Haw River Farmhouse Ales

Microbrewery in Saxapahaw, North Carolina, United States 🇺🇸
Associated with 2 Venues

Established in 2014

Contact
1713 Saxapahaw-Bethlehem Church Rd, Saxapahaw, NC, 27340, United States
Description
Haw River Farmhouse Ales handcrafts traditional French- & Belgian-style ales with a little southern flair, using local and organic ingredients where possible in each of our beers. Located in the heart of Saxapahaw, NC since 2014.

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8/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 9
Can from Tavour. Pours dark brown with a tan head that was an overflow foamer. Aroma of dark fruit, bourbon and chilis. Approaching full bodied. Flavor is the aroma plus some smokiness and more chilis. Not dry; not sticky. Not bitter, but all the strong flavors sub for that. Malt is rather burnt, but not excessively. Eventually some wood is detectable, and the bourbon turns out rather fine in character. Amazing how all the flavors work together. Except, I just now found raisins rising in the finish. This is really tasty ale.
Tried from Can on 28 Nov 2022 at 03:59

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3 month old pint can A: Poured a tall lasting tan head atop a ruby tinted deep brown body. S: Light notes of coffee, dark toast and herbal or vegetal hops. T: Sweet toasty bread and roasty grain notes converge with earthy and herbal hops. Faint sweet-tart overripe fruit joins at the end. M: Light and smooth with low but prickly carbonation and slick finish. O: Nicely balanced if slightly sweet leaning. Tasty overall. Worth a buy.
Tried from Can on 20 Jan 2022 at 01:25

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16oz can from Tavour. I wanted to love this, but the strong tea flavor was odd. Cool idea - and i imagine they make some very awesome beers
Tried from Can on 30 Dec 2021 at 22:24

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6 day old pint can A: Poured a sparse head atop a clear pale gold body. S: Light bread dough and lime. T: Tart and bitter. Lime zest and pulp mix with dry, woody, dusty malt and yeast notes. Peppery ending. M: Light and somewhat spritzy but with a bit of oatsy velvet feel. O: Not great but much better tasting than the look or smell might indicate. I like it.
Tried from Can on 21 Dec 2021 at 00:56

7.6/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 8.5
Can from Tavour. Pours gold with a transient white head. Aroma of yeast spice with coriander and things that might be cedar and tea. Close to full bodied. Flavor is yeast/spice, malt, cedar and a bitterness that seems like tea. Not dry, but far from sticky. Spice and cedar stand in for bitter. Quite nice.
Tried from Can on 17 Dec 2021 at 00:40

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Can. Pours clear golden orange, small off white head, good lacing. Aroma is Belgian yeast, tea, spice, coriander, honey, field grass. Flavor is medium sweet, light plus bitter. Merlin body.
Tried from Can on 03 Dec 2021 at 05:55

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Can from Tavour. Pours very dark brown with a foamy tan head. Aroma of earthy chocolate and hints of dark fruit. Med body. Flavor is earthy chocolatey malt with something suggesting dark plums - tho it's not plums. Maybe a suggestion of earthy coffee. This is really good beer, but it's so tasty my parsing ability is overwhelmed. Nice indeed.
Tried from Can on 02 Dec 2021 at 01:53

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Roast and some coffee. Black pour with decent mocha head and lacing. Bitter finish. Some caramel. Creamy texture. Light touch of berry. Well integrated. Bitter finish. Can.
Tried from Can on 03 Oct 2021 at 01:01

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Fairly hazy golden coloured body with a very thick, six to seven centimetre tall pure white head that leaves a very ugly lace on the sides with little bit of bubbles rising from the bottom. Aroma of fresh grass, hay, flowers, a ton of peppercorn notes, a lot of coriander seed and corn with some curacao elements, but the yeast is quite strong and very nice in the nose. Light to Medium-bodied; Very fresh grassy and herbal notes show at first with a big hit of peppercorn and coriander seed both, with a fresh flower bite and some light hops with a nice bit of bitterness from the alpha acids and a touch of breadiness to couple with the large yeast elements. Aftertaste is crisp, very flavourful with the coriander seed and floral notes the strongest, but some herbal, lemon, grapefruit and yeast flavours all come through, with a tiny bit of sweetness from honey and curacao, but the crisp herbal and very grassy flavours finish this off nicely. Overall, a very enjoyable, dry and crisp saison that hits the marks nicely and shows both a ton of peppercorn and a pungent yeast flavour that goes through the entire beer. I sampled this sixteen ounce, pint-sized can, purchased from Total Wine in Cary (Crossroads Boulevard) on 30-May-2021 for US$4,49 sampled in my hotel room here in Cleveland, Ohio on 30-July-2021.
Tried from Can on 30 Jul 2021 at 20:43

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Can shared at the Spring DC tasting. Poured a dark orange, kind of brownish-hued color with a small wispy head. Aroma was woody, juniper branches. Tastes very herbal - too much spruce and juniper. Herbal, with floral and a touch aged malts. Sorry guys.
Tried from Can on 23 Apr 2021 at 03:20