Hill Farmstead Arthur

Arthur (1922-2005) was our grandfather’s youngest brother; Hill Farmstead Brewery rests upon the land that was once home to him and his 13 siblings. In his honor, this Saison is crafted from American malted barley, American and European hops, our distinctive farmhouse yeast and water from our well. Unfiltered and naturally carbonated, this is the ale that I dream to have shared with Arthur.

6% Alc/Vol 13ºPlato

699 reviews

Greensboro, United States

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3.7 Lys gul lett tåkete med hvitt skum. Lukter hvete og sitrus. Lett. Syrlig. Smaker noe sitron, blomster og hvete. Kort Earlier Rating: 6/25/2020 Total Score: 3.6 Lys gul noe tåkete med hvitt skum. Lukter gult gress og aprikos. Sursyrlig smak. Ikke det jeg forventet av en saison. Absolutt positivt. Sure stenfrukter og noe granbar. Middels lang.

4.5 75CL. This is HB’s bottle. Split 2 ways at fridge temp and allowed to warm. Hazy gold, almost no head. wow…smells FANTASTIC. Just a wild bouquet of cascade hops. Love the balance here with that lemon, earthy, bread yeast hill character. Exceptional perfect mouthfeel. Good hill farmstead yeast mouthfeel and wheat and lemon/lime? Juicy orange peel, grass, wheat, sugar, white wine. This is REALLY good! One of the best bottles of Arthur I’ve had in a long time. Earlier Rating: 3/17/2012 Total Score: 4.8 PIcked this up two weeks ago at the Hill. Thanks Shaun! Beautiful beer! Put in the fridge for a few minutes and poured into a Hill Farmstead glass. A - 3-finger crystal clear head that shimmers like crystal. Very tight bubbles almost creamy. The beer is a hazy golden color. Deep orange gold color. Gorgeous beer. S - Great spices like pepper and some other very bitey spice. Loving the very bready and sort of butter-like croissant scent. There’s a terrific tangy scent that you related to great farmhouse saisons and a lot of dry white-wine appeal. I’d be happy just smelling this beer! T - Dry Saison is what I first get. The spice is a bit too much but it’s not terrible, I’m just not a fan of so much spice. Maybe that’s why they call this a "rustic" saison. Very dry finish which pulls the spice away leaving a lingering tangy taste. M - Huge explosion of bubbles on the swish but not bubbles that expand your cheeks. Carbonation without full-ness. Very nice. Light bodied and easy to drink O - I’d like this beer. HFS’s Anna I prefer but this is still a solid Saison but just a little spicy for me. Revising this to a 4.8. I reviewed this earlier in the year. The latest batches are more tart / sour. The spice is almost gone, still a little buttery on the nose. These beers are starting to sour and I’m sure it’s intentional. Going to save my other 3 of these for a year and hope they develop into something else.

4.4 Bottle shared at Moor Beer Vaults - Bermondsey. Pours lightly hazed gold with a fluffy, white head. Lovely beer, clean, with mellow funk, dashes of salt, subtle juicy citrus, minimal bitterness. Light bodied with delicate, massaging carbonation. Lightly tart finish, background acidity, more lemony nips, mild salty bite. Outstanding. Earlier Rating: 2/27/2012 Total Score: 4.5 Bottle shared at CBC one of Nate’s last nights. Pours hazy yellow-gold with a large, frothy white head. Lovely aroma, all yeast, lemon and dough. Light to medium sweet flavor, some doughy bread, light spice, light bitterness, yeast, faint citrus. Light bodied with average to lively carbonation. Clean, fresh, bready finish, some mild yeast, light lemon and citrus rind. Just a damn good saison. Doesn’t try to blow the top off. Just makes it do what it do, baby. (February 2012, score: 4.4) Bottle shared in London. Dry Hop Styrian version.

4.1 Golden with a white head - Malt aroma with some herbal notes - Malt body with herbal flaovurs with some spicy notes and ome bitterness in the abck - The flavours goes into the finish - This was real good

4.0 Bouteille. Robe orangée, trouble, peu scintillante, effervescence active. Faible mousse blanche homogène. Tenue de mousse éphémère. Aromes: céréales grillées, floral, herbacé, coriandre. Saveurs: faible-moyenne acidité en bouche, fine amertume éphémère en finale. Texture: corps mince, carbonation faible-moyenne, très bonne buvabilité.

3.8 Tap at BeerOut, Forlì, Italy. Pours classic gold, with fine white foam. Aroma is delicately funky, grainy, citrus. Body is average, with quite a carbonation. Some astringency. Taste is medium-high sour, with some underlying sweetness. Final is average.

4.3 Lightly hazy deep-gold-to-mustard-yellow. Fine frothy white head. Aroma is tart lactic acid, some sweet wheat grain dust, touch of Demerara sugar - lovely sweet-sour balance without too much pickle and no acetic. Touch of delicious tart fresh-baked bakers yeast, bit of toasted scone, hint of grape, touch of yellow-green apple, somewhat underripe guava and mango. Body is medium-light weight, somewhat syrupy-oily, bit starchy, high-medium-high carbonation, medium-high burn, fine-medium-fine bubbles - really great texture. Flavor is medium-medium-plus acidity, dry-to-dry-to-off-dry, some grass, bit of very underripe pineapple and mango, touch of toasted dry wheat grains, hint of wetland grasses and grape, slight hint of rich wet earth. Light-to-very-light crisp bitterness (grassy and slightly resinous). Bit of musty Parmesan is coming through on the exhale as it warms! Overall, delicious! Yummy, not as funky as it could be, but still complex. Highlight is the texture (fine carbonation in particular) and the enticing aroma with the almost wheat-toffee note. I get why Hill Farmstead makes the best saisons now!

4.0 0,75 litre Bottle, shared with Bergstaden. Pale yellow with white head. Malts, hops, sour, Citrus, oak, Smooth.

4.2 Tarty and zesty. Lemony. Sour. Green apples. Acidic. Hay. Balanced by some mild sweetness. White wine. Grapes. Yeasty. Refreshing saison. Good!

3.7 Bottle pour, light gold color. Sour aroma. Strong flavors of baked lemons, hint of lime and biscuit notes.very tart.

4.4 Funky yeasty farmhouse. Nice apple & citrus,pleasantly tart

4.0 batch 2020/02/26 Appearance: Pours hazy pale gold with creamy white head, with lacing. 外观：淡金色，朦胧。细腻的白色泡沫，有挂杯。 5/5 Aroma: Green apple, lemon, grapefruit, sweet malt, grass and orange peels, with slight hints of mold. 气味：青苹果、柠檬、西柚、甜麦芽、青草和橙皮，伴随着轻微的霉香。 8/10 Taste: Green fruits, citrus fruits, and gentle hops with hints of yeast and mold. Almost dry. Crispy acidity. Dry tart finish with sweet aftertaste. 味道：绿色水果、柑橘类水果和柔和的酒花味伴随着些许酵母和霉香。近乎干型。爽脆的酸度。尾韵干而酸，带有回甘。 8/10 Mouthfeel: Light bodied, mellow carbonated. 口感：酒体轻盈，杀口感柔和。 4/5 Overall: A typical saison with proper yeast and mold, refreshing and easy to drink. Vinous, like a chablis, easily matching with food. 典型的赛松，带有适量酵母味与霉香，清爽而易饮。像夏布利的干白，很适合配餐。 15/20

4.1 Hazy golden coloured. Funky, light sour, citrus. Quite light, cidery. Very nice.

4.5 A fantastic beer, I really liked it. With defined style but with imagination and creativity. Complex but balanced in excesses and style. A brutal beer!

4.0 750 ml bottle. Pours a hazy straw golden color and topped by a thick off white layer of foam that slowly settles to a thin film and leaves patches of lace on the glass. The aroma shows notes of light lemon citrus, zest, barnyard funk, hay, and wheat over a toasted bread malt base with underlying Brett and yeasty esters. The flavor follows suit with the lemon citrus, hay, barnyard funk, and crisp wheat up front to go with the breast malts, some minerals, and a light Brett driven tartness on the back end. Medium bodied with lively carbonation that leads to a clean, crisp, funky, light citrus, and dry brett on the finish. Perfectly balanced between sweet, tart, and funky that is very refreshing. Really solid saison here, but I expect nothing less from Hill Farmstead.

4.8 Draft at Omaha Tap House, Pepperwood. Poured light hazy golden, thin white head. Aroma of citrus, fruity, orange, floral, grape. Taste was sour, tart, sweet, citrus, white wine, grapes, rind, green apple, minerals. This is really good.

4.1 Jasnożółte całkowicie zamglone piwo z niezłą pianą. Przyjemny aromat białych owoców, trochę przypraw, siana, stajni. W smaku orzeźwiające, owocowe, głównie białe winogrona, jabłka, lekko kwaśne z delikatną nutką słodyczy. Jakże inne niż belgijskie saison

4.2 Year old bottle. Beautiful cloudy straw pour with a big, blooming, clean white cap. Lemon and pepper, musty green grapes/white wine, just a touch of earthy funk. Taste is a perfect balance between sweet, tart and dry. Tart, lemony finish with just a bit of bitterness. Complex and crushable.

4.2 Orzeźwiające, cytrynowe, subtelna cierpkość wpadająca w pestkę. Białe winogrona/białe wino, agrest. Delikatnie dzikie. Raczej wytrawne, acz odrobina słodyczy jest. Pyszne.

4.7 A 750ml bottle, bottled on 23rd May 2018. Poured into a 3 Fonteinen Zenne glass. It was a very nice lightly hazy golden colour with a two finger white head that had good retention and left nice lacing. Aromas funky, tart, mango, stone fruit, malt, bready, citrus, lemon juice and pepper. Tastes sweet, tart, lightly sour, stone fruit, peach, citrusy, lemon juice, grass, funk, with hints of peppery spice. Medium bodied with moderate spritzy carbonation. Overall I love Arthur every time I get a chance to try it. One of my favourite from Hill Farmstead, and one of my favourite in the Saison / Farmhouse style. The aroma and flavours just come together so well that it’s a joy to drink.

4.2 Pours hazy straw-yellow, bubbly head with medium retention and good lacing. Aroma of bread, citrus, funk. Tastes funky, mildly tart, very fruity. Dry finish. Clean beer, excellent for its style, which isn't my favourite, but an excellent pair for French cheeses! Overall an outstanding brew.

4.3 Opaque golden beer with a slight/medium off-white head. Medium/heavy aroma; taste starts medium/heavy sweet and ends slightly bitter and dry. Fruit, Saison, hops and citrus. 8/5/9/4

3.9 Bottle from the brewery. Pours hazy gold with a bubbly white head. Tastes like yeast, dry citrus, white grape, straw, and cracker malt. Light body and medium carbonation. Smells like sour citrus, musky straw, and tangy yeast.

3.8 Frothy pour from the Sovereign. Sour lemon, pepper, salt. refreshing and good.

3.9 75cl Bottle @ Mikkeller Webshop, Copenhagen, Denmark. Hazy golden colour with a thin white head. Aroma is malt, yeast, fruits, slightly tart. Taste is malt, sweet, yeast, citrus, peach, apples, tart, slightly spicy. Medium body, average carbonation.

4.1 75cl bottle at home, bought in Mikkeller Webshop. Appearance: hazy light straw with medium sized white head. Aroma: grassy, wild, white pepper, brett, lemon juice, touch of funk even. Taste: medium sweetness and bitterness. Pretty wild en lemony with notes of grass, slight spiciness, some funk. Palate: medium bodied, oily texture and lively carbonation. Overall: best farmhouse ale I’ve had so far. Enjoyable and complex.

3.7 75cl bottle split with SimonBlok and Richardvv. Courtesy of SimonBlok. Pours a hazy pale yellow colour with a rapidly receding white head. Aroma of citrus, peach, slight vanilla, wheat, yeast. Taste is moderate sweet, medium bitter with a moderate dry and sour finish. Notes of pale malt, wheat, floral, yeast, slight citrus. Texture is oily to watery, medium to light bodied with moderate carbonation.

4.7 the best farmhouse I've tasted to date great balance and super lemon aroma and taste

3.8 Thick, whipped eggwhite-like head over hazy yellow beer. Spicy, herbal nose with other grains. Spicy with a light, mild sourish edge, wheat and yeast. Medium carbonation, light acidthinning, no acidburn. HF are one of the few USA breweries that manage to achieve mild sours in the right way. Here's another example. I Thanks to M&L! /I

3.7 Lightly tart, light funk. Reminiscent of pithless, light coloured citrus. Some peach. Doesn’t hit you over the head but v nice. Little bit sharp.