Hill Farmstead Brewery Fear & Trembling

Fear & Trembling
(has 3 batches)

 

Hill Farmstead Brewery in Greensboro, Vermont, United States 🇺🇸

Collab with: Kissmeyer Beer
  Porter - Smoked Rotating
Score
7.81
ABV: 9.0% IBU: - Ticks (all batches): 57
Fear and Trembling was Hill Farmstead’s first collaboration – a Baltic Porter brewed with malt that was hand-smoked over maple wood by our Danish friend, and former colleague, Anders Kissmeyer. This version was brewed with malts smoked onsite with a blend of native woods, fermented with lager yeast, and conditioned in stainless. As a student of philosophy and former resident of Copenhagen, it is fitting that our brewer named our first collaboration after Denmark’s great thinker: Søren Kierkegaard. All three contemplated absurdity, faith, and salvation while wandering the shores of the Baltic Sea…
“…continue to work out your salvation with fear and trembling…”
 

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7.6/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 7.5
Bottle shared at craft beer Co Islington. Many thanks to new Ken for this one. A hazy brown black coloured pour with a a fine beige head. Aroma is semi sweet, brandy snap sugars, brown sugars, some earthy roast. Flavour is composed of semi sweet, light earthy ashy roast, dark choc, powdery Ash, hint of pepper, roast, smoke. Palate is semi sweet, drying, moderate, carbonation, oily.
Tried from Bottle on 15 Jul 2019 at 19:16

7.6/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 6 Overall 8.5
Bottle at bumba. Aroma of spices, cinnamon and molasses. Taste has sweet spice, chocolate, ginger, molasses and some weird herbs. Good.
Tried from Bottle on 13 Oct 2018 at 20:47

8.5/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 9 Flavor 9 Texture 8 Overall 9
Bottle. Dark maroon brown color beige head. Nice aroma of burnt brownies. Taste has medium roast coffee, burnt espresso in a soft smoulder. Medium body, easy drinking. One of the best smoked porters I've had in a long time.
Tried from Bottle on 24 Mar 2018 at 12:59

6.8/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7
Refrigerated 0.5 L brown bottle poured into a glass. Aroma is smoke, medium body, medium carbonation, and little lacing. Taste is smoke and chocolate.
Tried from Bottle on 06 Feb 2018 at 23:56

8.2/10 Appearance 10 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 8
500ml bottle (thx, Nick M.!) that accidentally fallen and opened from the shelf while I was packing the box for Alex G. and Jonathan M, hehe. Bottled on 2015-10-28. Pours an almost black with a dark beige head. Aroma is roasted malt, smokiness, mazut notes, some dark fruits. Taste is similar, moderately sweet. Smokey roasted malt aftertaste. Very good stuff.
Tried from Bottle on 08 Apr 2017 at 21:22

8.1/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 8.5
500 ml bottle, bottled 9.13.16, shared by Werckmeister, thanks!
Almost black body, with a medium, dense, creamy, lacing, dark beige head.
Aroma of coffee, liquorice, cocoa powder, dark chocolate, ash, subtle dark fruits.
Tastes quite similar, with some more subtle hops.
Medium, creamy mouthfeel, with a moderate carbonation.
Finishes roasty, medium dry, a bit wooden, with liquorice, coffee, cocoa powder, subtle ash.

Really tasty! Very smooth and balanced, with just the right amount of roastiness, dryness and sweetness. Alcohol is almost completely hidden. One of my favourite style examples I’ve had so far!
Tried from Bottle on 28 Jan 2017 at 11:28

7/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7
0,5l bottle at Linz Tasting shared by me. Bottled 09/13/2016. black color, small coffee-colored head. smells earthy, spices, some smoke, bit milky, chocolate. nice smell. full body, soft carbonation, slick mouthfeel. tastes earthy, smoke, rather leathery, some coffee, roast, light peat. finishes rather bitter and rather earthy with notes of coffee, leather and hints of caramel. Ok, but rather unbalanced, quite leathery / bitter. not such a bit fan.
Tried from Bottle on 28 Jan 2017 at 11:19

7.9/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 8.5
Fles gedeeld door Benzai, bottled 9.13.16, 25 cl sample. Donkere kleur, kleine schuimkraag. Aeoma is zeker smoked, maar wel typische de "Amerikaanse" smoke en niet de nog betere Duitse rauch. Wel is de geroosterdheid prima jn balans, wat donker fruit erbij. Bitterheid komt van de mouten, wat rook er doorheen. Mooi in balans. Uitstekend bier.
Tried from Bottle on 30 Dec 2016 at 14:54

7.5/10 Appearance 10 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 7
Bottle shared with Caesar. Opaque dark brown to black color, medium to full sized creamy light brown head. Aroma is malts, smoke. Taste malts, smoke, dark malts, malt bitter. Soft creamy mouthfeel. Solid.
Tried from Bottle on 28 Dec 2016 at 12:11

7.5/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 8 Texture 6 Overall 8
Bottle: Poured a deep black with tan head. Aroma is smoked malts light medicine. Taste is sweet malty roasted chocolate.
Tried from Bottle on 24 Dec 2016 at 21:07