Hill Farmstead thread

[SecretSquirrel]

Anna is listed now at 24 bottle limit $10

 

[chippo33]

Couple notes:

• The Arctic Saison bottles are the corked/caged ones, presumably from Anchorage. I miss the capped bottle/ Blue Label.
• Soigne Mags were available on Friday afternoon until basically right before close. They did not seem to be out for purchase as of around noon Saturday.
• For those that are wondering why I was there again Saturday, it is because I had to retrieve my backpack from the lovely HF Staff after leaving it there around closing Friday. I am an idiot.

Does anyone know what the Soigne Magnums were hitting for? Didn't actually note the price tag.

Arctic Soiree and Arctic Saison were never brewed at hill - always brewed by anchorage

 

[MooltiPass]

I thought the first batch of arctic was brewed at Hill and the subsequent ones have been brewed at Anchorage. Or was that just confusion between the capped first batch and the caged batches that happened after that?

 

[tehzachatak]

I thought the first batch of arctic was brewed at Hill and the subsequent ones have been brewed at Anchorage. Or was that just confusion between the capped first batch and the caged batches that happened after that?

Are you guys talking about Arctic Soiree, or something (although I don't remember a capped/HF brewed batch of that either...)? When was there ever a capped batch of Arctic Saison? I thought I've had every batch, 99.99% sure I had batch 1, and every bottle I've ever had was C&C (and brewed at Anchorage). The blue label, referenced by GuzzleMcBrew, was C&C and brewed at Anchorage.

The bottles say on them where they are brewed, so this should be preeeeetty easy to disprove me if there really was a batch brewed at HF. Only bottled beer I can think of offhand that's been brewed at HF as well as at another location is Wheat is the New hops.

 

[GuzzleMcBrew]

No argument here, thought the blue one had a cap like Soigné, turns out I havnt had one or seen one in a while. At least I already covered the idiot part.

 

[drgarage1]

No argument here, thought the blue one had a cap like Soigné, turns out I havnt had one or seen one in a while. At least I already covered the idiot part.

First batch was in the original Anchorage bottles, which looked like bombers with shoulders to get to 750. They were cappable (as a home brewer, I track such things), but they were always corked from Anchorage. They switched bottles when they had some issues, I believe with Anadromous, going to the same 750s that Lost Abbey and Russian River have used.

 

[MooltiPass]

Clearly I don't know what the heck I'm talking about so I'll trust the folks who seem to have actual clear knowledge of the situation rather than my vague knowledge that's mostly based on hearsay.

 

[bsc]

echoing what tehzachatak said, neither of the Artic's were ever brewed at HF.

 

[SecretSquirrel]

yeah didn't Shaun actually go up to AK and brew one with Anchorage? i thought I re-call them posting something about that years ago...

 

[GuzzleMcBrew]

echoing what tehzachatak said, neither of the Artic's were ever brewed at HF.

Well that makes 4, anyone else want to add the same sentiment?

 

[tehzachatak]

yeah didn't Shaun actually go up to AK and brew one with Anchorage? i thought I re-call them posting something about that years ago...

AFAIK the first batch (blue bottle, I guess) he went there and brewed it with Gabe, yeah. I think also true for Arctic Soiree? Not sure about any other batches. This is batch three now, right?

 

[bsc]

yeah didn't Shaun actually go up to AK and brew one with Anchorage? i thought I re-call them posting something about that years ago...

correcto. even the great woodcarving bro got to tag along.

 

[DCLA]

b1 Artic Saison >> b2 Artic Saison

 

[tehzachatak]

b1 Artic Saison >> b2 Artic Saison

Arctic saison with a lot of time in the bottle > arctic saison fresh

i find this true for almost every single (actually, every single one i've had) Anchorage beer w/ bugs. either Gabe likes releasing beers "young," or just something about their house microflora character that i like better with age

 

[ncaudle]

or just something about their house microflora character that i like better with age

most brett/bugs create their typical flavors when under pressure. unless you want to tie up a brite tank for a few months, bottling and sitting on them is the way to go

 

[tehzachatak]

most brett/bugs create their typical flavors when under pressure. unless you want to tie up a brite tank for a few months, bottling and sitting on them is the way to go

Yeah, that's why I was saying maybe just Gabe likes releasing them younger. Most other established breweries that produce similar kinds of beers seem to bottle condition them long enough before release that I don't feel this way about them fresh.

 

[Os]

Anna tomorrow!

 

[SecretSquirrel]

Anna tomorrow!

did you see my post yesterday

 

[Os]

did you see my post yesterday

ah, missed it! see it now

 

[reaper16]

I'm pretty excited about getting my hands on some Anna tomorrow. If you're in line with me I'll be wearing a bright green down jacket.

 

[Unbreakabolt]

I would cut someone for a Soigné mag.

 

[SecretSquirrel]

how busy was it yesterday?

 

[reaper16]

how busy was it yesterday?

There were only about 20 people in line at noon. I was 2nd in line, so I got out of there pretty fast. Taylor Road was pretty muddy, but not impassably so.

 

[tehzachatak]

Norma still chillin', huh? Damn!

 

[lopejuice1]

I couldn't find a Vermont thread so I'm sorry if this isn't the place, but here's the best news I heard all week!



pounders!

 

[tehzachatak]

I couldn't find a Vermont thread so I'm sorry if this isn't the place, but here's the best news I heard all week!



pounders!

awwwwwwwwwwwww yissssssssssssssss

 

[Os]

Plum.



@HillFarmstead Bottling this today in 375ml bottles.

 

[tehzachatak]

I thought someone said no more 375 mL bottles for HF? But good.

Also, that was a really, really fast turnaround... seems like far less time on fruit than (at least some of) the fruited Floras have had in the past.

 

[BGsWo22]

Plum.



@HillFarmstead Bottling this today in 375ml bottles.

Plum Flora?

 

[tehzachatak]

I thought someone said no more 375 mL bottles for HF? But good.

Also, that was a really, really fast turnaround... seems like far less time on fruit than (at least some of) the fruited Floras have had in the past.

Shaun corrects me:



Guess the time I was thinking about for blueberry/blue/cherry/satsuma was total time in barrels, not time on fruit.