Hill Farmstead Society & Solitude #2

Brewed by Hill Farmstead Brewery
Style: Black IPA
Greensboro, Vermont USA

Serve in Shaker, Tulip

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Pours a pitch black, tan head, very citrusy and grassy aroma, lots of life to this one, really great body and a very nice finish, a good bitterness and a solid brew

S&S2 pours a pitch black color. Nice frothy tan head is poured. Good retention. Lacing all throughout the glass. Looks really nice being poured in the glass. Looks thick. Aroma on this one is really nice and big. Being a Black IPA or whatever you want to call the style I was expecting more roastiness here but it was definitely a nicely hopped aroma more than anything. Grapefruit, citrus, pine, floral hoppiness. Slight roastiness here. Taste is just more of the same. Big piney hops, bitter grapefruit and citrus. I’m just really really impressed on how hoppy this Black IPA is. It’s just big and fresh. I picked up some more roastiness in this one with a slight bit of chocolate. Nice bitter grapefruit taste left on the palette. Mouthfeel is pretty damn nice on this beer. Full, creamy, heavy bodied. Awesome!

Growler sample via oakbluff. Consumed with Savvy1982 and oakbluff. Near black in colour with medium carbonation. Huge hoppy nose, with elements of grasses, tropical fruit and dank basement, along with notes of roasted malt and dark roasted oily coffee bean. In the mouth the pale, cara, and rosted malts provide a nice backdrop to the dank hop explosion. Solid roast and hop bitterness on the finish. Remarkable stuff.

Pours a deep dark amber, basically black when not up to light with tan head. Smells very roasty with a lot of hops and tastes the same with some coffee notes and maybe some slight bitter chocolate. Finishes very nicely with a mix of hops and maltiness. Quite excellent.

Growler from shan and isaac...Pours black with a creamy medium tan head...nice bottom up slow forming...good retention. Aroma is hoppy...nice citrus with light spice and pine...underlying coffee and charred wood. Flavor is super roasty and charred with some coffee and balanced with lots of bitter, spicy/piney hops. Mouthfeel is medium and silky with a burnt, bitter finish...awesome beer!

Growler courtesy of yourefragile, and thanks to starrdogg for the assist. Sved in a mini snifter because all my Hill Farmstead glasses are packed. Moving sucks. Pours a very dark brown with a nice tan head and plenty of spotty lacing on the way down. The dose has a good dose of roast along with a bit of pine. Very complex and integrated. Flavor has great roasted malt and a nice hop complexity. Some pine and resin and slightly dank. Medium body with a dry, bitter finish. Really great.

750mL growler, sent from Glouglouburp (thanks Dany!), pours a dark brown / black with a small beige head. Aroma is intensely hoppy with citrus and piney hops, roasted caramel malts, and notes of spruce. Flavour of citrus hops, loads of wood, spruce and pine needles, with lightly roasted malts and earthy notes. Medium-to-high bitterness on the finish with lots of the earthy / spruce notes being emphasized. Delicious beer.

Swing top Bottle, thanks Kan. Pours black with off white head. Aroma has big pine and citrus, some spruce too. Flavors are big and sprucey, caramel malt notes. Nice and hoppy really tasty and easy drinking.

750ml growler. Courtesy of a recent trade... Pours a deeper shade of porterish dark brown with less intense edges and topped with a creamy light beige head that eventually leaves a thin film... Aroma of clean fresh green piney citrusy, fairly robust with a fair roasted malt backbone. The hops absolutely take precedence and even grow as it warms... Flavors are once again are hop forward with a piney citrus focus with more of an emphasis in the former. Semi-sweet through the middle but then leaves an earthy tinged bitterness on the palate. Full bodied, almost thick and completely filling.

Fliptop shared by Kan. Pours near black with a grayish brown head that dissipates slowly to the edges. Aroma has a light pine note with roasted malts and dark grains as well as a hint of sweetness. Flavor has a good amount of dark grains with light pine and some sweetness.