Self-Reliance: Nelson Sauvin
Hill Farmstead Brewery in Greensboro, Vermont, United States 🇺🇸
Farmhouse - Saison Series|
Score
7.71
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Ralph Waldo Emerson’s essay “Self-Reliance” inspires and compels our persistent reflection, examination, and refinement. From our ongoing pursuit of unique and personally selected hops to our steady quest after refinement and the individualized expression of elegance in all of our beers, Emerson’s urging to “insist on yourself; never imitate” provides motivation towards greater self-exploration, self-expression, and self-realization.
To that end, we present you a reimagining of our Self-Reliance series—once our exploratory pale ales, now our Farmstead® single hop India pale ales featuring varieties of our own selection. This new series allows us to showcase each hop’s characteristics within the framework of our delicately tart, lightly effervescent base beer.
This batch was brewed and dry-hopped with personally selected Nelson Sauvin hops from Freestyle Farms—our agricultural partner in Upper Moutere, New Zealand—and conditioned in oak barrels for nearly 8 months.
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Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5
From bottle at Wild Festival 2021. Funky and medium bitter with an aroma of citrus, hay, fresh grass, and fruit peel. Dry finish. Wonderful stuff, that Hill Farmstead complexity, dry and crisp.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 9
Bottle at the house on MV. Pours u clear gold with a fluffy, white head. Light sweet flavour with salty-pissy-pithy character, some citrus, decent funk, light acidity. Light bodied with average carbonation toon. Funky finish, a little cat pee, salty bite. Super tasty.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
Pours slightly hazed gold into a willi. Bright white micro head with excellent retention recedes leaving trailing sheets. Citrus funk aromas. Medium bodied with sweet aspirin, bandaid funk and earthy sourdough front to back. Lasting, tart lemon finish.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 9
From a large bottle at the DC tasting. Pours a clear gold with an off white head. Aromas of bret and apple. Flavors are a bit tart and delicious.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7
750ml bottle pours a clear gold with some clumpy white head. Nose is a little IPA and a little saison, simple grist, some dandelions and chrysanthemum. Hop is there. Limey. Green grape. Hand soap. Flavor has some reisling, vinous hop, feels more old world than new. Flowers and dries herbs. Some dried citrus peel peaks at the end. Long, tart, oily finish.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5
750ml bottle muled to the UK from the source. Cheers Vic & Kev! Pours cloudy gold with a cream cap. Aroma: light citric, white wine, light pepper, floral. Taste: light acidity, tangy, white wine, grape skins, light pepper, dry on the palate. Medium body, average carbonation
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 9.5
Tap at La Binouze, Paris, Monday, 23rd January 23. Pours a light yellow colour. Aroma is tart, fruity, brett and vinous. Taste is tart, funky, grapes, refreshing, wet wood, lots of complexity. Lovely
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5
Brown bottle, 750 ml, from and with Philippe Boutin (merci!), at Sébastien Bertrand, savoured on January 7, 2022; eye: golden with a caramel hue, cloudy, no effervescence, ring of off-white head, light lacing; nose: citric, light acidity, light white wine, light pepper, light bread; mouth: citric, light acidity, light white wine, light pepper, light bread, semi-dry finale in white wine with presence of acidity, medium body, average carbonation, lightly bitter, slightly sweet, slightly raspy texture; in summary: fine FRANÇAIS
Bouteille brune, 750 ml, de et avec Philippe Boutin (merci!), chez Sébastien Bertrand, savourée le 7 janvier 2022; œil : dorée avec une teinte caramel, trouble, pas d'effervescence, anneau de mousse blanc cassé, légère dentelle; nez : citrique, légère acidité, léger vin blanc, léger poivré, léger pain; bouche : citrique, légère acidité, léger vin blanc, léger poivré, léger pain, finale semi-sèche en vin blanc avec présence d'acidité, corps moyen, carbonatation moyenne, légèrement amère, très légèrement sucrée, texture très légèrement râpeuse; en résumé : bien
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5
Bottle: Poured a golden color ale with a nice large white foamy head with good retention and some lacing. Aroma of light funky Brett notes with nice floral hoppy notes and vinous notes. Taste is also a mix of light funky brett notes with some floral hoppy undertones, some vinous notes and light tropical flavors. Body is about average with good carbonation. Well brewed and really enjoyable with gretsa showcase of Nelson Sauvin hops.
A hazed golden ipa with a thick frothy lacing white head. In aroma, sweet fruity biscuit malt with resinous floral hops, loads of citrus and grapeskins, light cork, light acidic notes, pleasant. In mouth, a nice sweet fruity malt with grapeskins, light acidic notes, Epsom salts, very nice and smooth.