New Holland Farmhouse Hatter

Brewed by New Holland Brewing Company
Style: Belgian Ale
Holland, Michigan USA

Serve in Trappist glass, Tulip, Tumbler

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22 oz. bottle from SoHo Organic Market in Elizabeth City, NC. Pours dark orange with a thick white head. The aroma is exactly what I expected from the name, a hoppy saison. So far so good. The flavor also meets expectations. Flavors of leather and soap (really much better than it sounds) blended with bitter floral hops. Really quite good and a bit of a surprise. If you like saisons (more saison than IPA) you really should try this interpretation.

22oz bottle served in a Blvd. Tank 7 tulip. Poured a hazy amber/gold with a couple of fingers of white head. Very fragrant with citrus and pine from the hops and a good dose of Belgian yeast spice. Medium bodied with a good amount of carbonation. Starts off with plenty of hop bitterness. Finishes with some Belgian spice. Very drying from hops in the finish as well. Very fresh tasting, which I always like. Interesting beer. Easy drinking.

Aroma is citrus, slightly effervescent yeast and bread. The flavor is citrus/grapefruit up front with a decent malty base in the middle and a dry and bitter finish. Tastes like an APA mixed with a Belgian Ale, pretty good overall, leans a bit more to the APA side but has enough yeast to make it interesting and unique.

Bomber from Beer Run in Charlottesville, VA, opened 6/17ish/11. Pours a hazy auburn color with a large frothy offwhite head. Decent head retention and lacing. Aroma of floral and slightly herbal hops, pale malts, and a spicy finish. The taste is earthy, herbal hops, caramel, pith and a tart yeasty finish. Medium bodied. Interesting.

Bomber. Pours pale gold with a huge frothy white head that leaves lots of skuzz behind. Aroma is some brett, mild musty funk, citrus peel and earthy, spicy hops, some fruit (apricots?), some biscuity malt. Flavor is mild musty funk, a mild tartness, some citrus and fruit, more biscuity malt. Very well balanced between the farmhouse elements, the earthy, citrusy hops, and the malt. Soft carbonation, rounded mouthfeel. Continued to improve as it warmed. Like it a lot.

Thanks to BDR! Clear copper color with a large head. Orangy aroma with plenty of hay. Grainy, hay and farm-filled flavor. Some general spiciness. Light orange/citrus hop notes.

Bottle: The aroma consists of bubblegum, banana, orange peel, and light citrus hops. It pours a bright transparent amber with a three finger orange tinged off-white head that has excellent retention and leaps lots of soapy lacing behind. The flavor starts with a quick dose of banana and faint bubblegum. The finish has citrus hops, orange peel, and a touch of lemon. Light-medium bodied with light-moderate carbonation.

Bottle courtesy of Strykzone. . Poured a hazy light orange with a good beige head an moderate lacing. Nose is citrus and some barnyard funk. Medium in body, Lively mouthfeel .Flavor is good barnyard with citrus. Earthy finish.

Pours hazy golden with a thin wispy tan head. Notes of chamomile, pale malt, white grape, bitter herbs.

Bottled. Amber coloured. Dense beige head. Aroma of yeast, sweetness, some earth, vague sourness. Flavour of sweetness, fruits, spice, some tartness and grapy sourness. Medium bodied. Dry light sour end.