Hill Farmstead Genealogy of Morals (2011)

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

Serve in Snifter

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From a 500ml bottle purchased at the brewery. Pitch black pour with a mountainous tan head that prevails throughout the glass. Oatmeal cookie and freshly ground espresso gives way to huge port like vinousness, hints of spicy rye, chocolate brownie, and a very slight hint of alcohol. The palate is thick and rich with caressing pillow effervescence and a dry chocolate-port like finish. An excellent variation of one of my tried and true favorites.

UPDATED: OCT 23, 2012 YES! The perfect blend of vanilla roast and wine characteristics. This is incredible. I like this a lot more than damon, there is perfect balance here. Great job Shaun!

Pour from a bottle into a glass gave a dark brown black color with a nice tan mocha head. Aromas of cocoa, coffee. Medium bodied with perfect mouthfeel. Flavors are immensely complex and delicious. Roasted smoky malt, dark roast coffee, vanilla, oak and in the background the Madeira wine from the barrel. Not overly sweet or sticky and finishes dry enough. Fantastic beer and one of my new favorite stouts!

UPDATED: MAR 20, 2013 Bottle shared at Bruce’s, London during The Stouts Tasting, Pt. II - big thanks to Bruce! Pours oily black with a dense, small brown cap. Some deep, woody notes in the nose, hints of nuts, tangy dark fruits. Medium to big sweet flavor, rich and dry cocoa, burnt wood, light alcohol sting, perhaps some cherries and other tangy dark fruits. Medium to full bodied with fine, massaging carbonation. Warming finish, some earthy bitterness, creamy chocolate, burnt wood, earth, baking cocoa. Delicious, balanced, layered. Just lovely.

Bottle shared with Ernesto987. Pours black with large light brown head. Aroma is mellow coffee, milk chocolate, vinous notes, and light cinnamon. Taste is medium sweet with a lightly bitter finish. Flavors are intense and fantastic. Reminds me a bit of maple/brown sugar oatmeal with a subdued coffee element. The finish is very heavy port and spicy rye/oak which does a perfect job of balancing some of the sweetness. WINNER.

Bouteille de 500 ml partagée lors d’une dégustation Ratebeer Montréal. Arôme: Odeur de café torréfié et de chocolat. Apparence: La couleur est noire opaque. Présence d’un mince col brun mousseux et d’une large dentelle sur le verre. Saveur: Goût de café avec une pointe de chocolat au lait. Durée moyenne de l’arrière goût. Palette: Le corps est moyen avec une texture onctueuse. Faible effervescence en bouche. Présence de chocolat en arrière goût. (Rating #4737)

Bottle (500 ml). Traded by Max L., thanks! Black with a medium creamy brown head and some lacing. Aroma of roasted malt, Madeira, citrus, dark fruits and chocolate. Taste is of Madeira, roasted malt and citrus. Palate is rich and creamy. Good, tasty, easily drinkable and well balanced RIS. Quite pleasant!

Bottle 500ml. Pours black with very low brown head. Good lacing. Aroma is of roasted malt, vanilla, chocolate. Taste is of chocolate, roasted malt, vanilla, sweetness. Palate: Full bodied. Overall: Very good, slightly "green" (weirdly enough).

19th March 2013
Stouts and Porters II. Big thanks to Bruce for this lovely beer. Opaque dark brown beer, tidy short lived tan head. Light coffee nose. Palate is soft, airy and dry. Light tangy coffee, madeira like dark fruits, mild malt cream. Supermild minerals. Finishes soft with a light touch of oak. Tangy coffee and dark fruits aftertaste. Unusual and well balanced. Really rather good!

Bottle consumed at THE stouts tasting part 2, thanks to Bruce. It pours opaque darkest brown with a small dark tan head. The nose is roasty, rich coffee, toffee, toasted coconut, vanilla, light tang, berry (particularly bramble) and dark fruit. The taste is rich roast, intense coffee, sumptuous fruitiness, blackcurrant, red grape, bramble, jam, tanginess, toast, nice bitterness, light ash, some acidity and warming alcohol with a rich, roasty finish. Full body, moderate carbonation and viscous mouth-feel. Rich, good depth of flavour and interesting flavour profile. Pretty delicious.