Hill Farmstead Brewery Civil Disobedience #12

Civil Disobedience #12

 

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

  Farmhouse - Black Saison Series Out of Production
Score
7.53
ABV: - IBU: - Ticks: 9
Keeping with the theme of black beers landing on 4 in the series, this single French Oak barrel blend of black beers from the last 3 years includes Daybreak, Buckwheat Rye Porter, Everett, George and other minute, fragmented components. Inoculated in the barrel with various strains of yeast and souring bacteria.
 

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8.6
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5

Bottle shared in Larchmont - sourced in a trade. Pours black with a small, foamy tan head. Very tasty gear, with a decent amount of dark malt character, light roast and cocoa, plenty of dark berries, mellow acidity, grapes, raisins too. Medium bodied with fine to average carbonation. Lightly acidic on the finish, moderately sweet, with more dark berries, toasted malts, soft funk. Excellent. Great depth.

Tried from Bottle on 24 Dec 2019 at 10:30


8.1
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5

Bottle during Civil Disobedience tasting part 2; hazy chocolate brown pour with a bubbly tan head, aroma chocolate malts and dark vinous fruits, taste chocolate, slight funk, sweet vinous action, hint of spice.

Tried from Bottle on 13 Mar 2018 at 19:06


8.2
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 10 | Overall - 8

Bottle. Pours dark black, small tan head, a bit bubbly, some lacing. Aroma is roasty, bourbon, tart, oak, cocoa. Flavor is medium tart, oaky, roasty, bourbon, a bit hot. Medium body, super soft mouthfeel.

Tried from Bottle on 05 Jul 2016 at 20:19


7.2
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7

Bottle @ Steve_0’s HF party. Thanks Stephen! Pours a dark brown appearance with a tan head. Very roasty, caramel, chocolate, whiskey, a bit twangy aroma. Twangy, medium body. Some acid. Burnt caramel, moderate vinegar, cherry, chocolate flavor. Fine but not my favorite.

Tried from Bottle on 18 Jul 2015 at 20:07


6.8
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

375 ml bottle with a thanks going to Willrunforbeer on this one! Very oily black color with massive viscosity as it is swirled around the snifter. Aroma is big on oak barrel, a variety of different sour nuances, mild stout character.

The flavor is very much like a blend of sour brews aged in oak. The stout character is VERY mild. Oak tannins, grapes, dark fruits and mild acidic notes. Just Tate’s like a blended concoction of sourness. I was hoping for more of the stout character. Yeah....

Tried from Bottle on 18 Jun 2015 at 20:38


7.8
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 9

Bottle thanks to Seth. Pours a dark brown with small beige head that leaves spotty lacing. The aroma is roast, dark fruit, vinous, wood. Thin mouth, roast, dark fruit, tart, oak tannin, nice sourness, really nice.

Tried from Bottle on 06 Jun 2015 at 18:31


8.3
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8

Bottle. Pours black tan head. Nose/taste of dark brown/tan head. Nose/taste of roast chocolate, sour earth, bourbon, rye and sour funk - medium body.

Tried from Bottle on 20 May 2015 at 00:42


7.4
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

Bottle - Soured dark malts and a touch of booze. Deep jet brown with a light beige head. Sorted dark malts, grass, some cherry notes and and long nice sour finish. Decent.

Tried from Bottle on 17 May 2015 at 21:08


7.9
Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

375ML Bottle purchased at Hill Farmstead. Thanks Heather for sharing your bottle with me. Enjoyed @ Fridge temp and allowed to warm in 2 stemmed HF Glasses

A - Pitch black, oily and dense with a 1 finger espresso head that faded quickly.

S - Smells tart, grape must, lemon, funk, leather and ropey. I smells some of the base components. Charcoal, cocoa, fudge.

T - Good actually. You get a lot of dark porters, roasted espresso, chocolate, with some light balsamic, orange peel, lime and funk.

M - decent mouthfeel. not explosive on the carb, finish is light with a lingering hop bitterness, cheese and cocoa

O - I like this a lot more than I expected. The description reads to me "a bunch of our porters and a brown ale in a wine barrel with wild yeast" but honestly this came together really nice. I’d drink this one fresh and not hold on to it. It’s perfect now.

Tried from Bottle on 21 Apr 2015 at 18:48