Madness & Civilization #08
Hill Farmstead Brewery in Greensboro, Vermont, United States 🇺🇸
Stout - Pastry / Flavoured - Imperial Series Out of Production|
Score
8.01
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Blended Barrel-Aged Ale
Madness & Civilization is a panorama of our barrel aging program—oak-aged beers that emerge from their individual silences to find structure and voice as a unified composition. This is the result of an unpredictable state of permanent happenstance—a dialogue with our evolving approach to blending that challenges convention and circumstance. Each release will include multiple threads and is likely to approximate the style of an imperial stout.
Release #8 is a blend of whiskey and bourbon barrels ranging from 20 to 24 months. Components include Aaron, Double George, Genealogy of Morals, and Everett.
Madness & Civilization is a panorama of our barrel aging program—oak-aged beers that emerge from their individual silences to find structure and voice as a unified composition. This is the result of an unpredictable state of permanent happenstance—a dialogue with our evolving approach to blending that challenges convention and circumstance. Each release will include multiple threads and is likely to approximate the style of an imperial stout.
Release #8 is a blend of whiskey and bourbon barrels ranging from 20 to 24 months. Components include Aaron, Double George, Genealogy of Morals, and Everett.
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8.3/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 9
Sampled @ 10th Danish Ratebeer Gathering, Ulfborg, Day 1. Opaque, dark brown color with a red glare coming through, decent sized light brown colored head. Aroma is malts, chocolate, dark chocolate, cocoa. Tastes about the same: malts, dark malts, dark chocolate, chocolate bitter, mocha, nice chocolate and malt bitterness in the finish. Very nice indeed.
Tried
on 18 Aug 2017
at 18:53
8.3/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 9
Bottle, TTOD(U)RBSG17. Nearly black, not much head. Aroma has roast, choc and coconut. Barrel notes. Boozy, roasted flavour. Wood, syrup. Nice warmth. Good.
Tried
from Bottle
on 18 Aug 2017
at 18:44
8.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Bottle @ Fonefan Summer Gathering. Black with a small brown head. Aroma is sweet, roasted malt, chocolate, molasses, coconut? and wood. Flavor is quite sweet and rather bitter. Dry and rather bitter finish. Oily and soft. 180817
Tried
from Bottle
on 18 Aug 2017
at 18:44
8.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Bottle "Batch 8". Very dark brown with small beige head. Aroma is roasted malts, chocolate, coffee, barrel, coconut and liquorice. Flavour is roasted malts, chocolate, coffee, caramel, barrel, coconut, little liquorice, sweet, bourbon and warming.
Tried
from Bottle
on 18 Aug 2017
at 18:43
8.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 9
Texture 10
Overall 9
Sampled @ The Tenth Official Danish Ratebeer Summer Gathering 2017, Day 1. A black beer with a mid-sized most good lasting beige head. Aroma of dark roasted malt, coffee and liquorice. Taste of sweet chocolate, roasted malt, coffee, bourbon, delicious!
Tried
on 18 Aug 2017
at 18:41
7.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Bottle @ Danish Ratebeer Summer Gathering. Small head with short duration. Color is black. Aroma and taste are roast malt, coconut, caramel, chocolate, coffee, hops and has a nice sweet finish.
Tried
from Bottle
on 18 Aug 2017
at 18:39
8.3/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 9
Bottle shared at Danish Ratebeer Summer Gathering ’17. Dark brown with a ring tan head. Aroma of roast, vanilla, oak, caramel, dark chocolate and coffee. Flavour is heavy sweet and moderate bitter. Full bodied with a moderate thick texture and soft carbonation.
Tried
from Bottle
on 18 Aug 2017
at 16:44
7.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottle - Dark roast and some nice barrel notes. Jet black with a small white head. Sweet dark roast and a nice sweetness. Nice.
Tried
from Bottle
on 16 Jul 2017
at 01:37
8.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 9
Bottle from an IP trade in NYC, shared at In De Wildeman. Black color. Dense beige head. Aroma’s: mild bourbon, chocolate, light fruit. Retronasal it’s sweet, (red) fruit, a bit alcoholic, bourbon, light vanilla. Flavor is above moderate sweet, chocolate-y. Above medium bodied. Soft carbonation. Long finish, with cohoclate and light roast. Very subtle, delicious stuff!
Tried
from Bottle
on 07 Jun 2017
at 15:49
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Bottle: Poured a pitch-black color stout with a medium size brown foamy head with limited retention and some light lacing. Aroma of black chocolate notes with light warming alcohol notes is pleasant enough. Taste is mostly dominated by black chocolate malt notes with some light bourbon and vanilla notes with light residual sugar notes. Body is full with oily texture and good carbonation with some alcohol perceptible. Enjoyable but not the most drinkable beer brewed by this fine brewery.
Tried
from Bottle
on 04 Jun 2017
at 12:11