Hill Farmstead thread

[bdalik]

• Flora Blackberry: Flora aged it atop fresh, hand-picked blackberries from our neighboring town of Glover.

New onsite this week!

A wonderful consolation to those who missed out on Art, but I will still be only slightly sad to miss out on it. Only to drown my sorrows in Edward and a Green Mountain Special

 

[JulianB1]

Decided to eat sausage, Vermont cheddar, and maple syrup for dinner, and figured an HF beer would be an appropriate pairing. CD 19, first time I've had it since around release (which I don't particularly remember):

Carbonation is fairly low and dissipates quickly. I'm on my final glass from the bottle with all the dregs (obviously much less clear than the pour in the photo) and it's almost got a still quality, but not quite. Huge amounts of wine barrel character in the taste on this one, almost to the point of overpowering everything else. Sharp, tart, and oaky, with some cheesiness. Not much funk at all. Very nice, but a bit one-dimensional. I have one more bottle left, I think I'm going to forget about it and see how some time treats it. If you're a fan of very wine-ish HF beers (or Lost Abbey blonde sours), you'll like this one a lot I'd guess. I preferred the bottle of 3/2015 Anna I opened the other night, in comparison.

 

[Resuin]

Decided to eat sausage, Vermont cheddar, and maple syrup for dinner, and figured an HF beer would be an appropriate pairing. CD 19, first time I've had it since around release (which I don't particularly remember):

Carbonation is fairly low and dissipates quickly. I'm on my final glass from the bottle with all the dregs (obviously much less clear than the pour in the photo) and it's almost got a still quality, but not quite. Huge amounts of wine barrel character in the taste on this one, almost to the point of overpowering everything else. Sharp, tart, and oaky, with some cheesiness. Not much funk at all. Very nice, but a bit one-dimensional. I have one more bottle left, I think I'm going to forget about it and see how some time treats it. If you're a fan of very wine-ish HF beers (or Lost Abbey blonde sours), you'll like this one a lot I'd guess. I preferred the bottle of 3/2015 Anna I opened the other night, in comparison.

These are my favorite dinners.

 

[yasky]

Love the food at both, but ambience-wise Hen is where id take my wife. Michaels is where id treat my mother.... if Hangar Steak wasnt on the menu at Hen.

 

[Debokle]

Only to drown my sorrows in Edward and a Green Mountain Special

 

[Gene1]

I like everything about this except for your lighting. Unless you were eating in a laboratory or hospital.

 

[iong516]

I like everything about this except for your lighting. Unless you were eating in a laboratory or hospital.

Definitely improper lighting bro, needs some candles and mood music

 

[JulianB1]

I like everything about this except for your lighting. Unless you were eating in a laboratory or hospital.

The lighting in my kitchen is awful, agreed. Sometimes, at just the right angle and by focusing on another object first, I can trick my phone camera into creating a warm shade.

 

[Os]

I like everything about this except for your lighting. Unless you were eating in a laboratory or hospital.

stay hating on cool white!

 

[Thevicster]

Flora blackberry... I'll assume the CW member have already gotten this, but we'll be killing and eating them soon anyway, so no biggie

 

[Os]

http://hillfarmstead.com/main/2018/1/23/bottle-release-for-the-week-of-jan-24-2018.html
Eleventh in our ongoing series of experimental stout blends, this version of Madness and Civilization is constructed with a few barrels of two-year-old Damon (brewed with honey) and a larger quantity of an imperial stout brewed in honor of batch 1,000. Batch 1,000 (or 1k, as we refer to it), is a 33º American-style sweet imperial stout that spent more than a year in bourbon barrels. The beers were then married on organic Ecuadorian cacao nibs and organic Ethiopian coffee beans before packaging. After a satisfactory period of bottle conditioning, the beer is ready for release.

 

[Os]

 

[iong516]

http://hillfarmstead.com/main/2018/1/23/bottle-release-for-the-week-of-jan-24-2018.html
Eleventh in our ongoing series of experimental stout blends, this version of Madness and Civilization is constructed with a few barrels of two-year-old Damon (brewed with honey) and a larger quantity of an imperial stout brewed in honor of batch 1,000. Batch 1,000 (or 1k, as we refer to it), is a 33º American-style sweet imperial stout that spent more than a year in bourbon barrels. The beers were then married on organic Ecuadorian cacao nibs and organic Ethiopian coffee beans before packaging. After a satisfactory period of bottle conditioning, the beer is ready for release.

 

[tylerk88]

Last few M&C releases have been awesome, 10 especially. Really hope I can try this one.

 

[RuckIt]

Late announcement on the MC11. Wonder if that might lessen the crowds at all, or if that Flora Blackberry already had people headed up anyways.

Guessing icy roads tomorrow. Drive safe everyone!

 

[HopStunna]

Damon with honey means Ann is in the blend. Damann.

 

[raqnroll]

Damon with honey means Ann is in the blend. Damann.

 

[sobeleg]

http://hillfarmstead.com/main/2018/1/23/bottle-release-for-the-week-of-jan-24-2018.html
Eleventh in our ongoing series of experimental stout blends, this version of Madness and Civilization is constructed with a few barrels of two-year-old Damon (brewed with honey) and a larger quantity of an imperial stout brewed in honor of batch 1,000. Batch 1,000 (or 1k, as we refer to it), is a 33º American-style sweet imperial stout that spent more than a year in bourbon barrels. The beers were then married on organic Ecuadorian cacao nibs and organic Ethiopian coffee beans before packaging. After a satisfactory period of bottle conditioning, the beer is ready for release.

Damn, praying this lasts until the weekend of 2/10. If not, FT whatever is released that weekend for a bottle of this.

 

[icfpny]

Flora blackberry... I'll assume the CW member have already gotten this, but we'll be killing and eating them soon anyway, so no biggie

Soon!

 

[iong516]

New dark green wili looks pretty...

 

[Os]

New dark green wili looks pretty...

need!

 

[regularjohn]

New dark green wili looks pretty...

got a pic?

 

[mateoloco]

got a pic?

 

[regularjohn]

Nice glass, would be a shame if someone stole it.....

 

[Debokle]

Anyone have M&C11 yet?

 

[SecretSquirrel]

I’ll have to strongly disagree with you there.

That said, I do look at Pro Pig as a better lunch option versus dinner, and I prefer to hang, eat, and drink in the back/brewery versus the front/bar.

this

 

[SecretSquirrel]

Don't get trapped in the Waterbury bubble if ya have a ride!

Misery Loves Co > Honey Road > Hen of the Wood.

Yeah, I said it.

Misery Loves Co is one of my favorite spots in VT it reminds me of the cocktail bars in Chicago

 

[Thevicster]

 

[JulianB1]

That's a pretty label.

 

[mateoloco]

That's a pretty label.

Julian please.

Shaun Hill is easily the best label designer in the world. There's honestly no one else remotely in his class, in my estimation. These labels are so much better than anything else I've had, in their styles, and this is true across so many different types of labels. It's just unbelievable the degree to which I enjoy these labels more than other representations of the same style. I don't say this lightly either. It would be convenient if I didn't need to drive a thousand miles for my favorite labels, but that's just the reality of the situation.