Hill Farmstead Art
Art is the barrel aged version of Arthur, our traditional farmhouse saison. Each release varies, but typically is a blend of barrel fermented and barrel aged Arthur - with aging extending between 12 months and 2.5 years. Bottle Conditioned.
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215 reviews
Greensboro, United States
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Bottle @ Warpigs. Pours hazy yellow with a big white head. Aroma is estery, citrusys, hay, stone fruit, vinous, oaky, vanilla, sweet dessert wine. Taste is tart, vinous, grapes, dessert wine, esters, barnyard, citrussy, lemon zest, orange peel. Holy shit this is good! Best saison I’ve ever had for sure.
Bottle @ Warpigs. Unclear deep golden with small white head. Aroma is malt, fruit, hop, brett, citrus, funk and a little tropical fruit. Flavour is malt, fruit, hop, brett, medium dry, little sweet, medium bitter, funky, citrus, tropical fruit and medium bitter.
From 750 ml bottle at Warpigs, Copenhagen. Hazy golden color with off white head. Hoppy and yeasty aroma, grassy, floral, tart citrusy fruity, funky bretty, barnyard notes, wood, vinous. Sweet, bitter and acidic taste like aroma. Medium oily body with soft carbonation.
Bottle sample big thanks to the Malmö Crew@Hill Farmstead Day, Warpigs, Copenhagen (12/05/2016) - golden yellow coloured pour with a white head. Aroma and taste is a great balance of sour and sweet fruity citrus notes, funk, some straw, hay, grape, nice wooden notes, medium acidic, tart fruity finish. Lovely.
Bottle at Warpigs on 12th May 2016. Pours a light golden with decent retention. Aroma is citrus, melon, some floral notes. Taste is light sweetness follwed by funky, acidic, veinous, light oak with lasting bitterness on the back end. Medium mouthfeel. A real journey of a beer. Absolutely stellar.
Bottle @ Warpigs, Copenhagen. Pours slightly hazy yellow with a white head. Aroma of light sourness, yeast, wood, spice, oak, tart fruit, hay, grapes, citrus. Flavor is rather sour, yeasty, wood, oak, tart fruity, green peach, mango, grapes, citrus. Medium body, average carbonation, dry, bitter ad light acidic finish. 120516
Bottle at war pigs... Hazy Amber.. Thin white lacing.. Soft funk fruit nose long funk sour.. Soft Tart fruit.. Dry bitter tart fruit
Bottle @ Warpigs, tap take over. Hazy golden with a small white head. Aroma is sweet, malty, fruity, bretty and wood. Flavor is quite sweet and light acidic. Dry and light acidic finish. 120516
Bottle at warpigs. Aroma of citrus, Lemon, floral. Apple? wood notes. The flavours starts light sweet but turns sour and finish bitter. Lingering bitterness. A bit off balance. Still very good.
Bottle at Warpigs. It pours cloudy yellow with a white head. The aroma is quite acidic with some floral and citrusy notes. Mainly acidic flavor notes with sour berries and tart citrus. Oak notes. Highly bitter overall.
Pours hazy light yellow. Aroma of grape, acetone, oak, vinous, tarty. Taste is rather sour, acetone, aicdic, juicy. Taste is sour, flowery, grape. Sour finish.
Bottle at Warpigs. Hazy golden with a small white head. Aroma of wood, citrus, pineapple and a touch of funk. Dry and tart fruity flavour with oak, grapefruit peel and vinegar. A little over the top
Bottle at Warpigs. Pours clear golden with a minimal white head. Aroma is citrus and funk. Taste is lemon citrus, funk, mild straw, medium sourness
Pours pale golden amber with a nice off white head. Aroma is sour sweet fruity citric stable funky. Flavor is as aroma, nicely bitter and has a slight touch of acetic.
Pours hazy orange with a low white head. Aromas of citrus, green apples, green grapes, gooseberry, elderberry, funk, oak. Fantastic on the nose, just incredible!! Taste is insanely well balanced between funk, floral notes, fruitiness and farmhouse notes. Mouthfeel is crisp and dry yet silky and smooth at the same time. Insane.
Pours hazy golden with low white head
Aromas wonderfully tart of over ripe apples, grapes, citrusy fruits,
Taste brilliant of tart over ripe red apples, green grapes, citrusy fruits, barnyard, bretta, hay
Mouthfeel is porn...
A: Cloudy yellow coloured with a small white head. N: Lemon, peach, green apples, yeast. T: Muscat grapes, lemon, apples, pear. O: Its really nice and quite vinous.
batch 3 bottle shared with a friend side by side with arthur. poured a beautiful hazy light yellow colour with a nice white head on top of the glass. nose is instant hit with white wine barrel. green apples, mineral notes, funk, funky barnyard, sweet melons, white grape, slight bitter grape skin, oak, wine barrel adds a subtle sweet balanced finish. crisp, and a perfect dry mouthfeel. incredible good beer! so hard to rate this. I maybe like this even more than ann. because this is more natural balanced. wonders me that this beer is relative lowly rated. it’s so incredible good
750 mL bottle poured into a snifter. Batch 2. Originally reviewed 6/10/2013. Big white head. Hazy yellow orange. Excellent retention. Very nice lacing. Peppery aroma. Sweet malt makes its way through. Brett? Not sure. A touch of wine. Yeasty.
Taste is more bretty. Wine much more prevalent also. Pepper and a little acidic in the finish. A touch of pale malt sweetness and even a little bit bitter.
Dry, except for the wine sweetness. Well carbonated.
Really nice. Lots of complexity.
April 2014 Magnum shared by Adam C on 7/25/15.
Another fantastic pour, obviously having had a good deal of time to really build up plenty of carbonation in the bottle. Large white head tops a soft golden, lightly hazy body.
I believe as soon as we started drinking this, immediately following Arthur (could be Ann vs Anna, but it’s the same argument), someone said right away, "Wow, not even close between this and Arthur." (implying this, being barrel-aged, was way better). I VERY quickly disagreed and while I don’t know if it’s better or worse, I don’t like that barrel aging is just automatically associated with higher quality, more finely crafted beers. Sure, the beer takes longer to produce but I don’t think that says anything about quality. I’m not always in the mood for a more dull, tannic, lactic, generally drier, lighter beer. Especially the case here, where I much preferred the aroma on Arthur, being completely different and vastly brighter. Still just as complex despite the lack of the wine and wood element. I think people often vastly overestimate the effect barrel-aging has on a beer.
ANYWAYS....this was much more reserved in the nose than CD14; not a noseful of wine at all and the sauv blanc is very nicely integrated, allowing citrus, vanilla and light cereal grain notes. Dulled by the tannin, as expected, and I much prefer the regular version’s aroma.
Strong acids in the mouth show grape and lactic influences, with honey-like maltiness, bread dough and moderate fruitiness (stone fruits, light citrus). Lip smacking acidity on the end is very well balanced thanks to the attenuation level, which is near-perfect here, allowing enough malt texture and sugar to balance. Lemons and soft, light floral notes linger. Tight carbonation as always from HF.
Magnum poured by Adam, thanks man! 04/2014 batch. Nice clarity .. Mildly hazy, good carbonation, lasting head. Aroma is mild wine barrel, wheat, soft oak, maybe lemongrass.
Flavor is about as well integrate as you can get for a barrel aged saison. Wheat and grain base with a great soft oak with hints of tannins. Very delicate. Wow... What else can I really say here? Bad ass!
Poured from magnum thanks AdamChandler for the Ratebeer Farmhouse Magnum Tasting. Color is clear golden with a thin white head. Aromas of wine funk oak and spice. Taste is wine and soft funk with a nice balanced dry finish.
Magnum shared by AdamChandler, opened at Ratebeer Farmhouse Magnum Tasting v1. Pours yellow gold with a white head. Bottled 04/14. Aroma is HFs funk, melon, lemon citrus. Soft and amazing, oak, citrus, white grape and wheat with the signature HFS funk. Super smooth.
Bottle...Pour is hazy amber with a soft white head..Nose is spice, oak, some wine, funk, dry...Taste is grape skin, spice, funk, oak, light tartness, very drinkable..
Bottle thanks to Will. Pours a hazy gold with medium creamy white head that lasts. The aroma is strong yeast, pepper, white wine, funk, citrus. Thin mouth, funk, white wine, light tartness with lingering dryness. Very nice.
This poured a semi hazy orange with a white head. Aroma was incredibly musty and dusty, almost to the point of moldy, and minerally. Flavor was also very musty, incredibly dry and mineral, true microflora at work here.
Rate #2000 B1 bottle thanks to jtclockwork. Long time want. Pours a cloudy orange with a white head. Aroma of musty wet rocks. Cobwebs. Musty library taste. Light brett funk. Soft palate with a dry dry finish. Extremely unique beer.
Bottle shared thanks to artmcd8. Poured light hazy amber orange with white head. Aroma light fruity yeast cellar dank. Light carb med bod. Tastes like. Ultra old dank hop that creeps in, really dusty earth.
Bottle with huge thanks to Jason - shared among friends. Pours cloudy golden, small white head, good lacing. Aroma is oak, dusty, fruity, some cut grass. Light tart, medium funky, barnyards, mineral water. Light plus body, creamy soft HF signature mouthfeel. Shawn is clearly making the best Saisons available right now.
Cloudy yellow with nice persistent foam. Minerals, flowers. Tart, dry, similar taste profile, wine, wine, wine. But with more bite in the mouthfeel. Love it.