Song of Spring (2025)
Hill Farmstead Brewery in Greensboro, Vermont, United States 🇺🇸
IPA - New England / Hazy Spring Out of Production|
Score
7.47
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For 2025, this edition of our vernal demarcation features flaked oats and organic wheat, Vermont-grown Centennial from Champlain Valley Hops, as well as Citra®, Simcoe®, Amarillo®, Motueka, and Strata.
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7.9/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
16 oz. can in a trade with Clark, thank you. Aroma of grapefruit pith, yeast, and light herb. Flavor has a good amount of fruit, mostly grapefruit with a soft herb and pine like Betterness. Well balanced, and certainly easy to drink. Not in love with this hop combo, but it is well-made.
Tried
from Can
at
Hill Farmstead Brewery
on 17 May 2025
at 01:34
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Can (3/25/25) shared by ClarkVV--thanks, Clark! Deeply hazy dark yellow with decent head with good retention and nice lacing. Aroma is strong citrus, scallion, bubblegum, grapefruit. Taste is strong grapefruit, pine, citrus, faint late scallion, musty, late base malt. Smooth texture, soft carbonation, dry, crisp finish as taste. Props (and high scores!) for complexity but don't necessarily love how they play off each other. Well made but not a pantheon beer for me. Probably the least well-loved 8.0 I've ever given!!!!
Tried
from Can
on 10 May 2025
at 03:10
8.1/10
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Appearance 9
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Canned 3/25/25, drunk 4/8/25.
Moderately-to-heavily hazy, deep bronze-brass-golden. Large, off-white head, dense, well-retained.
Light floral notes mix with a bit of pear, mild citrus and very mild toasted grain. Maybe a hint of soap? Some deeper peach and apple notes, likely a very fruity yeast character, with growing grapefruit as it warms and breathes.
Soft and malty with good attenuation. Peachy-grapefruit with ample but not-overdone bitterness. Despite the haziness, this one tends more towards a traditional IPA. Not just because of the Centennial-forward grapefruit character, but the toasted grain/biscuit also and the very high dryness. All that said, there's plentiful fruity yeast and excellent house water/yeast character and the beer is snappy, clean, balanced and flavorful.
Moderately-to-heavily hazy, deep bronze-brass-golden. Large, off-white head, dense, well-retained.
Light floral notes mix with a bit of pear, mild citrus and very mild toasted grain. Maybe a hint of soap? Some deeper peach and apple notes, likely a very fruity yeast character, with growing grapefruit as it warms and breathes.
Soft and malty with good attenuation. Peachy-grapefruit with ample but not-overdone bitterness. Despite the haziness, this one tends more towards a traditional IPA. Not just because of the Centennial-forward grapefruit character, but the toasted grain/biscuit also and the very high dryness. All that said, there's plentiful fruity yeast and excellent house water/yeast character and the beer is snappy, clean, balanced and flavorful.
Tried
from Can
on 08 Apr 2025
at 18:31