Hill Farmstead thread

[cfrances33]

anyone else open a b5 Flora recently? Would definitely recommend opening sooner than later if still sitting on bottles.

Opened my last one recently and the brett is definitely starting to take over and the barrel is starting to disappear.. Anyone who has had 18+ month old bottles of HF saisons will know what I mean. Still delicious, but not what it was 8 months ago!

Stenciled pages that was opened right after blew it out of the water.

Storage conditions are the real player here. For those that have been keeping the bottle at or slightly below room temp... yeah, I'd say probably best to drink them soon if you want to enjoy that beer in all its glory. I've had more than my share of bottles kept at 50 degrees or colder, and every batch 5 bottle I've had stored in this way recently has stood toe to toe with Ann, Art, and Le Sarrasin.

 

[Number45]

anyone else open a b5 Flora recently? Would definitely recommend opening sooner than later if still sitting on bottles.

Opened my last one recently and the brett is definitely starting to take over and the barrel is starting to disappear.. Anyone who has had 18+ month old bottles of HF saisons will know what I mean. Still delicious, but not what it was 8 months ago!

Stenciled pages that was opened right after blew it out of the water.

My last b5 Flora is getting opened in about three weeks at a tasting, been stored in my cellar which fluctuates between 55-65 all year. Can't wait!

I agree with above too, I still have hope for b6 Flora to keep improving. I may be an ass because I'm the biggest Flora fanboy ever, but I've liked each b6 bottle I've had more than the previous. Amazing beer.

 

[Shakedwnst]

bottles kept at 50 degrees or colder

Probably not the right place for this, but how cold is too cold in this situation?

 

[cfrances33]

Probably not the right place for this, but how cold is too cold in this situation?

Depends on what you want from the aging process.

 

[Auror]

Probably not the right place for this, but how cold is too cold in this situation?

If you think a beer is perfect as is or want it to change as little as possible, refrigerate it. If it has a cork, you may need to be aware of humidity for the cork as well (refrigerators are dry and have a chance of drying out the cork). If you want to see some change or certain reactions, cellar temp is usually recommended, but avoiding wild temp fluctuations is also important and perhaps more important than the exact temp.

 

[Respirologist]

Which is another reason I tend not to trade for older bottles of whatever...... Dudes that live in Slab Foundation houses, Condos etc etc and don't have a proper beer fridge or a basement at all...... **** be sitting in their 80 degree closet and be like " Properly Stored " when trading.....

 

[Shakedwnst]

Depends on what you want from the aging process.

Is that the same answer to the question, "Where would you age a brett IPA?"

 

[ASUBeer]

Quick question... Do Art, CD10 and CD11 all trade at pretty much the same level?

 

[MikeG1]

Quick question... Do Art, CD10 and CD11 all trade at pretty much the same level?

CD10 trades lower. Otherwise, Art and CD11 are very similar

 

[apatrick17]

I know there was some discussion in the last couple weeks about multiple "recent" batches of Arthur. Does a batch dated 4/2/15 on the bottles actually exist?

 

[BadJustin]

I know there was some discussion in the last couple weeks about multiple "recent" batches of Arthur. Does a batch dated 4/2/15 on the bottles actually exist?

Yes.

 

[iong516]

Similar question: heard the Arthur batch before the currently available batch was notably 'awesome', what's the date on that one?

 

[MooltiPass]

It's the 3/2015 batch. I had both that and the April batch at the same time and it's not even a question. That March one is really, really impressive.

 

[ncaudle]

It's the 3/2015 batch. I had both that and the April batch at the same time and it's not even a question. That March one is really, really impressive.

anyone done a side-by-side between the 5/2014 and 3/2015 batches, or am I going to have to do some science soon?

side note: had the 11/2013 Anna again last night - still rockin' out with her cock out!

 

[GuzzleMcBrew]

I have recently had bottles of the March and April Arthur, liked the new one better. I think that both batches might have been spontaneously inoculated with subjectivity.

 

[JulianB1]

We are teetering dangerously close to every batch of each saison being treated like a distinct beer and 100 beer long rankings lists...

 

[iong516]

We are teetering dangerously close to every batch of each saison being treated like a distinct beer and 100 beer long rankings lists...

Julian please.

 

[apatrick17]

We are teetering dangerously close to every batch of each saison being treated like a distinct beer and 100 beer long rankings lists...

Wait....that isn't the primary goal of this thread?

 

[indy1]

Rank each batch of every Hill Saison produced since inception. Go!



(kill me now)

 

[JulianB1]

via Farcebook:


Hill Farmstead Brewery
2 mins ·
On Weds., May 6, 2015, at 12 p.m., during normal retail hours, we will release Flora Plum. Bottles are $22 each with a limit of 2 bottles per person (see updated special bottle release policy here: http://bit.ly/1IRgY8q).

Flora is the wine barrel aged version of Florence (1915-1967), our grandfather's sister as well as the name of our wheat farmhouse ale. Selected barrels were aged on a variety of hand-picked organic plums from Elmore Roots Nursery in Wolcott, Vt., for several months. The result is a vibrant, refined expression of both harvest and craft.

 

[Number45]

I dare say Flora Plum could be a tasty beer.

 

[tehzachatak]

$22 for a 375. First time I have ever looked at the price of a HF beer and said "no thank you." I'm sure it's really, really delicious, though.

 

[Os]

$22 for a 375. First time I have ever looked at the price of a HF beer and said "no thank you." I'm sure it's really, really delicious, though.

375 or 500?

 

[tehzachatak]

375 or 500?

375, I asked on FB. I thought the price point indicated a 500 at first, which would have seemed reasonable. Not sure why this is $5 more a bottle than B/B.

 

[iong516]

Holy ****** ******* I'm pumped for Wednesday!

 

[bsc]

$22 for a 375. First time I have ever looked at the price of a HF beer and said "no thank you." I'm sure it's really, really delicious, though.

$44 for a 750 is pushing the boundaries I can stomach as well

 

[iong516]

Not sure why this is $5 more a bottle than B/B.

Maybe the demand for b/b? Busiest day in HF history probably spoke volumes...

 

[ncaudle]

375, I asked on FB. I thought the price point indicated a 500 at first, which would have seemed reasonable. Not sure why this is $5 more a bottle than B/B.

obviously plums cost more than blueberrys and black currants

 

[averagjoe3]

$22 for a 375. First time I have ever looked at the price of a HF beer and said "no thank you." I'm sure it's really, really delicious, though.

my thoughts exactly

 

[tehzachatak]

Maybe the demand for b/b? Busiest day in HF history probably spoke volumes...

Probably. I have no doubts this will rapidly sell as well.