Samuel
Hill Farmstead Brewery in Greensboro, Vermont, United States 🇺🇸
Farmhouse - Saison Rotating|
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8.35
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Farmstead® Ale Aged in Oak Barrels
Samuel Hill (1820-1899) was our great-great-uncle and brother of Ephraim. He served in the Union army at the Battle of Gettysburg. An early agricultural innovator, he held several patents for milk cooling and cream separation. He moved a house, midwinter, with horses from North Greensboro to Greensboro Village and also helped build the first road from Greensboro to Greensboro Bend. In an attempt to honor this intrepid relative, we have crafted a base of buckwheat, spelt and Vermont wildflower honey. Following shifting seasons of rest in wine barrels and months of bottle conditioning, we are finally able to present a beer worthy of Samuel’s name.
Samuel Hill (1820-1899) was our great-great-uncle and brother of Ephraim. He served in the Union army at the Battle of Gettysburg. An early agricultural innovator, he held several patents for milk cooling and cream separation. He moved a house, midwinter, with horses from North Greensboro to Greensboro Village and also helped build the first road from Greensboro to Greensboro Bend. In an attempt to honor this intrepid relative, we have crafted a base of buckwheat, spelt and Vermont wildflower honey. Following shifting seasons of rest in wine barrels and months of bottle conditioning, we are finally able to present a beer worthy of Samuel’s name.
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8.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Poured from 750mL bottle (bottle conditioned since Dec 15, 2021). Lightly hazed gold with small white head. Buggy rustic saison yeast with gentle funk. Quite good.
Tried
from Bottle
on 31 May 2024
at 05:35
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8
RATING #9000. 750ml (thx, Alex MG!) @ Ryan's. Batch #5, bottled on Dec-15, 2021. Appearance: almost clear pale golden with a white head. Aroma: very nice funk and fruity notes supported by oak. Taste: along the same lines, dry, bubbly, elegant farmhouse notes, some citric notes. Overall: good one.
Tried
from Bottle
on 31 May 2024
at 05:35
8.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Vintage 2021 (batch 5). 750mL bottle, pours a clear pale golden blonde with a small white head. Aroma has a nice toasted grainy base, rustic saison yeast, gentle bugs, and a hint of vinous notes -- very subtle, but complex. Flavour is nicely complex and integrated, with a good balance of wine barrel presence, gentle bugs, light lemon, and toasted grains. Cohesive, fairly complex, and very easy to drink. Definitely not at the level of what I remember of Le Sarrasin, but this is definitely great.
Tried
from Bottle
on 31 May 2024
at 05:32
9.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 9
Texture 10
Overall 9.5
Bottle pour. Pours bright gold. White wine, lemon, floral, elderflower, minerally, gooseberry, lime zest, black pepper, light tart, light funk, light delicate cracker, grapefruit juice. Gorgeous soft spritzy body. Phenomenal.
Tried
from Bottle
on 30 May 2024
at 19:56
8.9/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 10
Overall 8.5
Bottle. Thanks Matt! Pours pretty clear golden, small white head, decent lacing. Aroma is delicate, hill bugs, dusty, lemon, hint of stonefruit. Flavor is light tart, light plus funk. Light body, delicate and soft.
Tried
from Bottle
on 09 Mar 2024
at 04:09
8.6/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 10
Overall 8.5
Bottle at the brewery. Pours clear gold with a white head. White wine, funk, honey, floral notes, grass. Amazing.
Tried
from Bottle
on 03 Nov 2023
at 15:25
8/10
Wfg’23, zo is dit nou de hype.. mooi fris zuurtje dat wel
Tried
from Draft
on 21 Oct 2023
at 18:11
Tried
on 15 Jul 2023
at 16:02
8/10
Hapu,funky, puuviljane, sidrun, nisu. Hea
Tried
from Bottle
on 15 Jul 2023
at 15:40
8.8/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 10
Overall 8
Bottle shared by friends. Cloudy yellow with white head. Citrus, a bit of funk, green grapes, white wine, light oak. Some tartness. Light body with fine carbonation. Superbly balanced with amazing elegance.
Tried
from Bottle
on 06 Feb 2023
at 21:53