Hill Farmstead Civil Disobedience (Release 2)

Formerly brewed at Hill Farmstead Brewery
Style: Saison
Greensboro, Vermont USA

Serve in Tulip

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Flaske: Lysegul klar øl med et stort flot hvidt skumhoved. Fantastisk duft af saisongær og en tand funk, måske brett, men er med til at skabe høje forventninger der til fulde bliver indfriet i denne lette ekstremt drikbare øl, hvor man bare lige må have et glas til. Selv de sidste dråber der var let mudret med gærrester blev hældt op og drukket. Fantastisk.

bottle generously shared by zack after festival of farmhouse ales. bottle opened about 12 months after the release. beautiful, awesome, complex old world farm yard funk. touch of musty cellar. rustic grass. black pepper. lemongrass. cannot believe this came from clara and edward, nothing like either of those beers. super dry. beautiful nice clean funk. awesome beer.

Straw pour with slight haze and a massive topographic head that won’t go away. Lemon peel and lemongrass lead to sage and rosemary herbals, and a background of crisp wheaty dough. Medium body with amazing pillowy effervescence. A bit different than the first and third Civil Disobedience, but an incredible beer just the same.

Tasted on 11/13/11 from a capped 750mL bottle shared by ryan585, thanks Ryan. Pours hazy pale orange with a huge white head that slowly recedes to rocky lace, leaving thick lacing along the inside of the earthy funk, glass. The nose is tart and dusty with tons of floral aromas, light cereal malt, and some bitterness. The flavor is a little more tart, sour, spicy, and fruity than the nose, with the same earthy funk, floral, and bitter notes on the aroma. The body is light with lively carbonation and a long, tart, funky, spicy, and lightly bitter finish.

Bottle shared at Mikkeller Bar, Copenhagen, after Day 2 of CBC. Pours cloudy gold with a big, white foam head. Huge dandelion and grass aroma, with lighter notes of wheat and yeast. Light sweet flavor, dry, with bubblegum, tons of flowers, grass and more dandelion, some light dough. Light to medium bodied with high, massaging carbonation. Feels great. Moderately dry finish with ludicrous dandelion character, some yeast, dough and very delicate straw. The liquid just floats across the tongue. There’s a light bitter, grassy bite with lasting dandelion. Supremely drinkable. Has a wonderful, restrained complexity.

fantastic golden copper color, big rocky head. tart, citrussy, dry and earthy. perfect barrel character.

(750ml bottle) Pours a hazy yellow body with a medium white head. Aroma of florals, herbs, lemon, and horse blanket. Flavor of lemon, florals, herbs, yeast, pepper, and brett.

Bottle. Pours hazy straw colored with a beautiful egg white head. Aromas of white pepper, citrus fruits, barnyard and Fantome... Dry flavor with a nice acidic touch. Fantastic brew.

Bottle shared at RBSG 2012 Grand Tasting. Pours light gold with a white head. Smooth lemony stone fruit notes, peaches and melon and tropical notes, subtle funkiness with dry finish.

In short: A very dry and semi-wild wheaty blonde ale with flowery spiciness. I want to drink a full keg of this 4.5% beer
How: Bottle 750ml. Consumed when approximately 6 months of age
The look: Cloudy yellow-blonde body topped by medium white head
In long: Nose is mildly funky, nice rustic brett presence, countryside field flowers. Taste is dried wheat, dried countryside wild flowers, smooth bretty notes, dried coriander, lemon zest. I’m suspect something happened with time to the yeast because there was something very dusty (pleasantly dusty) in this beer. I definitely can recognize the Clara in there but it has been funked-up, dried-up and spiced up with dried coriander, dried lemon peels and more. I’m not saying these ingredients were used, just that it tastes like they were. Nothing watering or slim in about this 4.5% beer. Both the wife and I really loved this beer, but we are biased toward the style since we are two Saison whores (although my wife doesn’t like to be called a Saison whore, she prefers “Saison Escort”).