Hill Farmstead Everett

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

Serve in English pint, Shaker

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500 mL bottle, served in a stem glass at a tasting at Greg’s. Pours black with a medium tan head that fades to a thin cover, leaving a small amount of lace. On the nose there are notes of smoke, molasses, roasted malts, along with earth and hops. The flavour is mostly dry, with smoky malts, subtle earthy and herbal notes. The finish is long and herbal with subtle smoke. On the palate, it is medium-full in body with a smooth, milky texture and soft carbonation. Overall, this is a nice porter with smoky notes and nutty dry malts. 2012-09-15

Sampled at Rories house. A gushing tan head. A rroasted smoky aroma. Big and bold on the first sip. Nicely hopped. Dark fruit. A nice feel. Quite nice.

Refrigerated 500 mL brown bottle poured into a snifter. Pours black with light brown head. Some lacing, medium body, well carbonated, and coffee/chocolate aroma. Taste is chocolate, some dry coffee, and some herbal hops. Good porter.

Poured from a bottle thanks to lukaduke. Pours a darker brown with a khaki colores head of foam. Aroma gas roasted oats, chocolate, light acidity, a little woody. Taste is roasty sweet. Very smooth carbonation.

Bottle. Pour is thick and black with large, rocky dark brown head. Aroma is earthy with notes of wet stone, roasted malt, hay, and light coffee. Also some mineral notes. Flavor is loaded with roasted malt, faint coffee, light cereal malt, and a clean lightly hoppy finish. Aroma surpassed flavor on this one. Flavor was like a smooth, straight forward stout. Not quite as much subtlety and complexity as most HF beers. Still really great though.

Thanks again to Andrew for this. Brown black with a thin head. Roasted ashy aroma with some vanilla. Sweet roasted chocolate dry bakers chocolate. Good beer. Dry roast bitter finish. 7/4/8/4/15

550 ml bottle. Pours black with some red at the edges. Mocha one finger head with wonderful lacing. Aromas of coffee but mostly cocoa and some vanilla. Medium body, creamy with soft carbonation. Fantastic porter.

On tap at HF a while back. Oh dear. This is the best American porter I’ve had in recent memory. Pours a near black with a large mocha head with impressive lacing and retention. Aroma is complex and subtle, a blend of chocolate, roast malt, coffee, dark fruit, mild bitterness, and smoke. Flavor is similar, with roast and smoke providing a strong backbone for the sweet chocolate and dark fruit. Medium thick, with soft full bodied and soft carbonation. Edmund used to be my favorite American Porter. Now Everrett is.

500ml bottle courtesy of Andrew for bringing back some bottles for us... Pours smooth opaque stouty black hue with reddish auburn edges and topped with a creamy medium khaki head that slowly reduces down to a thin wispy film... Aroma of smooth roasted malt, semi-sweet chocolate and cocoa, smooth throughout with a semi-sweet grain backing. Solid and well embodies the style... Flavored follows suit with semi-sweet to sweet lightly harred roasted malt with an equally balancing level of cocoa and chocolate malt. A fair bit of grain throughout. Smooth creamy bodied with a lighter level of carbonation. Pretty darn terrific porter with not many flaws, if any at all.

500ml bottle, shared by Dan and Tim. Thanks! Pours a deep dark brown color with a tan head and some lacing. Aroma is roasty, malty, chocolate. Medium to heavy on the palate with soft, creamy carbonation. Flavor is sweet, roasted malt, coffee, bittersweet chocolate, with a sweet, chocolate finish. An excellent porter.