Nonconformist 11
Hill Farmstead Brewery in Greensboro, Vermont, United States 🇺🇸
Farmhouse - Saison Series Out of Production|
Score
7.36
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Joining our series of unconventional and creative ales, this newest entry is a Farmstead® ale aged in wine barrels for nearly a year. It was brewed with organic flaked oats and a small amount of organic barley and was carbonated with organic sorghum syrup from the legendary Blue Hill at Stone Barn and Stone Barns Center for Food & Agriculture in Tarrytown, N.Y. This is also a lower-gluten offering, lab tested at 100 parts per million; it is not gluten-free but substantially lower.
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8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
375mL bottle drunk Apr 29, 2026.
Yum! Classic aromas of mineral-rich HF culture. Nicely fruity and bright, but elegant. Don't really think sorghum has a distinctive aroma, though I usually associate it with a rich cherry-like character. Some mild pineapple/Brett lingering. Nice. Relaxed, polished, elegant stuff.
Soft and easygoing in the mouth. Low but pleasing acidity with apple-like notes (?), mild Brett-like pineapple, honey-like malt/sorghum and a fine, if somewhat lazy carbonation. Sweeter than their usual stuff, unsurprisingly given the sorghum syrup, but lovely nonetheless. If this is the future of GF beers, I'd like to be a part of that.
Yum! Classic aromas of mineral-rich HF culture. Nicely fruity and bright, but elegant. Don't really think sorghum has a distinctive aroma, though I usually associate it with a rich cherry-like character. Some mild pineapple/Brett lingering. Nice. Relaxed, polished, elegant stuff.
Soft and easygoing in the mouth. Low but pleasing acidity with apple-like notes (?), mild Brett-like pineapple, honey-like malt/sorghum and a fine, if somewhat lazy carbonation. Sweeter than their usual stuff, unsurprisingly given the sorghum syrup, but lovely nonetheless. If this is the future of GF beers, I'd like to be a part of that.
Tried
from Bottle
at
Hill Farmstead Brewery
on 29 Apr 2026
at 21:45
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7.5
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Bottle shared by Chris: pours orange with a small head. Aroma is light mellow farmhousey yeast, with notes of flowers and light fruitiness. The different malt character is evident enough from the nose. Taste is lightly sweet, slight sourness. Ample body. Very drinkable.
Tried
from Bottle
on 22 Feb 2026
at 20:01
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
A hazed golden saison with a thin lacing white head. In aroma, sweet fruity malt with light Brett, light lactic notes, light cereals, light Epsom salts, very nice. In mouth, a nice sweet fruity mix of tart cherries, lactic acid notes, Brett, Epsom salts, very nice. Bottle.
Tried
from Bottle
on 14 Sep 2025
at 21:50
7/10
Tried
from Bottle
on 22 Mar 2025
at 20:53
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 9
Bottle thanks to Jason. Pours orange gold with medium white head. The aroma is strong floral, oak, mineral. Medium body, mineral, funky, oak, dry finish, very nice.
Tried
from Bottle
on 27 Dec 2024
at 03:11