Hill Farmstead E.
E. is for Edward (1917-2002), my grandfather, as well as the name of the first beer that I brewed in my brewery on March 30, 2010. E. is for Easter; brewing in Denmark revealed a European tradition of crafting Easter (Påske) beer. Thus, in honor of E., to the past and future emprises here on Hill Road, a special first anniversary release. Edward fermented with yeasts of Belgian origin, tank conditioned over four months, dry hopped with Galaxy hops, and bottle conditioned. E is for Entelechy, the continued actualization of our potential through spirited effort and vision.
13ºP 6.2% abv. Pale and Caramel Malt; Centennial, Chinook, Columbus, Simcoe, Warrior, and Galaxy Hops; Saison and Brettanomyces Yeast, and our Well Water.
Released usually every year. No 2013 version released. Last batch released March of 2016.
13ºP 6.2% abv. Pale and Caramel Malt; Centennial, Chinook, Columbus, Simcoe, Warrior, and Galaxy Hops; Saison and Brettanomyces Yeast, and our Well Water.
Released usually every year. No 2013 version released. Last batch released March of 2016.
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Greensboro, United States
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Bottle from a friend. Amber color, white head. Bitter taste with citrus, hops, earthy notes, ripe fruits, grass and yeast. Bitter finish with citrus, earthy notes, ripe fruits, toast, spices and grass. Excellent saison.
Pours yellow with a nice head, aroma of fruits, yeast, herbs, flavor is acidic with yeast, herbs, refreshing, medium bodied
750ml bottle. Clear amber with a foamy white head. Flavors are hay, biscuity cereals, honey, orange, apricot and oak with barnyardy notes. Medium body, moderate to good carbonation, slick texture.
Bottle again at Xmas 2018 tasting. Still spectacular!!
Bottle from Eric 2017 Xmas gathering. Pours clear orange some head and lots of lacing. Nose is apricot, white wine. Flavours of peach, apricot yeast lemon white wine. Light bitter, light sweet. Medium light body with lively carbonation. Beauty.
(Tap sample @ CBC 2016 Red Session, Copenhagen) Pours cloudy medium gold with a beautiful huge white frothy head and lace. Aroma is a full-on blast of fruit, one of the punchiest hop noses I've encountered. Super-ripe peaches, nectarines, apricots, passion fruit, lychee, behind which is a layer of oak notes that surprise me since I don't think it's BA, minerals, and a saison-like pale malt and yeast body. On the tongue, it's dry, crisp and balanced, with that oak-like richness I can only assume comes from yeast. Lots of fruit notes again, ripe peach, lychee, guava, passion fruit, cantaloupe, moderate grain, yeast, moderately bitter grassy hops in the back end. Medium-full body, soft creamy effervescent carbonation. This was a really pleasant surprise even for HF, the hop notes are up there with the best IPAs, massive fruit from the Galaxy. Awesome stuff.
On tap at FoFA 2017...not sure what year though. Found this to be nicely mellow and delicious, incredibly funky with a full body and moderate carbonation, but it was towards the end of rating beers and can't read much else.
750ml bottle shared with Julien. Pours golden orange with a huge frothy head. Slowly dissipating leaving a bunch of lacing. Hazy and thick throughout. Smells hoppy and sweet winey at the same time. Sweet galaxy hops. Pineapple citrus hops and sweet wine barrel oak. Tastes like a good Edward, hoppiness and bitter finish to boot with a winey crisp citrus profile. Dry grapefruit bitterness on the end. Very nice. Smooth, full and crisp mouthfeel. Very nice. Not my favorite style but great nonetheless.
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4/2/2013
750ml bottle poured into a Gandhi Bot snifter.
A~ hazy golden copper with crazy huge head and lots of lacing.
S~ peppery, citrus, and lots of bready yeast. just like a great saison should smell!
T~ more hop bitterness up front then i was expecting, definitely a nice treat. followed by a lot of lemon/lime citrus, a tad orange. nice pepper and tartness on the finish. mmm..!
M~ very carbonated but not overly so. you can kind of feel the bitterness from the hops if that makes sense lol
O~ definitely different then most HF saisons i’ve had but i’m gonna blame that on the hops! in a good way of course =] i love how HF saisons get sour with a little age, this one especially!
750ml bottle (thx, Reginald D.!) shared with Jamey W. Pours a slightly hazy golden with a white head. Aroma is funky, fruity and woody, very sophisticated. Taste is similar with lots of funk and barrel notes. Fruity, funky and hoppy aftertaste. Good stuff, as usual :-)
Bottle @ Warpigs - HF tap takeover, 2016. Clear medium yellow body with a small white head. Citrus, lemon, yeast, funk, tart, brett, hops, malt. Good.
Une bière blonde, avec une bonne effervescence, et un gros doigt de carbonatation. Au nez, levure sauvages à la HF d’attaque avec un petit côté sucré et mielleux intéressant. Au goût, la levure avec une certaine influence de levures belges est bien présentes. Il y a un certain manque d’effervescence en bouche, qui laisse le gout sucré des bretts prendre l’ascendant. C’est toutefois bien équilibré, avec le côté belge assez présent, les levures sauvages, et un aspect sucré. Une fois la bière un peu plus réchauffée, on trouve des notes de mangues bien fruitées. Néanmoins, de passer de la Edward à ça m’impressionne parce que ce sont des bières complètement différente, mais efficace.
750mL bottle. Pours amberish gold with a medium off-white head. Aroma is funk, citrus, grass, white grapes, earth, hay, and oak. Taste is barnyard, funk, earth, grapefruit, lemon, grass, apricot, some tangerine, and a little oakiness. Some pepper in the finish. Some light acidic tartness with a little lingering bitterness. Medium body. Moderate carbonation. Crisp-ish mouthfeel; yeast sediment makes it a bit slicker. As it warms the fruit brightens and the barnyard diminishes, simplifying the taste to big apricot and tangerine up front with an earthy finish. The beer feels like a combination of Edward and Dorothy (especially in the aroma), although the palate isn’t quite as strong as either of those beers.
750ml 2014 bottling of E. Hasn’t dried out as much as expected after all this time, and the funk level is moderate. Not a brett bomb by any means. Hop punch from release is obviously gone, now has a more rounded earthy orange character with some stonefruit and Belgian yeast spice in the finish. Also some touches of light sweet bready grain and honey notes. The fading of the hops revealed much more of a Belgian charactee than expected. Pretty balanced out right now in the profile. I preferred the somewhat dreggy pours from the second half of the bottle. Very enjoyable, but this is definitey one to drink now if you’ve still got it.
Sample at CBC 2016, smells like hill, funky, light sour and pleasant hoppy ending
750 ml bottle thanks to Mike! Hazy golden to orange color with off white head. Hoppy, yeasty and light malty aroma, floral, light citrusy fruity, light funky, cheesy, light vinous, wood. Sweet, light bitter and light acidic taste. Medium oily body with soft carbonation.
May 12, 2016. Bottle at Hill Farmstead day at Warpigs. .
Hazy orange with a small white head. Aroma is fruity with sweet notes of pineapple and peaches, bright lemon, passionfruit and orange, some funky barnyard and hay notes, light grain and herbal peppery notes. Taste is very light sweet, tart, fruity and funky. Light to medium bodied, average carbonation, slightly dry. Finish is slightly dry, some grassy and herbal bitter notes, lemon and passionfruit, some funky barnyard notes and light fruity and malty sweetness.
Nice one!
This tastes like a Hill Farmstead beer and that’s a good thing. It’s cloudy w/ a creamy white head. There seems to be a lot of tropical fruit such as you get from some strains of brett. There’s definitely a bit of hops in the mix as well but it’s pretty subdued. There is some implied tartness by some more fruity aromas once tasted. It’s a bit bitter and feels balanced and drinkable. I could drink a ton of this stuff.
750 ml bottle to snifter. Looks good; a cloudy orange with white head. Smells and tastes hoppy, funky, and oaky with a pleasantly tart medium-bodied mouthfeel. Tasty.
Tap @ CBC2016. Pours hazy orange with a medium white head. Aromas of esters, belgian style fruitiness, stone fruits, citrus, vinous. Taste is bretty, vinous, stone fruits, bitter, dark fruits.
Bottle lugged from brewery to tulip. Aroma is white grape, mild funk. Hazy golden small head. Taste is tart, dry, light berry, grape skin, wood. Prickly carbonation, dry minimally bitter finish.
Bottle sample at Warpigs/CBC week, Copenhagen - pours hazy golden amber with a beige head. Fruity and malty, barnyard and funky notes, some nice apricot, some peppery and herbal nuances into the close.
Bottle 750ml. @ [ Hill Farmsted Tape Take Over ] - Warpigs Brewpub, Flaesketorvet 24, DK-1711 Copenhagen, Denmark.
[ As Hill Farmstead E. ].
Unclear medium orange yellow color with a average, frothy, good lacing, mostly lasting, off-white to white head. Aroma is moderate malty, pale malt, moderate hoppy, grass, orange - citrus, dusty hops, moderate yeasty, belgium yeast, earthy notes. Flavor is moderate to heavy sweet and bitter with a long duration, dusty, fruity, pale malt, grass, earthy. Body is medium, texture is oily to watery, carbonation is soft. [20160512]
Bottle from trade from Macboost. Nose is lightly tart with a but load of Belgian yeast character. Pepper, light cardamom, coriander, crazy. Light hay. Taste is initially a lactic tartness followed by funky Brett. Hops are minimal. Ok, I guess.
Draught @ CBC 2016, Red session, København
Pours hazy golden with a white head. Aroma has notes of malt, citrus, white wine, grape, tropical, yeast and funk. Taste is light to medium sweet and medium bitter with a long dry, funky, citrus, vinous and tropical finish. Body is medium, texture is thin to oily, carbonation is soft.
Tap @ CBC 16. Pours hazy yellow with a white head. Aroma of dank fresh juicy hops, tart vinous notes, green apples, lemon zest, juicy grapes and some sweet citrus fruits as well. The taste has a tartness to it along with the crispy juicy bitterness from the hops. Grapes, green apples, sweet citrus and slight green apples. This is extremely good!
Sample @ Copenhagen Beer Celebration 2016 Red session 20160514. Fruity, hoppy and peachy, medium body with an oily texture. The finish is dry and hoppy.
[5/12/16] Bottle at Warpigs in Copenhagen. Cloudy yellow with a white head. Aroma of fruity "green" hops, funk, wood. Dry flavor, tart and bitterish, with yeast, oak, funk, wood, and bitterish fruity hops. Medium-bodied. Quite delicious.
BC16, red session, tap. Slight hazy golden with a white head. Aroma light malty, medium hoppy (citrusy) and yeasty (Bret, sour). Flavor light sweet, medium sour, light fruity and spicy. Medium body.
Bottle @ Warpigs. Hazy golden with small white head. Aroma is malt, fruit, yeast, brett, hop and lemon. Flavour is malt, fruit, yeast, little brett, medium sweet, yeast, lemon and a little bitter.