Hill Farmstead thread

[jomobono]

I'm probably just an idiot.

This

 

[Jnorton00]

This

At least I'm not trolling today I guess.

 

[Fahmie25]

Anyone there today that can report how busy it was? Think flora will last until tomorrow morning?

 

[Respirologist]

Anna is sold out. And Everett kicked.

 

[Respirologist]

And:

@sicknarlo: @HillFarmstead Do you think Flora Blue/Black will last into tomorrow?

@HillFarmstead: @sicknarlo Yes. But the limit may drop again. Have seen 3x more people in last 24 hours than expected. Record amount of visitors.

 

[JCastle1]

Anna is sold out. And Everett kicked.

@HillFarmstead: But the limit may drop again. .

Yeah I've had that happen before. 99% sure I'm skipping it in that case.

Well that solves it... ^this number just changed to 100%.

 

[skrip]

And:

@sicknarlo: @HillFarmstead Do you think Flora Blue/Black will last into tomorrow?

@HillFarmstead: @sicknarlo Yes. But the limit may drop again. Have seen 3x more people in last 24 hours than expected. Record amount of visitors.

that was me =]

 

[bsc]

Convivial and Dorothy will both run out today / early tomorrow.
Black Nitro was also kicked.

Less than 20 cases of Flora Bl/Bl left as of 3:30p, will make it til tomorrow.

Wasn't too busy today

 

[bsc]

and new dorothy is much better than the past few iterations. doesn't taste like biting into a piece of chalk anymore.

 

[sp0]

Convivial and Dorothy will both run out today / early tomorrow.
Black Nitro was also kicked.

Less than 20 cases of Flora Bl/Bl left as of 3:30p, will make it til tomorrow.

Wasn't too busy today

Were people let in at 11am again today? Convivial and Dorothy will run out before Saturday too? Jesus, that is a lot of people in 48 hours.

Should I be good for Flora, Convivial, and Dorothy if arrive at 12?

 

[ilovestouts]

and new dorothy is much better than the past few iterations. doesn't taste like biting into a piece of chalk anymore.

Don't knock it, till you try it

 

[JCastle1]

and new dorothy is much better than the past few iterations. doesn't taste like biting into a piece of chalk anymore.

Guess I'll have to give it another shot.

 

[bsc]

Were people let in at 11am again today? Convivial and Dorothy will run out before Saturday too? Jesus, that is a lot of people in 48 hours.

Should I be good for Flora, Convivial, and Dorothy if arrive at 12?

If you want all those I would be there extra early tomorrow.
I showed up at 2p today and was out by 3:30p. Wasn't too busy today, yesterday was up there with busiest ever.

 

[Respirologist]

Convivial and Dorothy will both run out today / early tomorrow.
Black Nitro was also kicked.

Less than 20 cases of Flora Bl/Bl left as of 3:30p, will make it til tomorrow.

Wasn't too busy today

C'mon stop rustling jimmies....... Right ?......

 

[gregkoko]

C'mon stop rustling jimmies....... Right ?......

Well if this post from Hill is accurate

http://hillfarmstead.com/main/2015/...busiest-day-3182015-and-insight-on-limit.html

Hi Everyone,

Thanks so much to all of you who have visited this week. Wednesday’s turnout ended up being far greater than we expected—literally it was the busiest day in the history of our retail shop. So thanks for your patience, your support and your understanding as we tried our best to keep things moving as quickly as possible. We apologize to those who waited several hours in line. We are not satisfied with those wait times and we will continue to try to improve them.

Given the extreme circumstances this week we want to share our thought process with you. We always try to set limits such that a beer released on Wednesday of a given week makes it to that Saturday, as we understand people have commitments that often prevent them from visiting during the week. We also try to set the limit so that we can hold that limit (per person, per day) for the entire first week and sometimes beyond that (i.e., the recent Norma release). Demand and turnout are extremely difficult to predict and thus we sometimes have to adjust the limits day to day as we are doing this week. Again, this is an attempt to be as fair as possible and allow folks arriving on Saturday a reasonable chance of getting at least one bottle of a beer that was released on Wednesday. We do not always succeed, but this is what we try very hard to accomplish. Adding another layer of complexity, we try to set limits that make it worth the drive since many of our customers travel long distances and spend large amounts of their time to visit us. We are always thinking about this balancing act. Hopefully this provides some context.

So on to the rest of the week! We are doing everything within our power to make Flora Blue/Black last as far into the day Saturday as possible. Therefore, we will be dropping the bottle limit to 1 bottle per person (per day, as always) on Friday March 20th and Saturday March 21st.

Additionally, if the lines and waits begin to suggest that customers will have 2+ hour waits in the growler line we will drop the growler limit, as needed, to speed the line. If this occurs we apologize in advance and hope you understand that we are doing it to improve the experience for everyone.

Thanks again for all the support! It is quite humbling and we look forward to seeing many of you soon, or perhaps for one of our future releases.

Gratefully Yours,

The Hill Farmstead Brewery team

Totally thought DB Damon day eclipsed that

 

[bsc]

C'mon stop rustling jimmies....... Right ?......

Unless they have pallets you can't see from the line (entirely possible with the new setup). Down to less than 20 cases of both behind the taps

 

[Respirologist]

Well if this post from Hill is accurate

http://hillfarmstead.com/main/2015/...busiest-day-3182015-and-insight-on-limit.html



Totally thought DB Damon day eclipsed that

More people , but all spending $100 and leaving. Vs People loading up a rental car in town for EBF. $$

 

[Respirologist]

Unless they have pallets you can't see from the line (entirely possible with the new setup). Down to less than 20 cases of both behind the taps

I'd bet they do as limits on those havent dropped.

 

[coldafpipes]

Well if this post from Hill is accurate

http://hillfarmstead.com/main/2015/...busiest-day-3182015-and-insight-on-limit.html



Totally thought DB Damon day eclipsed that

1pp bah....

All this tells me is to arrive on Wednesday for max limits

Tho I could have read it wrong, I'm trying to get drunk by 7pm and I have inhaled

 

[GreenMtnMike]

It seems like it's a little late in the game for them to be shocked about a massive turnout for a Flora variant with a 4 bottle limit.

 

[Shakedwnst]

EBF and the fact that lots of people already took off Thursday and Friday for the tourney probably also increases the amount of people available to make the trip

 

[duceswild]

Was at HF around 5 today. While the initial palates of Dorothy and Convivial were running low they pulled out brand new palates of each so there is plenty. Also, it was mentioned they had the most of Convivial so he was not worried about that one selling out.

They were doing bottle pours of the new Dorothy as part of the tasting which was nice, though I didn't think it was better then previous batches....the group I was with didn't buy any bottles of it.

 

[JulianB1]

If it was busier yesterday than Flora Wednesday in December then holy cow that must have been a nuthouse.

 

[raqnroll]

Has anyone had this batch of Convivial? I'm not sure if it's just been awhile since the last time I had this or this is what happens with all beers after flora, but more bitter and funk?

 

[Thevicster]

The new Dorothy is certainly tasty.

Observations from being there today.....

1)..beer geeks are some ugly motherfuckers.

2) c'mon people show some personal pride for chrissakes, ha! Wash, comb your hair, brush your teeth, trim your neck beard before going out in public!

 

[drgarage1]

FTFY


LYMI

Best post this thread has had in ages.

 

[drgarage1]

I'll offer a 1/2 prayry bomb I drank most of a for a Flora BB.

 

[JulianB1]

I'd trade a Flora B&B for one breakfast at the Old Stagecoach B&B in Waterbury.

 

[bsc]

Blue/black is legit. Very tart, lotsa wine barrel, a little funk and some delicious fruit layered in. Wouldn't consider the bottle we opened a fruit bomb, there was a lot going on with it. I'm assuming b6 flora is the base? Blue/black was more tart but had a similar barrel character to b6. A+ would bang again

 

[SecretSquirrel]

The new Dorothy is certainly tasty.

Observations from being there today.....

1)..beer geeks are some ugly motherfuckers.

2) c'mon people show some personal pride for chrissakes, ha! Wash, comb your hair, brush your teeth, trim your neck beard before going out in public!

you must of been seeing the mules.... there are some hippie motherfuckers in VT people used for mules...