Reviewing Susan from the Hill Farmstead Brewery out of Vermont.Score: 87
Two week old 2L growler. Served in a stemmed Hill Farmstead snifter and enjoyed on 09/19/12.
Appearance: Pours a translucent sunset yellow color with three fingers of white foamy head. Really good lacing and excellent retention. Leaks a lot of streaky head along the side of the glass. 4.5/5
Smell: Orange, pine, sweet malt, citra pellets, grapefruit and a faint wood aroma. 4/5
Taste: There's lots of sweet tropical fruit and malt, but none of the necessary bitterness for an IPA. Oranges, grapefruit and mango. The citra hopping is clear. There's a faint bitter pine in the finish that needs to be more prominent. Tastes a lot like hoppy, unfermented wort -- somewhat underattenuated quite frankly. Not bad, but not that good either. Gets sweeter/maltier as it approached room temperature. 3.5/5
Mouthfeel: Full-medium bodied with decent carbonation. Super dry, almost cotton-mouthing. Bitter on the finish, sweet on the pull. 3.5/5
Overall: Missing the necessary bitter kick. This is a rare miss for Shawn Hill in my worthless opinion.
Recommendation: If you have to skip any Hill Farmstead IPA, make it this one.
Pairings: Thai food.
Cost: $25 for a 2L growler (including the cost of the growler).
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