Hill Farmstead Edith (2013-)

Edith (1897-1992) was our grandfather’s sister, and Hill Farmstead Brewery rests upon the land that was once home to her and her 13 siblings. In her honor, this black saison is crafted from American malted barley, German roasted malts, European hops, our farmhouse yeast, and water from our well. Unfiltered and naturally carbonated, this is the ale that I dream to have shared with Edith.

Ingredients: Pale Malt; Roasted Barley; European Hops, Farmhouse yeast, Brettanomyces, and our Well Water.

3.8

205 reviews

Greensboro, United States

Community reviews

4.0 Backlog, ocena przepisana z untappd, w ramach uzupełniania profilu na ratebeer. HFD #4 Pachnie i smakuje trochę jak jasne piwo. Fajny Brett, lekka paloność wpada w przyprawy i ciasto marchewkowe. Fajne.

3.7 Sergey’s hunt; bottled 2015 12 04; 5.8% ABV Dark brown color, medium head. The aroma has mild note of straws, caramel, and sourness. Smooth mouthfeel, highly carbonated; the darker malts blend well with the vinous sourness. Vinous astringency in the final. Very good.

3.9 750ml bottle @ Alex’s. Bottled 2015.12.04 Pours a semi-opaque brown with a thin off-white head. Nose is dry funk. Flavour is lovely, some sourness, light pepper, not dry at all.

3.5 750ml bottle (thx, Alex M.!) at Alex’s. Bottled on 2015-12-04. Pours a dark brown with a tan head. Aroma is sour, slightly fruity, bretts, some spices. Taste is same with roasted malt notes. Good.

3.8 Thanks Jason! Pours super dark cola color with a tan head. The smell is dark roasted malt, spice, yeast. The taste is dark fruit, yeast, spice ending slightly sour, dry and roasty. Light/medium in body with the typical great HF fine carbonation.

4.0 Tap at Ma Che Siete Venuti a Fà in Rome-Italy with Mortlach. Black pour, creamy and resistant ivory foam. Nose: roast is quite nice, orange chocolate, floral. Mouth: frizzy, peppery, champagne fine with a pinch of lime and a bitter/tart aftertaste which remains. No roast in the taste, much joy tough ;)

3.8 Une bière noire aux reflets bruns, avec une fort belle carbonatation digne des plus belles stouts. Au nez, ca me semble assez houblonné, avec un petit côté résineux qu’on sent bien, et curieusement, elle me fait un peu penser à d’autres bières sûres en arômes, ce qui est définitivement intéressant. Au goût, cette bière me fait définitivement plus penser à une saison surette qu’à une saison noire. Le goût de la levure de saison à la Hill Farmstead est bien présent, avec une présence sure non pas omniprésente, mais bien ressentie. Bien que la bière soit noire, on ne perçoit pas le malt torréfié. Au fil des gorgées, on perçoit de plus en plus la levure de saison, bien sucrée et sèche. Surprenante.

3.9 One of Hill Farmstead’s flagship farmhouse ales, the dark one in this case, at Hopishop. Thickly papery lacing, snow white, moussy head, very dark chestnut brown robe with mahogany hue, hazy - obviously much darker than the average present-day saison, though I’d like to point at Silly Saison to draw attention to the fact that a traditional farmhouse ale should not necessarily be blonde. Aroma of roses, caramel, maracuja yoghurt, blackcurrant, strawberry, moldy hazelnut shells, toasted bread, pear, red wine vinegar, damp hay. Crisp, fruity onset, tart hints of redcurrant, passion fruit and blackberries, light fig-like sweetness as well, sherry vinegar-like sourishness grows in the course of the palate and effectuates a drying effect, smooth mouthfeel, caramelly and lightly toasty malt core, earthy finish with lingering fruit esters and some balancing herbal hop bitterishness. As said, dark saisons are less a stretch of the style as they may seem at first sight - also considering the fact that ’saison’ was never a well-defined beer category simply since it long predates the need to categorize beer styles. This one is - of only very few attempts at the concept of ’dark saison’ I had so far - the most interesting one in that respect for me, combining the typical nutty and toasted darker malt properties with the funkiness, ’ruralness’ and ’esteriness’ of a saison. I also like the soft, fluffy mouthfeel which seems to recur in all of Hill Farmstead’s saison-like ales.

3.5 At Hopishop 2016. Aroma of tart, brett and red fruit. Taste has soft yeast, mild funk and some fruit. Bit boring, just solid.

4.0 From tap at Warpigs. Dark brown colour with an off-white head. Aroma and flavour of caramel, malt, oak, tartness, funk, yeast and brettanomyces.

3.7 Sample @ Hill Farmstead Tap Takeover, Warpigs. Clear dark brown body with a small offwhite head. Malt, rye, grain, toasted, yeasty, some tartness.

3.7 Draught @ [ Hill Farmsted Tape Take Over ] - Warpigs Brewpub, Flaesketorvet 24, DK-1711 Copenhagen, Denmark. [ As Hill Farmstead Edith ]. Clear dark red brown color with a small to average, frothy, good to fair lacing, mostly lasting to diminishing, off-white head. Aroma is moderate malty, roasted, burnt, dark malt, wood, tart, light brett - funky. Flavor is moderate sweet and acidic with a average to long duration, tart, wood, dark malt, dry, brett - funk. Body is medium, texture is oily to watery, carbonation is soft. [20160512]

3.5 Bottle at Premature Blue Balls with Andre 160729. Murky brown beer with a rich beige head. Perfume aroma, yeasty, berry notes, chocolate, some nuts, tart notes, hay, some fruits. Yeasty fruity flavor, hay, citrus, floral notes, herbal, chocolate notes, some perfume. Tart fruity finish with hay, raisins and floral notes. A bit all over the place.

3.6 On tap at Warpigs. Dark brown with off white head. Aroma is fruity, sour, spicy, caramel, burnt sugar and slight yeast. Taste is similar, darker fruit notes, bready caramel malt, yeast, slight brett and slight spice.

4.4 750mL bottled November 2014, drunk 6/3/16 with Nelson. Dark mahogany with some milk chocolate hues and a strong clarity. Light beige head atop is small and shows moderate to moderately strong retention. Hazelnut, milk chocolate, prune and berry notes and a touch of honey-vanilla show a nice interplay of base malt, dark malt and light souring agents. It smells quite similar to CD16, though much less bacterial/woody, obviously. It’s very mellow and there’s no heavy roastiness to it that often ruins this "style". No alcohol or flaw, plenty of charm to the house character with good minerality. Honey and chocolate show a nice marriage of roasted barley and pale malt with little/no roast character and only a lovely chocolate character remaining that mixes with the mild lactic notes to produce a milk chocolate flavor. Very light bread adds some structure and there’s more of the tartness found in their farmhouse ales that perfectly balances the sweetness. Soft, creamy texture with tight carbonation and no alcohol or flaw. I swear if you closed your eyes and tasted this blind, you almost wouldn’t guess it was terribly dark. Which is great because I usually find too much overbearing dark malt/barley character in dark saisons, which interrupts the delicate nature of the beer. Not here. One of the best, if not the best, in style.

3.9 Dégustée en compagnie des trois amigos. Une bière à mon avis à cheval entre les styles saison et brown sour. Liquide foncé, peu mousseux et translucide. Subtile torréfaction se mêlant très bien aux levures sauvages, de ferme et de foin. C’est simple mais très plaisant et bien exécuté. En bouche, le malt grillé joue parfaitement son rôle de soutenance aux aspects fermiers de la bière. Une douce amertume de café froid et de gazon fraîchement coupé en fin de bouche. Pas magistral, rien de compliqué, simplement bien fait.

3.5 Bottle thanks to northernbrews. Aroma is hard to explain. Mildly sour black cherry and black raspberry, earth, and dark bread. Tastes dry and mildly sour. Black cherry skins and earth. Pretty good but I would want more than a small pour of this.

3.4 Courtesy of northernbrews and Jason R Bottle: The aroma consists of moderate cola, caramel, spice, and a hint of lemon. It pours a dark brown with orange highlights. It has a small beige head that fades to a minimal film outlined by a thin ring. The flavor starts with chocolate, cola, and caramel. The finish has light-moderate tart lemon and mild roast. It’s light-medium bodied with moderate-lively carbonation.

3.9 Draft @ Warpigs Brewpub, Copenhagen. Pours a dark brown color with a small off-white head. Has a fruity sour spicy yeasty caramel aroma. Fruity malty spicy yeasty bretty flavor with weak hints of caramel. Has a fruity malty spicy yeasty bretty caramel finish.

3.9 Draught @ Hill Farmstead Day - Warpigs Brewpub, København Pours dark reddish brown with a tan head. Aroma has notes of malt, caramel, funk, tartness, berries, vinous, hint of soya and vinegar. Taste is medium sweet, light sour and light bitter with a long funky, fruity, caramel and berry finish. Body is full, texture is oily, carbonation is soft

3.6 Tap @ Warpugs. Very dark brown with tiny off-white head. Aroma is malt, chocolate, dusty, yeast, oak and sour fruit. Flavour is roasted malt, yeast, chocolate, dusty, sour fruit, oak, vinegar, dry, wood and sour.

3.9 From tap at Warpigs, Copenhagen. Dark brown hazy color with beige head. Malty and yeasty aroma, roasted malty, wood, vinous, light funky, some fruity and spicy notes. Sweet and acidic taste like aroma. Medium oily body with soft carbonation.

3.7 On tap at WarPigs Brewpub, Hill Farmstead Day.. Low tan-coloured head, spotty lacing to the glassware, near-clear, dark ruby body colour. Attractive black berries and dark malts on the nose. Oak and dark malty sweetness to the flavour character offset by mid-tart black berries and a backdrop of yeasty fruitiness. Tart and sweet ending. Fine bodied. Interesting and enjoying (shared with KimJohansen and Skinnyviking, Copenhagen 12.05.2016).

3.3 Sample@Hill Farmstead Day, Warpigs, Copenhagen (12/05/2016) - pours dark brown with a reddish hue. Aroma and taste is a mix of malts, sour dark fruit, some caramel sweetness, cocoa, brett, light vinegar, some spices, acidic tart finish.

3.9 On tap at Warpigs, pre-CBC. Very dark ruby. Tart smell, balsamic vinegar and fruits. Tastes sour and bitter-sweet, with notes of grapes, gooseberries, brewed coffee.

3.6 Bottle @ Warpigs, Copenhagen. Pours almost black, no head. Aroma of malt, yeast, wet wood, oak, tart fruit, sour cherry. Falvor si light sour, yeast, light brett, wood, oak, tart fruity, cherry. Medium body, average carbonation, light acidic finish. 120516

3.8 Draught @ Hill Farmstead Day, Warpigs, Copenhagen. Pours dark reddish brown with a small head. Aroma of berries, earthy notes, yeast, farmyard and citrus. Taste is smooth, earthy and farmyardy with some berries and funky yeastiness. Finish is earthy and slightly tart with some berries, funky yeast and farmyard. Pretty interesting black saison with berries.

3.5 Tap at Warpigs, Copenhagen. Colour is almost black with small white head. Aromas and flavors: Fruits, citrus, some sweetness, spices and malts.

3.4 12.05.2016, tap @ Warpigs: Small fizzy shortlasting head. Aroma is slightly sour-ish roasted, sour dark fruits, minerals, grass, dark malts, weeds, soda powder, sorrel. Taste is slightly sour-ish dry, soda powder, sorrel, weeds, dark malts, sour dark fruits, burnt caramel, yeast, oak, minerals, bark. Medium bitterness, slightly sour-ish dry mouthfeel. Fair enough.

3.8 Tap at warpigs. Aroma of citrus, Lemon, berries. The flavours is mainly sour. Yeasty notes of Brett. Roasted. The body is medium and the texture is oily.