Hill Farmstead thread

[JulianB1]

Well, the online rage from HF's Saturday announcement will probably be amusing...

 

[Stewmeister91]

Well, the online rage from HF's Saturday announcement will probably be amusing...

What's this now?

 

[MikeG1]

What's this now?

No onsite pours (draft or bottle). Only growler fills and cans to drink.

 

[pushkinwow]

Nothing since Friday...HF must be closed for good!

 

[theLostWizard]

FoFA details up: http://hillfarmstead.com/fofa/

Hope to go again this year and share beers with many of you that I met last year.

 

[AutumnBeerLove]

Hello everyone!

Today I write to you with some news. This is my last week as an employee of Hill Farmstead Brewery. As some of you may know, I began visiting the brewery back in early 2011 as a customer. It has long since been a dream of mine to work at Hill Farmstead Brewery and set up a life in Vermont. I am extremely fortunate to have been able to spend the last three years working in Greensboro with such an amazing staff, and being able to be fully immersed in the craft beer world at a location that is dear to my heart.

Life happens, and things pop up. Thus, I have chosen to step away to have more time with my family. This specific part might sound like sad news, but it is certainly not!

I simply wanted to put this out there for all of you to know since I have been the first means of contact for many of you. Thanks for all the fun times, and perhaps I will see some of you soon on the other side of the bar It has been a privilege to serve you all.

Cheers,
Kevin

p.s. As a side note, another staff member will be making an account on here soon to answer any/all of your burning questions.

 

[blckout201]

Hello everyone!

Today I write to you with some news. This is my last week as an employee of Hill Farmstead Brewery. As some of you may know, I began visiting the brewery back in early 2011 as a customer. It has long since been a dream of mine to work at Hill Farmstead Brewery and set up a life in Vermont. I am extremely fortunate to have been able to spend the last three years working in Greensboro with such an amazing staff, and being able to be fully immersed in the craft beer world at a location that is dear to my heart.

Life happens, and things pop up. Thus, I have chosen to step away to have more time with my family. This specific part might sound like sad news, but it is certainly not!

I simply wanted to put this out there for all of you to know since I have been the first means of contact for many of you. Thanks for all the fun times, and perhaps I will see some of you soon on the other side of the bar It has been a privilege to serve you all.

Cheers,
Kevin

p.s. As a side note, another staff member will be making an account on here soon to answer any/all of your burning questions.

Thanks for the cold brew and the cold brews. You'll certainly be missed dude.

 

[Os]

Hello everyone!

Today I write to you with some news. This is my last week as an employee of Hill Farmstead Brewery. As some of you may know, I began visiting the brewery back in early 2011 as a customer. It has long since been a dream of mine to work at Hill Farmstead Brewery and set up a life in Vermont. I am extremely fortunate to have been able to spend the last three years working in Greensboro with such an amazing staff, and being able to be fully immersed in the craft beer world at a location that is dear to my heart.

Life happens, and things pop up. Thus, I have chosen to step away to have more time with my family. This specific part might sound like sad news, but it is certainly not!

I simply wanted to put this out there for all of you to know since I have been the first means of contact for many of you. Thanks for all the fun times, and perhaps I will see some of you soon on the other side of the bar It has been a privilege to serve you all.

Cheers,
Kevin

p.s. As a side note, another staff member will be making an account on here soon to answer any/all of your burning questions.

you're the man, Kev!

 

[Os]

FoFA details up: http://hillfarmstead.com/fofa/

Hope to go again this year and share beers with many of you that I met last year.

digging the straight HF lineup!

 

[seedavid]

Hello everyone!

Today I write to you with some news. This is my last week as an employee of Hill Farmstead Brewery. As some of you may know, I began visiting the brewery back in early 2011 as a customer. It has long since been a dream of mine to work at Hill Farmstead Brewery and set up a life in Vermont. I am extremely fortunate to have been able to spend the last three years working in Greensboro with such an amazing staff, and being able to be fully immersed in the craft beer world at a location that is dear to my heart.

Life happens, and things pop up. Thus, I have chosen to step away to have more time with my family. This specific part might sound like sad news, but it is certainly not!

I simply wanted to put this out there for all of you to know since I have been the first means of contact for many of you. Thanks for all the fun times, and perhaps I will see some of you soon on the other side of the bar It has been a privilege to serve you all.

Cheers,
Kevin

p.s. As a side note, another staff member will be making an account on here soon to answer any/all of your burning questions.

Thank goodness. I've been pm'ing all of my questions, no matter how inane, to pbyoung for like over a year.

He still hasn't told me where babies come from.

 

[iong516]

digging the straight HF lineup!

Yeah, that's cool. Any other weekend I'd be there, but I made plans I won't break.

 

[Fahmie25]

digging the straight HF lineup!

Love this as well. Should be awesome.

Hello everyone!

Today I write to you with some news. This is my last week as an employee of Hill Farmstead Brewery. As some of you may know, I began visiting the brewery back in early 2011 as a customer. It has long since been a dream of mine to work at Hill Farmstead Brewery and set up a life in Vermont. I am extremely fortunate to have been able to spend the last three years working in Greensboro with such an amazing staff, and being able to be fully immersed in the craft beer world at a location that is dear to my heart.

Life happens, and things pop up. Thus, I have chosen to step away to have more time with my family. This specific part might sound like sad news, but it is certainly not!

I simply wanted to put this out there for all of you to know since I have been the first means of contact for many of you. Thanks for all the fun times, and perhaps I will see some of you soon on the other side of the bar It has been a privilege to serve you all.

Cheers,
Kevin

p.s. As a side note, another staff member will be making an account on here soon to answer any/all of your burning questions.

Cheers Kev! Best of luck with the next gig. Hopefully will see you up there during FOFA (as a patron!)

 

[regularjohn]

Hello everyone!

Today I write to you with some news. This is my last week as an employee of Hill Farmstead Brewery. As some of you may know, I began visiting the brewery back in early 2011 as a customer. It has long since been a dream of mine to work at Hill Farmstead Brewery and set up a life in Vermont. I am extremely fortunate to have been able to spend the last three years working in Greensboro with such an amazing staff, and being able to be fully immersed in the craft beer world at a location that is dear to my heart.

Life happens, and things pop up. Thus, I have chosen to step away to have more time with my family. This specific part might sound like sad news, but it is certainly not!

I simply wanted to put this out there for all of you to know since I have been the first means of contact for many of you. Thanks for all the fun times, and perhaps I will see some of you soon on the other side of the bar It has been a privilege to serve you all.

Cheers,
Kevin

p.s. As a side note, another staff member will be making an account on here soon to answer any/all of your burning questions.

 

[JulianB1]

Hello everyone!

Today I write to you with some news. This is my last week as an employee of Hill Farmstead Brewery. As some of you may know, I began visiting the brewery back in early 2011 as a customer. It has long since been a dream of mine to work at Hill Farmstead Brewery and set up a life in Vermont. I am extremely fortunate to have been able to spend the last three years working in Greensboro with such an amazing staff, and being able to be fully immersed in the craft beer world at a location that is dear to my heart.

Life happens, and things pop up. Thus, I have chosen to step away to have more time with my family. This specific part might sound like sad news, but it is certainly not!

I simply wanted to put this out there for all of you to know since I have been the first means of contact for many of you. Thanks for all the fun times, and perhaps I will see some of you soon on the other side of the bar It has been a privilege to serve you all.

Cheers,
Kevin

p.s. As a side note, another staff member will be making an account on here soon to answer any/all of your burning questions.

Cheers Kevin! Your virtuoso performance of Total Eclipse of the Heart at Parker Pie during TB 4th Anniversary will always be one of my favorite HF trip moments.

 

[Mikecap]

FoFA details up: http://hillfarmstead.com/fofa/

Hope to go again this year and share beers with many of you that I met last year.

****. FoFA is typically a must-go event for me. Unfortunately, it appears Trillium's festival is the same day this year, so looks like I'll miss out on FoFA.







Yeah, no. See you all there! My one wish is a keg of Marie again and/or Mary. A Vera Mae release again would be excellent...maybe both 2017 and 2018 released simultaneously?

Anyway, this is the only beer festival I actually care if I attend each year, so I'm looking forward to it as always!

 

[icfpny]

FoFA details up: http://hillfarmstead.com/fofa/

Hope to go again this year and share beers with many of you that I met last year.

excited to feel THAT DREAD until june 11th, awesome

 

[wuntrikpony]

Anyone else not a fan of the recent What is Enlightenment cans? Doesn't smell great, but the flavor is really off for me. Super thin malt backbone and a lingering astringency.

 

[regularjohn]

Anyone else not a fan of the recent What is Enlightenment cans? Doesn't smell great, but the flavor is really off for me. Super thin malt backbone and a lingering astringency.

sounds awful, i'll take the rest off your hands

 

[wuntrikpony]

sounds awful, i'll take the rest off your hands

C+S if you want em...I have 2 cans left.

 

[Thevicster]

Hello everyone!

Today I write to you with some news. This is my last week as an employee of Hill Farmstead Brewery. As some of you may know, I began visiting the brewery back in early 2011 as a customer. It has long since been a dream of mine to work at Hill Farmstead Brewery and set up a life in Vermont. I am extremely fortunate to have been able to spend the last three years working in Greensboro with such an amazing staff, and being able to be fully immersed in the craft beer world at a location that is dear to my heart.

Life happens, and things pop up. Thus, I have chosen to step away to have more time with my family. This specific part might sound like sad news, but it is certainly not!

I simply wanted to put this out there for all of you to know since I have been the first means of contact for many of you. Thanks for all the fun times, and perhaps I will see some of you soon on the other side of the bar It has been a privilege to serve you all.

Cheers,
Kevin

p.s. As a side note, another staff member will be making an account on here soon to answer any/all of your burning questions.

You'll be missed Kevin, best to you!. And hope to see you around!

 

[Zimm]

Anyone else not a fan of the recent What is Enlightenment cans? Doesn't smell great, but the flavor is really off for me. Super thin malt backbone and a lingering astringency.

Not that I have had it a lot but to me it’s pretty delicate. I’m in love with them and not getting any astringency but more of a lingering sweetness not typical in their APAs or IPAs. I did it.

 

[Stewmeister91]

Summing up the HF Trade scenarios on FB

ISO: Rare Hill
FT: A slew of Bottle Logic beers and I have more

What's the deal with Bottle Logic? Has interest dwindled?

 

[JulianB1]

Summing up the HF Trade scenarios on FB

ISO: Rare Hill
FT: A slew of Bottle Logic beers and I have more

What's the deal with Bottle Logic? Has interest dwindled?

-More production so everything is easier to get, plus lots of people get guaranteed bottles through their club.
-Some (1-2? I don't exactly recall how many) infection problems so people are likely more skittish about new beers and/or worried about aging them.
-They struck gold with Fundamental Observation b1 (legitimately one of the best BA stouts I've had) and haven't managed to hit that level since (although Fundamental Summation was very good).

To some degree, the same thing has happened with Cycle in Florida and a few other breweries.

 

[tylerk88]

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[InfinityonTrial]

Ughhh, this might bring my trip up a couple weeks...

 

[iong516]

-More production so everything is easier to get, plus lots of people get guaranteed bottles through their club.
-Some (1-2? I don't exactly recall how many) infection problems so people are likely more skittish about new beers and/or worried about aging them.
-They struck gold with Fundamental Observation b1 (legitimately one of the best BA stouts I've had) and haven't managed to hit that level since (although Fundamental Summation was very good).

To some degree, the same thing has happened with Cycle in Florida and a few other breweries.

Also their stouts (and Cycle's) tend to be less complex without the depth of character you find with HF... JulianB copypaste

 

[iamjo]

copypasta^

 

[bahnfire]

Drinking beautifully btw.

 

[bahnfire]

Magic Florence is magic. Pretty sure this is the only bottle from this batch that I bought.

Spoiler

it’s drinking beautifully.

 

[DigDug1810]

Magic Florence is magic. Pretty sure this is the only bottle from this batch that I bought.

Spoiler

it’s drinking beautifully.

drank 2 of those in the past few months.. it is indeed drinking great.. drank a July 2014 Florence on Saturday and that is tasting really nice too... think i'm down to my last 2-3 older Florences