7.8/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 7.5
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottle with label listing 20231110. A very slight haze, golden colour with a pinkish hue, a whitish head that has some soapy lacing, and leaves a coat on the brew. Some mild funkiness, vinegar nose, blending with some citrus notes, lime zest and the blood orange juice. The mouthfeel is wet with a touch of dryness to finish it all, and a tad tart left. Some nice sourness in the taste with the lime and the blood orange rounding things up. Quite a nice refreshing, Saison with some nice sour-lime balanced by the blood orange juice.
Tried
from Bottle
at
Hill Farmstead Brewery
on 24 Jan 2026
at 23:00
8.3/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8.5
Flavor 8.5
Texture 8
Overall 8
750 ml bottle from Hill Farmstead brewery back in August of 2023. Bottled on December 16, 2022. Clear, brassy gold pour. Brief white head. Aroma of light malt and sweet raspberry. Some mild funk, as well. First sip is tart and zesty. Light in body, but fairly full of raspberry flavor. Mild oakiness and vinous notes. Soft mouthfeel. Very drinkable. Brief dry finish. Quite enjoyable.
Tried
from Bottle
at
Hill Farmstead Brewery
on 16 Nov 2025
at 04:03
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Amber and bright. Bretty up front, light acidity and a mild hop accent. Good stuff.
Tried
on 27 Sep 2025
at 05:21
8.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 8.5
Texture 9
Overall 9
2013 draught at FoFA, 8/2/25.
I often forget just how good this beer is. This was easily in the top 5 beers of the day and got no love or mentions or hype. Zesty, perfectly expressed Brett mixed with aged spicing and light malt. Still plentiful proper saison like Sacch and an excellent, not over attenuated texture.
I often forget just how good this beer is. This was easily in the top 5 beers of the day and got no love or mentions or hype. Zesty, perfectly expressed Brett mixed with aged spicing and light malt. Still plentiful proper saison like Sacch and an excellent, not over attenuated texture.
Tried
from Draft
at
Hill Farmstead Brewery
on 04 Aug 2025
at 02:06
8.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8.5
Flavor 9
Texture 9
Overall 9
Draught, 15th Anniversary Festival, 6/21/25.
Clear golden with soft peach-rose hints. Small, off-white head.
Juicy, soft, mellow and rich with a good balance of Brett and Sacch. Fruits are elegant and well-expressed, but not dominant. Nothing aggressive here, just soft fruitiness, mineral and house character with very slight honey-like malt and bits of cracker and biscuit.
Soft and malty with dainty fruits and no aggressivity anywhere. Good attenuation and body with homogenized fruit character and mellow, round fruity Brett, as well.
Clear golden with soft peach-rose hints. Small, off-white head.
Juicy, soft, mellow and rich with a good balance of Brett and Sacch. Fruits are elegant and well-expressed, but not dominant. Nothing aggressive here, just soft fruitiness, mineral and house character with very slight honey-like malt and bits of cracker and biscuit.
Soft and malty with dainty fruits and no aggressivity anywhere. Good attenuation and body with homogenized fruit character and mellow, round fruity Brett, as well.
Tried
from Draft
at
Hill Farmstead Brewery
on 23 Jun 2025
at 22:53
Held up pretty well for being a tick over eight years old!
Tried
from Bottle
on 30 May 2025
at 16:17
7.9/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 7.5
Flavor 8
Texture 9
Overall 8
Bottle. Cherry is bold, earthy and lingering tart. Lime and orange are present throughout. Light acid with that Brother S mixed culture situation going on. Tart without a question.
Tried
from Bottle
at
Hill Farmstead Brewery
on 22 May 2025
at 19:01
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
750mL bottle at the brewery, 5/21/25.
Touch of haze, in a deep copper-rose-bronze. Small, pink-tinged head steadily to ring.
Cherry is still bright, with tart and earthy orange and a nip of lime. Bright, tart, somewhat acidic, with rustic grains behind it and excellent house cultures delivering mineral and very mild Brett.
Tart lime and earthy, leathery blood orange. Zesty acidity but calming down via wheat and lightly sweet cherry notes. Good grain character giving interesting texture. Lots of Sacchs. with very mild Brett. Still retains much of the bright, robust character of the base beer without being too dried out and oaked by the aging, which I think is important for this beer.
Touch of haze, in a deep copper-rose-bronze. Small, pink-tinged head steadily to ring.
Cherry is still bright, with tart and earthy orange and a nip of lime. Bright, tart, somewhat acidic, with rustic grains behind it and excellent house cultures delivering mineral and very mild Brett.
Tart lime and earthy, leathery blood orange. Zesty acidity but calming down via wheat and lightly sweet cherry notes. Good grain character giving interesting texture. Lots of Sacchs. with very mild Brett. Still retains much of the bright, robust character of the base beer without being too dried out and oaked by the aging, which I think is important for this beer.
Tried
from Bottle
at
Hill Farmstead Brewery
on 21 May 2025
at 16:49
7/10
Fraught. Pours a bright gold yellow. A bit watery. Funk, floral herbal notes. Lemon tart. Good.
Tried
on 20 May 2025
at 02:02
7/10
Poures a yellow gold from bottle. Hints if honey and flowers. Pretty good stuff.
Tried
from Bottle
on 20 May 2025
at 01:41