Double Nelson

Pours hazy pineapple into a shaker. Bright white head with medium retention recedes leaving trailing sheets. Tropical fruit and hay aromas. Soft with sweet caramel, dough and hay upfront turning to fruity mango, pineapple and passion fruit goodness before the lasting pith finish. Oboy.

Growler share with Henry.
Both glasses were poured into tulips.
The appearance was hazy burnt yellow color with a lasting finger’s worth of white foamy head that fell off at a moderate pace. Some light stringy lace.
The aroma had a majestic blend of lemon pulp sweet to bitterness, some pine, zesty to resinous behavior from the hops, sweet grass and a little bit of sweet wood.
The flavor blended everything so fully bittersweet to guide fully on into the aftertaste and finish wonderfully.
The palate was medium bodied and had a fantastic sipping quality about it. Carbonation felt spot on and the ABV felt just as projected by the brewer.
Overall, always a real treat to have some Hill Farmstead in my life.

Growler 750ml. w. swing top @ Scooper Tasting, Ulfborg, Denmark. [ As Hill Farmstead Double Nelson ].Hazy medium yellow colour with a average, frothy, good lacing, mostly lasting, white head. Aroma is moderate malty, pale malt, moderate to heavy hoppy, citrus, cellery, white grape, fresh straw. Flavor is moderate sweet and light heavy bitter with a long duration, pale malt, citrus, hoppy, cellery, grapes - white grape, dry, zesty, citric, crispy. Body is medium, texture is oily to watery, carbonation is soft. [20170303] 9-4-9-3-18

Growler - pours golden yellow with white head - nose/taste of pine, spring onion, citrus, grapefruit, lemon and cracker biscuits - medium body

4 oz pour on draft at ChurchKey during the Hill Farmstead tap takeover on 4/1/2017. Not an April Fool’s Joke. Hazy orange with off-white head. Aromas of tropical fruit, citrus, garlic, stone fruit. Tastes of tropical fruit, citrus, floral notes. Medium body with a dry finish. Liked the Double Citra more.

Got in a BIF from Roguer. 750 ml swing top growler into signature tulip glass, best before 3/25/2017. Pours very hazy golden yellow color with a 1-2 finger dense white head with good retention, that reduces to a small cap that lingers. Nice spotty soapy lacing clings on the glass. Aromas of huge tangerine, grapefruit, pineapple, papaya, passion fruit, mango, melon, guava, peach, apricot, berries, white grape, lemon zest, orange peel, light pepper/pine, cracker, bread, light honey, herbal, and floral/grassy earthiness. Incredible aromas with fantastic complexity and balance of fruity/tropical/citrus/earthy hops and moderate bready malt notes; with big strength. Taste of huge tangerine, grapefruit, pineapple, papaya, passion fruit, mango, melon, guava, peach, apricot, berries, white grape, lemon zest, orange peel, light pepper/pine, cracker, bread, light honey, herbal, and floral/grassy earthiness. Light pine/herbal/grassy/spicy bitterness on the finish; with lingering notes of tangerine, grapefruit, pineapple, papaya, passion fruit, mango, melon, guava, peach, apricot, berries, white grape, lemon zest, orange peel, light pepper/pine, cracker, bread, and herbal/floral/grassy earthiness on the finish for a while. Incredible complexity, robustness, and balance of fruity/tropical/citrus/earthy hops and moderate bready malt flavors; with an amazing malt/bitterness balance, and zero astringent hop flavors after the finish. Slight dryness from lingering bitterness, lightly increasing through the glass. Medium carbonation and medium-plus body; with a very smooth, moderately creamy/bready, and lightly silky/sticky balanced mouthfeel that is fantastic. Zero warming alcohol for 8%. Overall this is an insane DIPA! All around amazing complexity, robustness, and balance of fruity/tropical/citrus/earthy hops and moderate bready malt flavors; very smooth and easy to drink for the ABV, thanks to the smooth/mellow bitterness. Super dank, juicy, and vibrant on hop flavors; great malt balance without feeling sweet or heavy for the ABV. An absolutely mind blowing offering.

750mL growler filled 1/19, drunk 1/22/17.
Thoroughly hazy, pale, honey-golden body is topped by a firm, white head.
Dry, white wine-tinted hop notes pepper the nose, as soft passion fruit, light pineapple and red grapefruit slowly emerge to add a lighter, brighter juiciness. Orange marmalade, honey and light biscuit all sit on the finish, with tons of mineral and lots more tropical fruit juice as it warms and breathes. No alcohol or flaw.
The beer begins quite dry, with obvious juicy suggestions; pineapple, passion fruit and light honey from the malts, as well as a bit of white bread and other grain. Soft, malty texture, with the typical white wine nuances from the Nelson hop and tons of coniferous character on the finish, though mostly resin free. I always get a touch of sharpness from Nelson and it’s present here, but the fine carbonation, soft texture and juiciness that emerges more and more with warming helps mostly ward it off. Very nice stuff, elegant as always, from Hill Farmstead. Could be a little more expressive and complex with the Nelson and I won’t deny I was hoping for just a tad more juiciness, but that might just be me.

Growler. Unclear yellow with medium white head. Aroma is malt, fruit, hops, white wine, grapes and earthy. Flavour is malt, fruit, hops, citrus, grapes, white wine, medium sweet, grapefruit, crisp and medium bitter.