Hill Farmstead thread

[Debokle]

Fact: Any HF shelfie aged 3-4 years = magic.

 

[JulianB1]

Fact: Any HF shelfie aged 3-4 years = magic.

Speaking of which, opened an 11/2014 Edith over Thanksgiving:

This is a truly beautiful beer. There are so many places a dark saison with a mixed fermentation could go sideways, but this manages to corral all the elements into a really perfect harmony. Lemony tartness, a slightly roasty body, and a funky finish all work together in a way I'd be skeptical of were it not for my previous experiences with Edith. Really one of a kind for my taste.

 

[tehzachatak]

Fact: Any HF shelfie aged 3-4 years = magic.

4 years is too much for me (at least on the old bottles, maybe the caps are better now). 2-3 years is money.

 

[Marc2]

Had a 2014 and 2015 Florence side by side recently and 2014 seemed a little tired to be honest. 2 years seems good to me. I usually like to do non lambic in a 18-24mo window when "aging" beer

 

[iong516]

Speaking of which, opened an 11/2014 Edith over Thanksgiving:

This is a truly beautiful beer. There are so many places a dark saison with a mixed fermentation could go sideways, but this manages to corral all the elements into a really perfect harmony. Lemony tartness, a slightly roasty body, and a funky finish all work together in a way I'd be skeptical of were it not for my previous experiences with Edith. Really one of a kind for my taste.

ISO

 

[JulianB1]

ISO

This was my last one, sad feels.

 

[iong516]

This was my last one, sad feels.

Sounds like it was a nice experience, cheers

 

[Mikecap]

Anybody crack an Aaron b1 recently and can share how it's doing? Doing a barleywine share soon...

Also, found some 10/14 Arthur and Anna, 7/14 Florence, 1/15 Soigne and a few other older saisons in a recent cellar check. Haven't had any of those batches in quite some time, anybody try those recently? I saw Marc say '14 Flo is a bit over the hill so curious on the others....

 

[Marc2]

Anybody crack an Aaron b1 recently and can share how it's doing? Doing a barleywine share soon...

Also, found some 10/14 Arthur and Anna, 7/14 Florence, 1/15 Soigne and a few other older saisons in a recent cellar check. Haven't had any of those batches in quite some time, anybody try those recently? I saw Marc say '14 Flo is a bit over the hill so curious on the others....

Just want to add that was still very good but 15 was just such an amazing beer in comparison

 

[Mikecap]

Just want to add that was still very good but 15 was just such an amazing beer in comparison

4/30/15 batch of the '15? Have that and 12/29/15 remaining I obv have to do them together...

 

[Marc2]

4/30/15 batch of the '15? Have that and 12/29/15 remaining I obv have to do them together...

Yup, 04-30-2015 and 07-2014

 

[Debokle]

For the lucky people who have had both Mimosa and CD Citrus, how do they compare?

 

[JulianB1]

Twilight on nitro sounds yuuuuummmmmyyyyyyyy.

 

[raqnroll]

Anybody crack an Aaron b1 recently and can share how it's doing? Doing a barleywine share soon...

Also, found some 10/14 Arthur and Anna, 7/14 Florence, 1/15 Soigne and a few other older saisons in a recent cellar check. Haven't had any of those batches in quite some time, anybody try those recently? I saw Marc say '14 Flo is a bit over the hill so curious on the others....

Jeeezus **** just drink them cause it's Wednesday. They are not going to get any better at this point.
(honestly though, great excuse just to drink them)

 

[skrip]

For the lucky people who have had both Mimosa and CD Citrus, how do they compare?

not at alllllll

 

[Stewmeister91]

Anybody crack an Aaron b1 recently and can share how it's doing? Doing a barleywine share soon...

Also, found some 10/14 Arthur and Anna, 7/14 Florence, 1/15 Soigne and a few other older saisons in a recent cellar check. Haven't had any of those batches in quite some time, anybody try those recently? I saw Marc say '14 Flo is a bit over the hill so curious on the others....

I had a 10/14 Arthur a few weeks back. Still delicious, wasn't as mindblowing as the May 2014 Arthur i recently had. So maybe its ramping up to that level

 

[Mikecap]

Jeeezus **** just drink them cause it's Wednesday. They are not going to get any better at this point.
(honestly though, great excuse just to drink them)

This is the correct answer.

 

[SouthBostonIPA]

I had a 10/14 Arthur a few weeks back. Still delicious, wasn't as mindblowing as the May 2014 Arthur i recently had. So maybe its ramping up to that level

May 2014 Arthur was an exceptional batch. I remember being blown away by how good that beer was at the 4th Anniversary Celebration (it was released right around then, and there was keg of it at Pro Pig). If I recall correctly, it was the first Arthur batch to see some time in the Foeders HF had recently installed.

 

[Debokle]

not at alllllll

ISO:

 

[user 308679]

not at alllllll

Avatar checks out.

 

[nrs207]

For the lucky people who have had both Mimosa and CD Citrus, how do they compare?

I wouldn't want a Mimosa now unless I hadn't had it because it's a shell of what it was (I had it two years ago and it had already fallen hard), but CD Citrus is one of the worst HF beers I've ever had.

 

[Debokle]

I wouldn't want a Mimosa now unless I hadn't had it because it's a shell of what it was (I had it two years ago and it had already fallen hard), but CD Citrus is one of the worst HF beers I've ever had.

Agreed, I was not thrilled with CDC. Perhaps HF will bring back Mimosa someday.

 

[Mikecap]

Agreed, I was not thrilled with CDC. Perhaps HF will bring back Mimosa someday.

Wouldn’t shock me as a lot of older releases have resurfaced the past couple of years.

Where you at Peleg?

 

[yasky]

Where you at Peleg?

Drinking beautifully FWIW

 

[GuzzleMcBrew]

Drinking beautifully FWIW

Just...Thank you.

 

[wuntrikpony]

Drinking beautifully FWIW

is he blowing Aaron?

 

[yasky]

Drinking. Or something.... I was buzzed and just discovered Pixlr.

 

[mvl339]

I think Peleg was the first HF beer I tried, had it at Pro Pig for the 4th anniversary events. At the time I thought rodenbach grand cru was the best beer and when I had the Peleg I was like eh not much better than rodenbach.

 

[Mikecap]

I think Peleg was the first HF beer I tried, had it at Pro Pig for the 4th anniversary events. At the time I thought rodenbach grand cru was the best beer and when I had the Peleg I was like eh not much better than rodenbach.

It's comical the number of untappd reviews that say "infected" on Peleg. God damn haze bros.

 

[mvl339]

I think Peleg was the first HF beer I tried, had it at Pro Pig for the 4th anniversary events. At the time I thought rodenbach grand cru was the best beer and when I had the Peleg I was like eh not much better than rodenbach.

Oh wait no it was Prolegomena, ma bad