Jim
Hill Farmstead Brewery in Greensboro, Vermont, United States 🇺🇸
IPA - Black / Cascadian Dark Special Out of Production|
Score
7.64
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Jim (1954-1998) is the name by which our Uncle was best known. Hill Farmstead Brewery rests upon the land that was once home to him and his four siblings. In his honor, we barrel aged our Black IPA (James) in a French Oak Pinot Noir barrel for four months and dry hopped the beer with Simcoe. Naturally carbonated and hand bottled, this is one of only 300 bottles.
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djd07 (28882) reviewed Jim from Hill Farmstead Brewery 6 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 9.5
Bottle. Pours a dark brown with small beige head. The aroma is roast, cocoa, bready malt. Medium body, light roast, nice sweetness, held up so well.
_angst_ (8410) reviewed Jim from Hill Farmstead Brewery 13 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 10 | Overall - 9
Bottle @ Mikkeller Bar. Pours dark brown, almost black, with a huge blackish beige head that slowly dissipates while leaving some thick lacing and trace on the glass. Smell is sweet and bitter with dark bread, ripe grapes, coffee, pine, pumpernickel, freshly cut grass, bitter chocolate, coffee and roasted malts. Taste is sweet and bitter with coffee, salty liquorice, burnt toast, pine, orange zest, bitter chocolate, dry soil, roasted malts, lemon zest, wood, dark grapes, grapefruit juice and hints of smoke, resin and ash. Mouthfeel is dry, oily bitter and medium to full bodied. Finish is tiny sweet and bitter with roasted malts, ash, wood, coffee, pine, orange zest and grass. Smooth, balanced and incredibly impressive. One of the best black IPAs I’ve ever tried. Many thanks to the Mikkeller Bar staff who offered me to buy this even if it wasn’t on the menu. I almost turned down the offer due to it being a bigger bottle but I’m very happy I changed my mind.
jtclockwork (20061) reviewed Jim from Hill Farmstead Brewery 15 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7
Bottle shared by beerloco. Pours black with tan head. Nose and taste of smoked chocolate malts, pine, Simcoe hops, light vinous notes and light wood. Dry pine finish.
MiP (20366) reviewed Jim from Hill Farmstead Brewery 15 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 9.5
Bottle, 7.5%. Great grassy and piney hop aroma. Black colour, seems unclear. Small stable light brown head. The flavour is nicely roasted, soft but distinct. Lots of coffee notes, dark bitter chocolate. The mouthfeel is good with a nice carbonation, but slightly watery considering the powerful flavour of the beer. On top of the roasted notes, there is a nice layer of hops. Perhaps bitter, but that is hard to tell because of the roasted bitterness. But nice and refreshing, grassy and piney, though not as much as in the nose.
deyholla (22727) reviewed Jim from Hill Farmstead Brewery 15 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8
Big thanks to Kan for sharing this! Poured a cloudy near black with a brown head that dissipated slowly to the edges. Aroma had dark grain, slight smoke and a strong pine note with a bit of backing dry wine. Flavor started with dark grains which was joined by a pine note with a bit of smoke and dryness coming out in the finish.
Ungstrup (52110) reviewed Jim from Hill Farmstead Brewery 15 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
Bottled. An almost opaque black beer with just a hint of red shine under a thin lazing brown head. The aroma has strong notes of hops and roasted malt as well as medium notes of alcohol and wood. The flavo ris sweet malty with notes of roasted malt and alcohol, leading to a very bitter finish. Thanks yespr for sharing.
fonefan (84534) reviewed Jim from Hill Farmstead Brewery 15 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
Bottle 500ml. @ Papsoes blindtasting. [ Bottle #2. ]Unclear dark brown color with a average, frothy, good lacing, mostly lasting, off-white to beige head. Aroma is moderate malty, roasted, dark malt, moderate to heavy hoppy, pine, grapefruit, ovrange - citrus. Flavor is light heavy sweet and heavy bitter with a long duration, late finish has medicine notes. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft. [20101102]
CloakedDagger (37227) reviewed Jim from Hill Farmstead Brewery 15 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5
Bottle 50 cl. Courtesy of yespr. Pours an opaque black with a rough yet creamy beige head. Fresh citrusy hops in the nose – very fresh indeed. Medium body, some roast and dark fruits but the fresh and citrusy hops dominate yet making for a perfect balance. Great hoppiness in the finish, but not overly bitter. Delicous indeed.
yespr (55501) reviewed Jim from Hill Farmstead Brewery 15 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
50 cL bottle, courtesy of BearsOnAcid. Pours dark brown to black with a small tan head. Nice lacing head. Aroma is fruity and wineous. Distinct hoppy and grapefruity. Dark roasted malt, citrusy and grapefruity. Citrusy and peachy. Dark roasted malty. Crisp hoppy and citrusy. Lingering hoppy and fruity. Bitter.