Hill Farmstead Damon

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

Serve in Snifter

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Picked this up at the February Hill Farmstead Release. Paid $17 for a bottle. Poured into a Hill Farmstead Glass.

A - Deep dark pour into the glass. No head was produced at all. Looks like I’m pouring cane syrup into a glass. Nice alcohol fingers on the glass while swirling. No light comes through and the edges are a very dark amber color.

S - HUGE bourbon scent and oak barrels. Both the bourbon and barrels give up a terrific scent the lights up the nose. This is followed by roasted malts, sweet chocolate / cocoa and candied yams.

T - Three largest tastes in this beer. Bourbon, Oak, Chocolate. Everything else just fades away. I’m getting a heavy, high-cocoa fresh belgian chocolate. The wood and bourbon in this is NOT over powering and is so well balanced to a well crafted Imperial Stout.

M - A hard swish yields about 15% bubbles and the liquid mostly stays completely liquid. Heavy heavy body. The alcohol and malt just lingers for days! Exceptional.

O - This may be the best beer I’ve ever had. Nothing else to say.

Poured into a Portsmouth tulip. Thick pitch-black body with a thin dark-tan head. Looks beautiful. Leaves some nice lacing on the glass. The nose is packed with cocoa, bourbon, wood and vanilla. Smells amazing. Roasty with a touch of booze. On the tongue its sweet bourbon and vanilla up front, but then finishes with a wave of dark chocolate and some dry, earthy, dark malt bitterness on the tail end. The 10% abv is noticeable, but doesn’t get in the way of taste or enjoyment. Very drinkable for a barrel aged imperial stout. The body is smooth and creamy with light carbonation. Overall, this is phenomenal, but Hill Farmstead never disappoints. Damon is drinking excellently now, but I’m sure it will hold up or even get better in the years to come. Beautiful.

2011 black waxed 500 mL bottle. 578/864. Thanks to Ashley and Tucker for hooking us up with this gem. Pours a viscous dark chocolate with a large, frothy yellowish light tan head. Excellent retention, fading to a collar and spotty film. Thin streaks and dots of lacing. Smooth, subtle aroma of roast malt, black licorice, coffee, vanilla, and bourbon in the finish. Flavor is sweet and smooth with a subtle blend of black licorice, bourbon, mild oak and vanilla. Incredibly balance and blend between the base stout and the barrel and well restrained alcohol presence. Medium thick, smooth body with light carbonation and an everlasting chewy, licrorice finish. Wow, Genealogy was amazing and Damon is as well. Both are distinct from most other stouts in their malt profile and while HF has not released many stouts yet, they are going to destroy this style just as they have IPAs. Boom!

Pours jet black with a red hue. Aroma of bourbon, chocolate malts and slight hops. Taste follows, so chewy, chocolatey and amazing. Lives up to the hype and then some. ---Rated via Beer Buddy for iPhone

Got this about a week ago and left it in the mini fridge at 50f to settle.Pours a black color with a medium frothy dark brown head that slowly dissipates. Color has a crimson hue on the edges but can’t see through the black liquid. Smell is chocolate caramel with a clean roast. Plenty of oak vanilla and spirit chacteristics. After it sits the edge of spirit gives way to vanilla and chocolate. Taste is rich dark caramel with a smooth roastiness and vanilla. Clean spirit characteristics without the alcohol fume. There is a sweetness but a bite of bitterness, semi sweet dry finish. mouth feel is silky smooth, full body with mild carbonation. Creamy coating every tastebud. overall this may be, nay, is my favorite bb stout ever.

Bottle at Mumsig Miniprovning, Göteborg. Pitch black beer, small beige head. Malty chocolate aroma, cocoa, vanilla, licorice, blueberries, roasted, tar notes, berries, woody, some alcohol, roasted, bourbon, coffee notes, some figs. Malty chocolate flavor, tar, figs, bitter hops, grass, quite roasted, cocoa, vinous, raisins, woody, bourbon, vanilla notes, chilli notes, salty, some pepper. Wonderful beer in all aspects. Perfect body and with balance in all flavors. Chocolate finish, cocoa, fruity notes, bitter hops and some bourbon. Lovely!

Bottle. Black colour with a tan head. Aroma is vanilla, oak, coffee, roasted malt, alcohol. flavour is vanilla, oak, chocolate, roasted malt, caramel, coffee, alcohol. Full body. Very nice beer.

Bottle courtesy of Matt. Cheers, sir! Pours a nice obsidian color with a tan head. Nose is roasted malt, chocolate, cocoa, booze, whiskey, vanilla, some light earth, and a hint of love. Flavor is similar with chocolate, cocoa, vanilla, booze, whiskey, and some earth. A nice blend of barrel, wood, and chocolatey/ roasty imperial stout. Medium to full in body and a very nice sipper overall.

Gloopy motor oil pour with a thick rich brown head. The nose holds huge bourbon vanilla notes with sweet mocha, a hints of booze, and a load of chocolate. The flavor is truly mindblowing: milk chocolate and cocoa nibs swirl together with caramel and backstrap molasses to creating a sweet swirling torrent of Imperial Stout glory. A hint of drier, more roasty notes come through near the end, with bakers chocolate and roasted malts. Exceptionally smooth and balanced for a style that often goes over the top with over zealous barreling. The palate is ultra thick and ultra rich with low carbonation and a heavy velvety texture. The finish is sweet with a hint of balancing roast. Superlative.

Nearly black pour, wispy brown head. Aroma is chocolate fudge, vanilla, toffee, a light spicy hop note. Flavor is rich and decadent! Fudge, vanilla, perfect roast, bourbon, vanilla. Restrained yet luxurious.