E.
(has 1 batch)
Hill Farmstead Brewery in Greensboro, Vermont, United States 🇺🇸
Belgian Style - Blonde / Pale / Amber Rotating|
Score
7.84
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E. is for Edward (1917-2002), my grandfather, as well as the name of the first beer that I brewed in my brewery on March 30, 2010. E. is for Easter; brewing in Denmark revealed a European tradition of crafting Easter (Påske) beer. Finally, E. is for entelechy, the continued actualization of our potential through spirited effort and vision. Thus, in honor of E., to the past and future emprises here on Hill Road: Edward fermented with yeasts of Belgian origin, aged in oak barrels for two years, dry-hopped with Galaxy hops and bottle conditioned.
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9.5/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 10
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 10
Thanks to AdamJackson. 750 ml. bottle sampled @ ZBF 2014. Pours a hazy bright golden with little head. Nose is incredible, very intense fruity passion fruit and pineapple punch, peaches, mixed with crisp brett and bretty white wine. Smell leads you to believe that you are going to get a fruit cocktail upfront in the taste, instead you start of with slightly bitter zest, white pepper, esters, plenty of bretty white wine, followed by citrus, juicy pineapple and peach. Faint tartness. Effervescent, very easy to drink. Truly outstanding.
Tried
from Bottle
on 26 Apr 2014
at 23:38
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Imported from my RateBeer account as Hill Farmstead E. (by Hill Farmstead Brewery):
Aroma: 7/10, Appearance: 4/5, Taste: 7/10, Palate: 4/5, Overall: 15/20, MyTotalScore: 3.7/5
26/IV/14 - 75cl swing top bottle @ ZBF 2014 (Leuven) - BB: n/a (2014-405) Thanks to AdamJackson for sharing the bottle!
Slow gusher alert! Little cloudy pale yellow beer, bit milky, big aery white creamy head, pretty stable, bit adhesive. Aroma: floral, bit spicy, some sweet notes. MF: ok carbon, medium body. Taste: sour start, floral, bit spicy, some bitter yeast. Aftertaste: bit sourish, spicy, dry, elder flowers, coriander, bitter ending.
Aroma: 7/10, Appearance: 4/5, Taste: 7/10, Palate: 4/5, Overall: 15/20, MyTotalScore: 3.7/5
26/IV/14 - 75cl swing top bottle @ ZBF 2014 (Leuven) - BB: n/a (2014-405) Thanks to AdamJackson for sharing the bottle!
Slow gusher alert! Little cloudy pale yellow beer, bit milky, big aery white creamy head, pretty stable, bit adhesive. Aroma: floral, bit spicy, some sweet notes. MF: ok carbon, medium body. Taste: sour start, floral, bit spicy, some bitter yeast. Aftertaste: bit sourish, spicy, dry, elder flowers, coriander, bitter ending.
Tried
from Bottle
on 26 Apr 2014
at 12:06
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Batch 2 bottle. Aroma is very Brett forward with some pineapple and tropical fruit. Quite a bit of overripe pear with some phenolic character and a hint of graininess. Light hop aroma is surprisingly still present. Pours a cloudy yellow gold with a big, pillowy, white head that recedes slowly leaving quite a bit of lacing. Flavor has quite a bit of Brett character as well was a lot of pear esters and spicy phenolics. Phenolic character isn’t quite plastic but getting somewhat close to it. Slight astringency in the finish from the strong phenolic character. Light hop character still present with hints of the galaxy hops. Very dry finish with phenolics, graininess and hops. Light acidity. Mouthfeel is medium light bodied with high carbonation. Very dry. Medium low astringency and low alcohol warmth. Overall a pretty enjoyable beer but the phenolics are overly strong and a bit unenjoyable. Surprising hop character left, but I assume this was better when fresh.
Tried
from Bottle
on 07 Jan 2014
at 17:31
8.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 9
Bottle. Trade from AdamJackson. Thanks. Gusher. Pours cloudy dark orange with a white foam. Fresh fruity hops, mild brett, yeast, funk and flowers. Delicate and balanced. Smooth and dry. Just Amazing - actually its hard to describe. Waauw.. Fuck.
Tried
from Bottle
on 25 May 2013
at 12:47
7.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Bottle as shown thanks to Chad. Pours a cloudy yellow with medium frothy off white head that lasts awhile. The aroma is bandaids and wet blanket. Medium mouthfeel with a dry malt and spice with light tartness in the finish. Complex and very good Belgian.
Tried
from Bottle
on 25 Apr 2013
at 13:54
8.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 9
Bottle: Poured a hazy pale yellow color ale with a large foamy head with good retention and some excellent lacing. Aroma consists of pungent herbal hops with loads of funky notes and some rustic malt also discernable. Taste is a unique and funky mix between some herbal and floral hops with pungent notes with some rustic malt and light residual sugar notes. Brett is well dosed and hard to distinguish. Body is full with great carbonation and no apparent alcohol. This beer made for a very nice Christmas eve treat. Re-rate 2017. Still awesome and something that is still worth seeking.
Tried
from Bottle
on 28 Dec 2012
at 19:41