Hill Farmstead thread

[BadJustin]

Why don't I remember 18?

Fake bottles! Sad!

 

[JDM0221]

Planning next trip up on 3/2. When does Mud Season usually begin? Was thinking I'd be fine, but this 75 degree day in MD got me all questioning this now.

 

[Frank1]

Planning next trip up on 3/2. When does Mud Season usually begin? Was thinking I'd be fine, but this 75 degree day in MD got me all questioning this now.

Anywhere between the end of Feb and middle of May

 

[BadJustin]

Planning next trip up on 3/2. When does Mud Season usually begin? Was thinking I'd be fine, but this 75 degree day in MD got me all questioning this now.

Mud season isn't scary if you know how to drive man. Not like you'll be stuck on a road with no cell service. I mean, you could potentially do that but use your head, plan alternative routes and if your gut says you aren't gonna make through something, you probably won't. IMO you'd be foolish to cancel a trip over spring road conditions.

It's soft dirt roads, not IEDs.

 

[RyanG1]

Mud season isn't scary if you know how to drive man. Not like you'll be stuck on a road with no cell service. I mean, you could potentially do that but use your head, plan alternative routes and if your gut says you aren't gonna make through something, you probably won't. IMO you'd be foolish to cancel a trip over spring road conditions.

It's soft dirt roads, not IEDs.

So say my friend is coming out this Spring in a rental and is a total California homie, what the best mid driving advice?

Leave my hazards on or rent a Prius?

 

[Thevicster]

Mud season isn't scary if you know how to drive man. Not like you'll be stuck on a road with no cell service. I mean, you could potentially do that but use your head, plan alternative routes and if your gut says you aren't gonna make through something, you probably won't. IMO you'd be foolish to cancel a trip over spring road conditions.

It's soft dirt roads, not IEDs.

What comes as second nature to those of us used to mountain and NE weather driving seems to scare the crap out of flatlanders and such,

Seriously though, don't drive like a nut and everyone will be fine

 

[Mikecap]

Batch 7. As many have said, not a ton of vanilla here, but still excellent. Definitely prefer the components (almost popped a BA Everett...) but this is still a great blend. Very little heat, nice smooth mouthfeel, and overall well done.

 

[JBP]

2014 bottling of E. Hasn't dried out as much as expected after all this time, and the funk level is moderate. Not a brett bomb by any means. Hop punch from release is obviously gone, now has a more rounded earthy orange character with some stonefruit and Belgian yeast spice in the finish. I preferred the somewhat dreggy pours from the second half of the bottle. Very enjoyable, but this is definitey one to drink now if you've still got it.

 

[icfpny]

Batch 7. As many have said, not a ton of vanilla here, but still excellent. Definitely prefer the components (almost popped a BA Everett...) but this is still a great blend. Very little heat, nice smooth mouthfeel, and overall well done.

Anyone here try batch 8? I'm heading up this week, can't decide if I should max out or not.

 

[raqnroll]

CD19 (ale aged in wine barrels) just went out as a CW offering this morning, so presumably the public release posts should be imminent.

On a personal note, I'm making my very first schlep out to HF next month to corral my CW allocations, but the sheer number of bottles involved, and the prospect of having to try to ship them all back to CA is giving me the willies (yeah, I know, super-first-world problems). Any East Coast TBers that know they'll be at HF on March 10th or 11th game to give me a hand with this, i.e. lug back a couple of boxes worth of bottles, the shippers to be provided by me, then mail them out with Fedex labels that I'd provide once I got back home? There's a thank-you box of beer (SARA and such) in it for you, plus my eternal gratitude (not the kind you can drink, though).

Where are you staying?

 

[raqnroll]

Planning next trip up on 3/2. When does Mud Season usually begin? Was thinking I'd be fine, but this 75 degree day in MD got me all questioning this now.

Today is day one of mud season..This week is going to wreak havoc on the roads, but do great for sugaring. Temps in the 40's all week, some rain.

 

[PrinceCaspian]

So say my friend is coming out this Spring in a rental and is a total California homie, what the best mid driving advice?

Leave my hazards on or rent a Prius?

Slow down over the washboards and pick a line a hammer it through the ruts.

 

[BadJustin]

Slow down over the washboards and pick a line a hammer it through the ruts.

He's going, "the **** did you just say to me?" Cali boys, pfffft.


LYMI Ryan!

 

[NAD1983]

Now that I've had a week to process missing out on my first trip to HF, I finally feel ready to comment here. Dramatic yes, but not far from the truth. At least I got to tick some great beers while in town:

WOL Anchorage b2 is absolutely stellar. It's up there with CD11 as one of my all time favorites. Thanks kbhess for sharing!

Clover is good. Very good actually. But the hype made it into something better than it is. It seems like the potential for development is there but at present the "young flavors" (similar to Art b4) that I don't enjoy are prominent. Thanks DJPhresh!

CD14 is so underrated. Somehow I've had that beer 4 times in the last year and it blows me away every time. Perhaps small format? Overlapping releases? Whatever it is, people need to #neverforget CD14. Thanks jtclockwork!

Aaron b2 is kind of a mess IMO. I never had b1 so I am unable to compare but I imagine it is a shell of what is and once was. Until I tick Aaron b1 I may never know for sure but Brew1000 is GOAT for me. Thanks again DJPhresh!

INRAT; I drank some HF beers and shared some potentially unpopular opinions on certain bottles.

 

[Abitker]

What's an INRAT?

 

[lambandtunaphish]

What's an INRAT?

I'm not reading all that.

TB seems to prefer this over tldr.

 

[RyanG1]

Now that I've had a week to process missing out on my first trip to HF, I finally feel ready to comment here. Dramatic yes, but not far from the truth. At least I got to tick some great beers while in town:

WOL Anchorage b2 is absolutely stellar. It's up there with CD11 as one of my all time favorites. Thanks kbhess for sharing!

Clover is good. Very good actually. But the hype made it into something better than it is. It seems like the potential for development is there but at present the "young flavors" (similar to Art b4) that I don't enjoy are prominent. Thanks DJPhresh!

CD14 is so underrated. Somehow I've had that beer 4 times in the last year and it blows me away every time. Perhaps small format? Overlapping releases? Whatever it is, people need to #neverforget CD14. Thanks jtclockwork!

Aaron b2 is kind of a mess IMO. I never had b1 so I am unable to compare but I imagine it is a shell of what is and once was. Until I tick Aaron b1 I may never know for sure but Brew1000 is GOAT for me. Thanks again DJPhresh!

INRAT; I drank some HF beers and shared some potentially unpopular opinions on certain bottles.

Sounds like they drank wonderfully

 

[NAD1983]

Sounds like they drank wonderfully

abawol01 is drinking wonderfully.

 

[abawol01]

Sounds like they drank wonderfully

abawol01 is drinking wonderfully.

 

[sobeleg]

I'll be at HF tomorrow, if anyone here wants to split bottles, let me know!

 

[MKtheGeneral]

I'll be at HF tomorrow, if anyone here wants to split bottles, let me know!

What time?

 

[GuzzleMcBrew]

This sounds so weird but I need it:

• Wunderkammer: Stone axe, skull fragments - Ale brewed with corn, beans and squash. Fermented in oak with mixed culture and blended with other oak aged ale. 750ml, $16

Anybody try this yet?

This beer is making me take pause and reconsider the boundaries of leftovers.

 

[Don2]

I'll be at HF tomorrow, if anyone here wants to split bottles, let me know!

ShawDeuce22 and myself will be there around opening

 

[sobeleg]

What time?

ShawDeuce22 and myself will be there around opening

I should be there around opening, 12/1230 at the latest. I'll be there with my wife, both of us will have black Patagonia down jackets on. Say hi if you see us!

 

[Don2]

I should be there around opening, 12/1230 at the latest. I'll be there with my wife, both of us will have black Patagonia down jackets on. Say hi if you see us!

I'll be the tall dude in a Bills hoodie

 

[MKtheGeneral]

I should be there around opening, 12/1230 at the latest. I'll be there with my wife, both of us will have black Patagonia down jackets on. Say hi if you see us!

I'll be the tall dude in a Bills hoodie

I don't have any friends coming with me so I'll be looking for you tomorrow. Not sure yet if I'm imbibing on site or just in/out and back on the road.

 

[sobeleg]

Don MKtheGeneral headed up there now, will be there a little before opening.

 

[Os]

ooh!




Familia
It's our wheat ale, fermented and aged in second use bourbon barrels with blackberries, apples and rhubarb from our garden.

 

[MKtheGeneral]

Don MKtheGeneral headed up there now, will be there a little before opening.

I saw Don and split a cd10 with a stranger at the bar. Were you wearing a TB shirt?

 

[wuntrikpony]

It's our wheat ale, fermented and aged in second use bourbon barrels with blackberries, apples and rhubarb from our garden.