{"id":2240,"date":"2014-05-27T15:36:18","date_gmt":"2014-05-27T19:36:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/adam-jackson.net\/beer\/?p=2240"},"modified":"2014-05-27T15:36:18","modified_gmt":"2014-05-27T19:36:18","slug":"travel-hill-farmstead-vera-mae-day-2014","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/adamchandler.me\/blog\/2014\/05\/27\/travel-hill-farmstead-vera-mae-day-2014\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2605 Travel: Hill Farmstead Vera Mae Day 2014"},"content":{"rendered":"

On Memorial Day, twenty of us arrived at Hill Farmstead at noon to pick dandelions for this year\u2019s vintage of Vera Mae. Many dozens of pounds of flowers and 3.5 hour of picking, drinking and making new friends.<\/p>\n

Beer description, \u201dVera Mae is crafted from organic Vermont spelt, American hops, wildflower honey, dandelion flowers from our fields, our distinctive farmhouse yeast and water from our well. Unfiltered and naturally carbonated. 6% abv.\u201d \u00a02014\u2019s batch was brewed May 27th and will be released some time this Summer.<\/p>\n

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