Self-Reliance: Southern Cross
Hill Farmstead Brewery in Greensboro, Vermont, United States 🇺🇸
Farmhouse - Saison Series Out of Production|
Score
7.73
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To that end, we present you with our Self-Reliance series of Farmstead® single-hop India pale ales. This release features hand-selected, 2019 crop Southern Cross hops from Freestyle Farm—our agricultural partner in Upper M, N.Z. -and was conditiined in oak puncheons before bottling.
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9/10
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Appearance 9
Aroma 9
Flavor 9
Texture 9
Overall 9
Gorgeous brew. Salty and citrusy, lightly dank, some lemony notes, subtle acidity, refreshing salinity, just enough sweetness, restrained funk. Balanced finish, a bit more salty and subtle dank bite, citric tang. Excellent.
Tried
from Bottle
at
Hill Farmstead Brewery
on 13 Aug 2025
at 17:48
8.6/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 10
Overall 8.5
750mL bottled 1/31/2020, drunk 10/6/2023. Clear, bronze-brass, very large, well-retained, white head. Nose is a shot of mellowed lactic acidity with big brett impressions and rustic grains below. Bit of mineral and easygoing, mild tropical fruits from the hops. Clean, snappy, highly aromatic. Soft, with excellent malt depth, chewy, nutty wheat-like notes, nice and dry with tart brett and mild lactic acidity. Soft oak contributes to flavor as hops yield light mineral and gentle tropical fruits. Just an all-around clean, snappy, flavorful, easy-drinking beer. I don't get a huge notion of what Southern Cross is all about, but that's ok because the other elements of the beer fill in.
Tried
from Bottle
on 07 Oct 2023
at 14:43
8.5/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 10
Overall 8
Bottle. Pours clear golden, medium white head, good lacing. Aroma is floral and cirrus hops, dust, hint of bugs. Flavor is light light tart, light funk, bright hops. Light body. Lovely
Tried
from Bottle
on 07 Mar 2023
at 02:46
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 8
Brown bottle, from and with Philippe Boutin (merci!), at Brasserie du Bas-Canada - Hautes Plaines, members event at the May 2021 release, savoured on May 21, 2022; eye: yellowish with a golden hue, cloudy, no effervescence, ring of off-white head, no lacing; nose: citric, tart, acidity; mouth: citric, sour, acidity, citric finale with sour presence, medium body, average carbonation, lightly bitter, lightly sweet, slick texture; in summary: fine FRANÇAIS
Bouteille brune, de et avec Philippe Boutin (merci!), chez Brasserie du Bas-Canada - Hautes Plaines, évènement pour les membres lors de la mise en marché de mai 2021, savourée le 21 mai 2022; œil : jaunâtre avec une teinte dorée, trouble, pas d'effervescence, anneau de mousse blanc cassé, pas de dentelle; nez : citrique, aigrelet, acidité; bouche : citrique, aigrelet, acidité, finale citrique avec présence aigrelette, corps moyen, carbonatation moyenne, légèrement amère, légèrement sucrée, texture coulante; en résumé : bien
Bouteille brune, de et avec Philippe Boutin (merci!), chez Brasserie du Bas-Canada - Hautes Plaines, évènement pour les membres lors de la mise en marché de mai 2021, savourée le 21 mai 2022; œil : jaunâtre avec une teinte dorée, trouble, pas d'effervescence, anneau de mousse blanc cassé, pas de dentelle; nez : citrique, aigrelet, acidité; bouche : citrique, aigrelet, acidité, finale citrique avec présence aigrelette, corps moyen, carbonatation moyenne, légèrement amère, légèrement sucrée, texture coulante; en résumé : bien
Tried
from Bottle
on 04 Aug 2022
at 18:20
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Bottle: Poured a clear golden color ale with a large pure white foamy head with good retention and some lacing. Aroma of light funky ester with some floral notes and dry Brett notes. Taste is also amix of hoppy dry floral undertones with some funky ester and dry Brett notes with light oak. Body is about average with good carbonation. Solid hopped saison with non-typical hops.
Tried
from Bottle
on 20 Jun 2022
at 20:52
7.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottle thanks to Mike. Pours a hazy yellow gold with medium frothy white head leaving sticky lacing. The aroma is oak, citrus, floral, brett. Slick body, funky, citrus, oak, brett, lingering dry finish, very good.
Tried
from Bottle
on 07 Nov 2020
at 22:22
9/10
Tried
from Bottle
on 30 Oct 2020
at 18:49