Hill Farmstead Barrel Aged Earl

Brewed by Hill Farmstead Brewery
Style: Stout
Greensboro, Vermont USA

Serve in English pint, Shaker, Snifter

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Bottle at yesprs blindtasting. Black coloured with a small beige head. Roasted aroma of coffee and freshgrinded coffee with notes of dark chocolate. Roasted flavour of coffee, liquorice, bourbon and dark chocolate with notes of hops. Roasted finish.

In short: A chocolate & coffee cake in a bottle with a mild bourbon presence. Excellent
How: Bottle 500ml, a few times, this rating for a bottle 9 months after the first (and only so far) bottle release.
The look: Black body topped by a large beige head with medium retention
In long: Nose of rich coffee-chocolate cake with only mild bourbon barrel presence. Taste is surprisingly smooth, nothing aggressive here, round, really not heavy and surprisingly easy to drink for a BA big stout. Creamy coffee cake, a slice of chocolate cake, fresh brownies, some earth, some wood, mild bourbon presence, medium roastiness. Unlike most barrel aged beers the carbonation here is very lively. Excellent beer, average Hill Farmstead. I wish everything in life was Hill Farmstead beer.

Thanks turdferguson for sharing. Pours dark black with ruby edges. Two fingers of creamy an head. Rich and chocolatey nose with sweet java and vanilla notes. Mild sweet oak and bourbon. Rich bakers chocolate with sweet coffee and a mild warming bourbon character. Bitter chocolate and black coffee roast on the palate, full rich body.

500 ml bottle thanks to Doug. This is a large chocolaty roasty beer. A dry beer. Barrel character, spicy coffee, and slight alcohol hot notes. A good beer. Enjoyed this beer, very nice.

500 ml bottle thanks to Hopdog. Pours a pure black color with a medium brown head. A sweet roasted nose with some light barrel. A smooth flavor of milky coffee, roast, vanilla, light bourbon, woody, earthy, quite rich. Very creamy and decadent. Not too sweet or too much bourbon. Very good.

Bottle. Thanks! Pours a nice very dark blackish roasty hue, near opaque, a decent frothy tannish head. Aromas are some sweet oatmeal, cocoa, and coffee moving into a nice bigger pine and floral hop ending, earthy and brash with wet oak, vanilla, and some light Bourbon spirit. Well integrated. Initial is fuller bodied, some big sweetness, coffee roast and mocha chocolate. Some big pine, wet oak, vanilla, and some spirit. Lingering bigger sweet oatmeal, chocolate, vanilla, creamy body with that lovely kiss of barrel, wet oak and Bourbon spirit, more vanilla, smooth with a kiss of spirit. This is lovely, the barrel is just right, a balanced bigger beer, smooth, with good lingering coffee, roast, mocha. Quite lovely. A stout that really integrates the barrel very well.

Pouring at the Night of the Barrels at EBF. Pours a deep black with a thin beige head. Big roast and cocoa. Coffee and pepper over bourbon and wood. Big coffee, bourbon and wood. Long roast and cocoa. Lingering roast and chocolate.

Huge thanks to sisuspeed for opening yet another Hill Farmstead bottle at the Rosso release. Served in a SAVOR snifter. Pours nearly black with a nice tan head that sticks around for a bit before falling into a nice collar. The nose immediately brings some nice bourbon as well as some chocolate. The oak plays in very well and adds a bit of a vanilla character. Slight roast in the background. The flavor is an excellent mixture of bourbon, chocolate, oak, and mild roast. Really well blended. Hard to beieve this is such a young beer. Mouthfeel is incredible smooth with moderate carbonation. Another fantastic brew from Shaun. Thanks again, John. Serving type: bottle Reviewed on: 04-20-2011

Bottle thanks to Dany. Pours black. Brown head. Nose/taste of oats, rich coffee, roast chocolate malts, vanilla and light smoke. Creamy mouth feel with some grainy oak chip textures. Slightly dry and bitter chocolate and roast coffee finish.

Nearly opaque black color with a small, tan head that left nice lacing on the glass. Aroma of vanilla, roast, light oats, light bourbon, charred wood, and a bit of alcohol. Taste of dark chocolate, roast, vanilla, burnt wood, some dark fruit notes, and finishing dry.