Clarkvv (16760) reviewed Rusted Plow from Haw River Farmhouse Ales 10 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6.5
750mL bottle from THE turdferguson, shared on 3/26/16.
Great pour, with a very minimally hazy copper-blonde body sporting a large white head with moderate retention.
After having drunk roughly one billion beers, I’m hard pressed to think of too many where the honey actually improved the beer. Honey’s an odd thing in beer. While it sounds really fun and interesting on paper, in practice it’s not that far off from just dumping a bunch of table sugar in to primary. It adds no body and creates lots of weird phenols ranging from plastics to powdered sugar and other weird things. Here, we get some cool mint notes (not that clearly mint, but something along those lines) with other tropical and peppery notes. Very saison-like for sure, with very light caramel and bits of dough and bread. Sorachi ace adds a lemony-merengue-like character and complements the floral and herbal notes of the yeast.
The flavor is quite comforting with honey-vanilla and bread dough followed by plentiful pepperiness. Love the low abv and the hops keep it vibrant, but I do get a bit of weird, unwanted off-notes from the honey, as Adam points out as well. Still, a very nicely done beer and not Americanized. Tart, dry and moderately hoppy with fine carbonation and no alcohol noted.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6.5
Poured from bottle thanks ClarkVV nice hazy copper color with a nice thin white head. Aromas of pepper spicy tropical aromas. Taste is light sour straw hay and Funky lemon.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8
750ML, very hazy light orange, 2 finger head, sticky legs. Smells fantastic. Loads of spicy, lovely tropical aromas. Whoa, yeah...I’m really into this one. actually there is some cheap sour candy finish but there’s something off here but truthfully, there’s enough juicy bitterness and lemon to make this a winner.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6.5
Bottle. Pours clear golden, small white head, some lacing. Aroma of grain, honey, white wine. Flavor is light sweet, very light bitter, honey, grain, oak, white wine. Medium body. Not bad
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 4 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Bottle. Pours a hazy yellow with small white head. The aroma is funk, yeast, oak. Thin mouth, funky, wood, light finish, ok.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Draft at Churchkey. Hazy golden amber color, medium white head. Aroma has light spice, banana bubblegum. Taste is fruity, more spice. Decent.
Travlr (30174) reviewed Rusted Plow from Haw River Farmhouse Ales 10 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
Draft at Churchkey. Cloudy golden yellow color, fluffy white head. Aroma has fink, hay, raw sourdough bread, citrus. Taste is lightly sour straw, hay, white wine, tannins. Nice stuff.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Draft. Dark brown color, tan head. Nice coffee aroma. Taste has biscuits dipped in coffee. Nice.
radagast83 (13601) reviewed Mille Fleur from Haw River Farmhouse Ales 10 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
Draft at Churchkey. Poured a light yellow color with a small white head. Aroma was light herbal notes, lemon peel, light citrus. Flavor had a nice lemony character, light earthy hops, straw.