Hill Farmstead Brewery Rhetorica

Rhetorica

 

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

  Lager - Dunkel / Tmavý Rotating Out of Production
Score
7.91
ABV: 4.8% IBU: - Ticks: 22
Wood-Conditioned Czech-Style Dark Lager

Single-decocted dark lager conditioned in wood for more than 3 months, krausened with fresh-fermenting lager for slow, gentle, natural carbonation.
 

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9.4/10
Just a gorgeous beer. Dark smooth, roasty malt profile, fresh, dry, crisp and clean
Tried from Bottle on 23 Dec 2024 at 13:08

8.2/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 9 Texture 8 Overall 8
Pours dark brown into a stein. Mocha head with good retention recedes to pancake surface. Sweet with dark raisin bread, date and fig front to back. Lasting dry toasted pumpernickel finish.
Tried on 26 Dec 2023 at 23:07

7.9/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 7.5
Draft at the source. Dark brown, creamy beige head. Toasted malt, caramel, chestnut, nice.
Tried from Draft on 03 Nov 2023 at 15:19

8.1/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 8.5
On tap at brewery. Dark brown color. Creamy tan head. Sweet toasted malt nose. Flavor is sublime. Lightly roasted malt, carame, spicy hops and a hint of cocoa. Absolutely delicious.
Tried from Draft on 09 Aug 2023 at 16:59

8.9/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 9 Flavor 9 Texture 8 Overall 9.5
Draft at HF. Pours rich brown with a lasting, creamy khaki topping. Nicely toasted malt aroma. Delicious beer, gorgeous roasted malts, cocoa, mild earth, toasted biscuits. Light bodied with massaging carbonation and creamy texture. Great balance to finish, fresh brown bread, cocoa. Superb.
Tried from Draft on 09 Aug 2023 at 16:31

9/10 Appearance 10 Aroma 8 Flavor 9 Texture 10 Overall 9
750mL growler filled 2/7/23 drunk 2/24/23. Clear, dark. Large, beige head, moderate-to-strong retention. Sweet raisins, cinnamon, oak and cookies with dollops of baking chocolate and honey. Plentiful minerality, not excessively specialty-malted, with seemingly good attenuation but also equal malt richness. Soft, delicate, herbal hops. Clean. Wow the hop plus specialty malt and wood really give it a spicy, almost christmasy feel. Cinnamon, moderately-sweet baker's chocolate and soft oak and lightly burnt cookie in the background. Rich base malts with high attenuation and excellent body. A clean, mineralesque, highly drinkable, malty treat.
Tried from Growler on 24 Feb 2023 at 22:23

7.6/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 6 Overall 7.5
Draft at Hill Farmstead. Dark, muddy brown pour with a thick, creamy off-white head, rings of lacing. Light roasty aroma, chocolate. Taste is malty, nutty, light chocolate, creamy smooth. Mild bitterness at the finish.
Tried from Draft on 26 May 2022 at 19:31

7.5/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 8
On tap at the brewery. Pours a very dark brown with medium beige head leaving spotty lacing. The aroma is raisin, oats, toasted malt. Medium body, similar flavors to nose, nice lingering dryness, very good.
Tried from Draft on 24 Oct 2021 at 05:48

9/10
Dark, malty, light hops at the end
Tried from Draft on 11 Jan 2020 at 17:46

7.3/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 7
Looks dark brown to black in the glass. 2 finger very creamy head. Sense cream with a tan hue. Old wet grain, smells like wort sweet corn. Wooody, dense and dry mouthfeel. Chewy malt, rye bread. Sticks around a Bread yeast finish. Very tasty
Tried on 12 Apr 2019 at 14:03