Hill Farmstead / The Alchemist Walden
A sessionable blonde ale. <4% abv. 40 ibus. Hopped with Motueka, Amarillo, and Simcoe.
3.9
156 reviews
Greensboro, United States
Community reviews
On tap at Prohibition Pig.
They poured this into a tulip.
The appearance was a glossy burnt yellow to hazy blonde color. Messy sticky lacing around the sides of the glass.
The aroma takes on sweet grassy sticky hops with a nice underlying bitterness all about. Citrus rind. Then a nice crisp sweet malt.
The flavor brings it all together bittersweet. Nice underlying bittersweet citrus rind. Sly grassy to citrus sweet aftertaste with a crisp bittersweet finish.
On the palate, this one sat about a light on the body with a nice sessionability about it. Carbonation rides low enough.
Overall, really nice blonde ale, that’s what I thought it was. I’d come back to.
Draught @ [ Hill Farmsted Tape Take Over ] - Warpigs Brewpub, Flaesketorvet 24, DK-1711 Copenhagen, Denmark.
[ As Hill Farmstead Walden ].
Unclear matt medium to yellow color with a average, frothy, good lacing, mostly lasting, white head. Aroma is moderate malty, pale malt, light fresh grain - bread, moderate to heavy hoppy, flowers, herbs, citrus, floral. Flavor is moderate to light heavy sweet and moderate bitter with a long duration, floral, herbs, yeast, fruity, citrus - peach. Body is medium, texture is oily to watery, carbonation is soft. [20160512]
Draft @ Warpigs Brewpub, Copenhagen. Pours a hazy yellow golden color with a small white head. Has a fruity citrus hoppy aroma. Fruity malty citrus hoppy flavor. Has a fruity malty citrus hoppy weak peachy finish.
Tap @ Mikkeller Bar, Aarhus. Light hazy golden pour with a frothy head. Tons of juicy hops, tangerine, light grapefruit, some biscuits and light floral notes.
Draught at Mikkeller Bar.
Hazy golden colored with a medium sized white head.
Fruity aroma of citrus, pine needles and hops.
Fruity flavor of hops and citrus with notes of pine needles.
Hoppy finish.
Tap @ Mikkeller Bar Aarhus. Pours hazy yellow with a medium white head. Aroma is pretty dull at first. Pale malts, citrus, floral. As it opens up there’s a lot of tropical fruitiness coming through. Peachy, pineapple, papaya. Taste is juicy hoppy, pale malty, citrussy, floral, stone fruits.
(on tap @ Mikkeller) Poured at fridge temperature into a stemmed burgundy glass reveals a cloudy golden head with two fingers of white head that fades a little yet leaves beautiful lace. Aroma has subdued notes of citrusy hops with some floral undertones. Nice but nothing earthshattering. The texture is mostly oily but a little watery, carbonation is soft to medium, the body is light and the finish is short and crisp. Flavour is citrus and mostly hop juice but in a very drinkable way and the bitterness never gets in the way of the sessionability of this beer.
On tap it pours a light golden color with a nice head. Aroma of citrus, hops and lemon zest. The taste has some citrus bite, pine needles and some resin. Full flavor with a refreshing finish.
Keg. Hazy/unclear yellow, medium sized white head. Lots of citrus, pine, flowers. Light hay and bread. Some tropical fruits later, peach, apricot, melon. Low sweetness and not too bitter. Long fruity finish. Very easy drinking.
[5/12/16] Draught at Warpigs in Copenhagen. Cloudy yellow. Aroma of fruity hops, some onion. Dry flavor with nice moderately bitter fruity hops, a bit oniony. Quite light-bodied. Very nice and refreshing.
Tap. Hazy, pale golden body with a small, lacing white head. Amoma of orange, apricot, piney notes and caramel. Sweet flavor that ends up dry and quite bitter. Light bodied, watery texture and soft carbonation. An excellent SIPA. 🌟🌟🌟🌟
Keg @ WarPigs. Pours hazy yellow with a frothy white head that leaves some sparse spotty trace on the glass while dissipating. Smell is grassy with crackers, grapefruit juice, freshly cut grass, pine needles, minerals and lemon zest. Taste is bitter and grassy. Mouthfeel is soft, dry, tiny astringent and light bodied. Finish is bitter with grapefruit, grass and chives. Bit too simple with an almost all grass hop profile but also soft, balanced and very refreshing. Wouldn’t mind more complexity but considering the drinkability this is great.
Draught @ Hill Farmstead Day - Warpigs Brewpub, København
Pours hazy golden with a white head. Aroma has notes of malt, citrus, grape, pine needles and hint of tropical fruits. Taste is medium sweet and medium bitter with a long citrus, tropical and fruity finish. Body is medium, texture is thin to oily, carbonation is soft.
Tap @ Mikkeller Aarhus. Pours hazy yellow with a white head. Aroma of mango, pineapple, peach, fresh crispy hops and stone fruits in general. The taste is fresh, juicy and crisp with notes of citrus, sweet stone fruits and slight pine. Overall a dank, juicy and easy drinkable session IPA.
fra fad duft citrus lime appelsin frisk juice
smag: citrus lidt kant af vådt korn og af græs.
Tap @ Warpigs. Hazy golden with small off-white head. Aroma is malt, fruit, hops, peach and tropical fruit. Flavour is malt, fruit, hops, peach, tropical fruit, earthy, little sweet and medium bitter.
On draft at Proletariat. Excellent session IPA. A little citrusy sourness, grassy hops a fine floral aroma. Fresh and delicious. This has the right amount of everything - who wouldn’t like this? I’ll go out on a limb a little and call it the best session IPA I’ve ever tasted. Hats off to HF. This explains why people will drive for hours to a little place called Greensboro for some of their beers
750mL growler filled 4/29/16 and drunk 5/4/16.
Thoroughly hazy, though not soupy, soft, peachy-gold body is topped by a white head showing strong retention.
Very dry nose yields fresh, clean water and minerality, with light fruitiness very slowly building up from the hops. Amazingly, the simcoe add no pine/cherry and just a touch of juicy grapefruit. Amarillo add woodsy and softly citric character while motueka adds its very similar character (leafy, green, lightly vegetal, soft citrus and nectarine). Crackers and whitebread in the background stay out of the way of the hops which continue to crescendo with warming and breathing, eventually ending with juicy nectarine, peach and lemon, and a light smattering of honey.
Incredibly dry (but with an ample, malty texture and tight carbonation) in the flavor with a bare cracker-like maltiness. Hops are incredibly well-controlled adding only modest bitterness and absolutely no resin. Hints of key lime and grapefruit rind are the extent, with plentiful yellow fruit and woody, leafy, vegetal (not spoiled vegetal, but a good vegetal. Like fresh, live, vibrant vegetation). Supremely delicate and phenomenally well-executed.
Catches you off guard. At first it seems a bit light (which it is) but then 10 minutes later I’m saying, "Holy shit that’s good".
On tap outside at WarPigs Brewpub during Hill Farmstead Day, kindly shared by KimJohansen. Solid lacework from a diminishing white head. Pale golden body, cloudy. Mild aromas of freshly cut grass, citric hints. Mid-sweet flavours of bread, grass, and apricot. Mid-dry fruity bitter end, short lived. Easy to drink(Copenhagen 12.05.2016)
Tap@Hill Farmstead Day, Warpigs, Copenhagen (12/05/2016) - medium hazy golden coloured pour with white head. Aroma and taste is a mix of tropical and citrus fruits, medium pale malts, peachy with some grapefruit, satsuma and lemon fruity citrus, refreshing and highly enjoyable sipa.
Bottle @ Warpigs, Copenhagen. Pours slightly hazy golden with a white head. Aroma of light malt, grass, fruity hops, citrusly hops, light pine. Flavor is light bitter, malt, grassy, fruit, citrus. Medium body, average carbonation, dry and light bitter finish. 120516
Sample at Warpigs during Hill Farmstead Day 2016. Hazy golden beer with a nice offwhite head. Hoppy citrus and pine aroma, grassy, peach, floral notes. Hoppy citrus flavor, grassy, pine, caramel notes. Quite nice.
From Tap. Fast klare hell goldgelbe Farbe, geringe weiße Schaumkrone. Geruch sehr hopfig, grasig, blumig. Geschmack getreidig malzig, leicht hopfig, grasig.
On tap at Hill Farmstead. A light, refreshing blond ale that is definitely designed to be had on a hot summer day. Great aroma from the hops and a nice bitterness balance.
Draught @ Hill Farmstead Day, Warpigs, Copenhagen. Pours yellowish with a smooth head. Aroma of juicy fruits, fresh grassy hops, floral notes, citrus and tropical notes. Taste is refreshing, hoppy and fruity with some floral and tropical notes. Finish is crisp, hoppy and juicy fruity with some tropical notes. Pretty refreshing and tasty.
Tap at Warpigs, Copenhagen. Colour is very cloudy golden with small white head. Aromas and flavors: Fruits, citrus, grape, dryness, hops and malts.
Tap @Warpigs. Cloudy yellow, small white head. Light aroma, some lemon and malt. Flavour has sweetish lemon with a nice bitter bite.
On tap at Warpigs. Cloudy pale yellow with a small white head. Malty aroma with fresh grain and bread along with grass and hay. Dry grassy and grainy flavour
Tap warpigs. Pour s couldy golden with a white head. Aroma of citrus, light earthy, light yeast, light spice, juicy, light grainy. Taste is rather sweet, light bitter fruity. Not de la senne standard
Very nice light yellow coloured with a white head. Piney hoppiness to the nose. Quite easy drinking.