Subsidiaries
7.6/10
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Appearance 9
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 7
Overall 7.5
750mL growler filled 1/18/26, drunk 2/27/26.
Lovely wood smoke with a slightly salty edge to it. It's not Schlenkerla levels, but it's more robust than just twigs and old campfire. Clean malt behind adds raisin-specked caramel with brown sugar and not-overdone breadiness easily balancing the smoke. Lightly peppery, herbal hop helps, as well.
Rich caramel malt with light bread and notes of dates and brown sugar. Nicely malty while remaining not too chewy or intense. The smoke is felt after the fact, on the edges of the tongue, sort of lingering with a nice char and pepper. All that said, I was hoping for a bit more attenuation. While it's far from too sweet, it's a bit chewy and sluggish on the finish, where'd I'd like to see crisp and snappy instead. While I like that it creates more appeal to everyone, including those who don't want a glass of bacon, I'd still like to see more smoke character, especially in the flavor.
Lovely wood smoke with a slightly salty edge to it. It's not Schlenkerla levels, but it's more robust than just twigs and old campfire. Clean malt behind adds raisin-specked caramel with brown sugar and not-overdone breadiness easily balancing the smoke. Lightly peppery, herbal hop helps, as well.
Rich caramel malt with light bread and notes of dates and brown sugar. Nicely malty while remaining not too chewy or intense. The smoke is felt after the fact, on the edges of the tongue, sort of lingering with a nice char and pepper. All that said, I was hoping for a bit more attenuation. While it's far from too sweet, it's a bit chewy and sluggish on the finish, where'd I'd like to see crisp and snappy instead. While I like that it creates more appeal to everyone, including those who don't want a glass of bacon, I'd still like to see more smoke character, especially in the flavor.
Tried
from Growler
at
Hill Farmstead Brewery
on 27 Feb 2026
at 21:24
7.8/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 7
Overall 8
Bottle from source: pours light orange with white head. Aroma is hefty lime and other citrus. Mild gin notes. Woody generally. Fairly dry. Lightly sour. Powerful adjuncts and barrel notes.
Tried
from Bottle
on 23 Feb 2026
at 17:59
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
7.5/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
Draught @ Fools Gold, Manhattan NYC (Aug 2025). Hazy dark yellow-orange like peach juice, large creamy beige head, coriander/mint-citrus aroma, adequate carbonation, medium bitter unripe mango-coriander-citrus taste, smooth body, long finish. Great flavors!
Tried
from Draft
at
Fools Gold
on 20 Feb 2026
at 17:58
9.4/10
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Appearance 9
Aroma 9.5
Flavor 9.5
Texture 9
Overall 9.5
Bottle shared in VT. That’s an impressive one. Lovely soft acidity, some oak, white pepper, lemon peel, white wine, mellow salinity. Hugely drinkable, great depth. Clean, quenching and dry. Superb.
Tried
from Bottle
at
Hill Farmstead Brewery
on 18 Feb 2026
at 18:55
8.8/10
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Appearance 9
Aroma 8.5
Flavor 8.5
Texture 9
Overall 9
Lovely beer. Refreshing citric twang, notes of lemon, a little salt, tangerine, pale wood, soft minerality, peach. Spritzy and quenching. Tart and cleansing to finish. Immaculate.
Tried
from Bottle
at
Hill Farmstead Brewery
on 17 Feb 2026
at 20:14
9.1/10
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Appearance 9
Aroma 9.5
Flavor 9
Texture 9
Overall 9
Shared in VT. Rich and sweet, ample liquefied berries, raisins, gooey chocolate and toffee accents, mellow bourbon and creamy vanilla. Soft boozy kick. Mild roast. Lightly warming finish, touches of stickiness. Quite drinkable. Nice depth.
Tried
from Bottle
at
Hill Farmstead Brewery
on 16 Feb 2026
at 22:10
8.8/10
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Appearance 9
Aroma 8.5
Flavor 8.5
Texture 9
Overall 9
Damn that’s good. Bright lemony tang, relaxed acidity, a little grass, botanicals, tangerine, soft background funk, moderate salinity. Hugely drinkable.
Tried
from Bottle
on 14 Feb 2026
at 21:40
8.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8.5
Flavor 8.5
Texture 9
Overall 9
Reviewed from notes.
Can to becher.
Appearance: thick burnt orange color with a finger and a half's worth of white foamy head which slid off very nicely to leave some mild lace.
Aroma: bittersweet citrus pith, citrus juice, grapefruit rind, piney hops, orangey hops over some very clean malts
Flavor: pure bittersweet juicy and resinous blend of those prior noted aromas, finishes clean amongst those hops
Texture: medium bodied, sessionable, good clean smoothness along my tongue
Overall: very nicely done NEIPA extremely welcome again in my life.
Can to becher.
Appearance: thick burnt orange color with a finger and a half's worth of white foamy head which slid off very nicely to leave some mild lace.
Aroma: bittersweet citrus pith, citrus juice, grapefruit rind, piney hops, orangey hops over some very clean malts
Flavor: pure bittersweet juicy and resinous blend of those prior noted aromas, finishes clean amongst those hops
Texture: medium bodied, sessionable, good clean smoothness along my tongue
Overall: very nicely done NEIPA extremely welcome again in my life.
Tried
from Can
on 05 Feb 2026
at 00:38
8.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8.5
Texture 8
Overall 8
750mL bottle drunk 2/4/26, as pictured.
Lots of rich wine-like character with little hop remaining. Not overly woody, but there's certainly some barrel tannin structure. Mostly lactic acid here (as far as the Brett/Lacto/Acetic balance), but it's mostly round and fruity. Still very healthily aromatic with no oxidation or anything strange going on.
Interesting and different than expected. Lightly woody and lightly toasty with lots of lactic acidity, but not too much, and there's still a reasonable body/texture here at 5 years old. Some fruitiness and mild Brett retronasal, with cherry and plum lingering, as well. Overall, just a really easygoing, lightly woody, fruity, drinkable farmhouse ale with some interesting barrel and mixed culture character. Balance is quite lovely currently.
Lots of rich wine-like character with little hop remaining. Not overly woody, but there's certainly some barrel tannin structure. Mostly lactic acid here (as far as the Brett/Lacto/Acetic balance), but it's mostly round and fruity. Still very healthily aromatic with no oxidation or anything strange going on.
Interesting and different than expected. Lightly woody and lightly toasty with lots of lactic acidity, but not too much, and there's still a reasonable body/texture here at 5 years old. Some fruitiness and mild Brett retronasal, with cherry and plum lingering, as well. Overall, just a really easygoing, lightly woody, fruity, drinkable farmhouse ale with some interesting barrel and mixed culture character. Balance is quite lovely currently.
Tried
from Bottle
on 04 Feb 2026
at 20:41