Hill Farmstead Brewery Ann

Ann

 

Hill Farmstead Brewery in Greensboro, Vermont, United States 🇺🇸

Farmhouse - Saison Special
Score
8.19
ABV: 6.5% IBU: - Ticks: 13
Ann is a wine barrel fermented and aged version of Anna (1902-1993), our grandfather’s sister as well as the name of our honey Farmstead® ale. In honor of Anna, her namesake beer is the result of patiently waiting and then selecting our very best wine barrels of Anna – barrels that have been aged and conditioned for between 1 and 3 years. After being placed in wine barrels, the evolution of Anna into Ann is an indeterminate and metamorphic occurrence. Only a single digit percentage of all wine barrel-aged Anna becomes what is unmistakably identifiable as Ann. The beer, the barrel, and some yet unknown, unquantifiable condition seems to dictate its path and appearance. It is identified and selected only through the emotional response that it induces during barrel tasting.
 

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9
Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 10 | Overall - 9

Rating #1400 what up! Bottle @ Warpigs. Pours hazy yellow with a medium white head. Aroma is full of sweet honey, vinous, lemon zest, tropical fruits, grapes, funky subtle cheesy, yeasty, sweet esters. Taste is vinous tart but also very delicate and sweet, vinous, oaky, stone fruit, citrus, lime, oaky, grapey, estery. Insanely good saison!

Tried from Bottle on 06 Nov 2019 at 16:55


6.8
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

Bottle. At war pigs hill farmstead even 2016 ... Hazy Amber.. Thin white lacing... dry bitter herbal fruit nose fruit.. dry fruit front.. light orange ... very dry and a herbal dryness element i got from a few of the others

Tried from Bottle on 09 Jul 2016 at 08:01


8.2
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 9

100th Hill Farmstead rating. Bottle. Pours a hazy yellow with medium creamy white head that lasts. The aroma is strong funk, oak, floral, lemon zest, mineral. Medium body, funky, white wine, lemon, light finish, prefered CD11 over this side by side.

Tried from Bottle on 28 May 2016 at 14:21


9
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 10 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 9

Bottle @ WarPigs. Pours tiny hazy deep yellow with a small frothy white head that leaves some spotty trace on the glass while dissipating. Smell is tiny fruity, floral and funky with crackers, lemon juice, pineapple, star fruit, honey, clotted cream, hay, minerals, barnyard, dry wood, grape skins and lemon zest. Taste is very tiny sweet, slightly sour, slightly floral and funky. Mouthfeel is dry, slightly tart, tiny tannic astringent and light to medium bodied. Finish is slightly sour with rustic sourdough crackers, lemon and blood orange citric acidity, floral honey and complex wine barrel funk. Light, bouyant and extremely drinkable yet complex. Beautiful saison. Pity it’s so rare. Wouldn’t mind chugging this on hot days like this.

Tried from Bottle on 23 May 2016 at 06:27


8.3
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 9

375 ml bottle v2014 at Warpigs, Copenhagen. Unclear pale yellow color with white to off white head. Aroma is yeasty and light hoppy, floral, tart citrusy fruity, lemon, funky, light spicy, grapes, vinous, wood. Sweet and light acidic taste like aroma. Light to medium oily body with soft carbonation.

Tried from Bottle on 18 May 2016 at 15:52


8

Finally managed to try this. Lives up to expectations. Drinkable with a nice funk and barrel complexity.

Tried on 12 May 2016 at 12:43


9.3
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 10 | Texture - 10 | Overall - 10

Bottle shared at LBT2. Pours cloudy golden with a white head. Aroma is vinous with good oaky barrel notes, light floral notes, honey, citrus, a soft funk, fruits and grapes. Flavour is light moderate sweet with a touch or sourness. Perfectly balanced in the palate with a minerally fruitiness, soft acidity and wonderful barrel notes complimenting an already great base beer. Medium bodied with light carbonation. Overall, a technically perfect beer and the best saison I’ve had. A beer like this with such crazy hype, rarity and value can never really live up to it. It’s not worth what it takes to acquire, but still a beautiful beer and a great experience.

Tried from Bottle on 10 Jul 2015 at 13:46


8.6
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5

Bottle. Pours yellow gold white head. Nose/taste of white wine, oak, lemon bread, honeysuckle and florals. medium body.

Tried from Bottle on 07 Feb 2015 at 22:33


8.5
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 10

Batch 1 . Pours fuzzy blonde . small white head. Smell is grainy, bit bitter . almost a bit sour . Taste is sharp , wood, bitter , sour touch , dry , grains . Very nice 4,2 Drank Batch 2 as well ( side by side ) . smell is more sharp and bitter . Taste is Full fruity , lime , orange , bit bitter . Oak is milder, wine is very hidden . I actually prefer this one . 4,4 Medium = 4,3

Tried on 07 Feb 2015 at 14:36


10

Tried on 01 Jan 2014 at 08:21