers. Denmark and our Danish friends have long been a continual source of inspiration; thus we are honored to re-release Daybreak as a collaboration with our friend, Mikkel Borg Bjergsø of Mikkeller.
20240223
Some may remember Daybreak, an imperial stout brewed with organic citrus zest. Originally brewed in 2011, at a time when we coined the phrase ICU (international citrus unit), this rebrewed version of our original collaborative adventure resulted from the creative friendship between two transatlantic travelers. Denmark and our Danish friends have long been a continual source of inspiration; thus we are honored to re-release Daybreak as a collaboration with our friend, Mikkel Borg Bjergsø of Mikkeller.
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8/10
Bottle at Craig’s. Pours black, nose is chocolate, orange, roasted, taste is roasted chocolate, coffee, sweet.
Tried
from Bottle
on 16 Feb 2015
at 12:22
8.2/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 10
Overall 8
Bottle with thanks to fishmich. Pours opaque black, medium dark brown head, creamy with nice lacing. Aroma is anise, roasty, lots of molasses, and some more molasses. Medium sweet, medium bitter. Medium body, creamy mouthfeel. Solid.
Tried
from Bottle
on 18 Nov 2014
at 18:25
9/10
Although this was the different orange liqueur edition.
Tried
on 06 Oct 2014
at 09:49
9/10
Tried
on 20 Sep 2014
at 17:00
7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
05.07.2014, 0,5l bottle @ home:
21.01.2013, 0,5l bottle @ Mikkeller Bar:
Nice light brown creamy mediumlasting head. Aroma is slightly rich, sweet licorice, sour coffee, dark malts, dark sugar, grass, caramel, dried dark fruits, soy sauce, alcohol, citrus. Taste is slightly sour-ish, dark malts, sour coffee, dried dark fruits, licorice, grass, caramel, citrus, dark sugar, alcohol. Medium bitterness, slightly dry and watery mouthfeel. Nice, and overall a little better now than it was before. Even though the mouthfeel has become a little watery, the notes of unripe banana and ashes that I didn’t like in the taste is now gone.
21.01.2013, 0,5l bottle @ Mikkeller Bar:
Nice light brown creamy mediumlasting head. Aroma is slightly rich, sweet licorice, sour coffee, dark malts, dark sugar, grass, caramel, dried dark fruits, soy sauce, alcohol, citrus. Taste is slightly sour-ish, dark malts, sour coffee, dried dark fruits, licorice, grass, caramel, citrus, dark sugar, alcohol. Medium bitterness, slightly dry and watery mouthfeel. Nice, and overall a little better now than it was before. Even though the mouthfeel has become a little watery, the notes of unripe banana and ashes that I didn’t like in the taste is now gone.
Tried
from Bottle
on 05 Jul 2014
at 13:23
7.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Tap at the Mikkeller bar... Deep black... Thin tan lacing... Dark roast... Big alcohol... Meaty malts...... Nose... Big meaty malts nose... Dark roast heavy malts nice but little too much alcohol
Tried
from Draft
on 01 May 2014
at 11:36
7.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Bottle thanks to Jack at the RBWG 2014 grand tasting, thanks! Pours near black with a dark brown head that dissipates to the edges. Aroma has very dark grains, bitter chocolate, roasted malts and a bit of citrus. Flavor has smooth dark grains, with a bit of growing roast and a hint of citrus.
Tried
from Bottle
on 16 Feb 2014
at 19:50
8.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottle @ RBWG. Pours a black appearance with a brown head. Somewhat spicy piney hoppy, thick chocolate, a touch fruity aroma. Well balanced. Dark chocolate. A bit of fruits. Delicious.
Tried
from Bottle
on 08 Feb 2014
at 14:29
7.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Bottle from International Trade; dark brown pour with thin tan head, coffee aroma, taste is coffee sweet chocolate, sweet with a hint of citrus.
Tried
from Bottle
on 24 Oct 2013
at 09:26
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottle courtesy of Kermis and shared at Local Option, Chigaco. Poured a deep mahogany with a bubbly tan head. The aroma is rich alcohol liqourice. The flavour is strong bitter with a roasted malt liqourice coffee chocolate slightly watery palate. A super beer but needs more body.
Tried
from Bottle
on 21 Oct 2013
at 14:03