{"id":3079,"date":"2015-11-12T11:12:02","date_gmt":"2015-11-12T15:12:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/adamchandler.beer\/?p=3079"},"modified":"2015-11-12T11:12:02","modified_gmt":"2015-11-12T15:12:02","slug":"review-hill-farmstead-gin-clara","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/adamchandler.me\/blog\/2015\/11\/12\/review-hill-farmstead-gin-clara\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2605 Review: Hill Farmstead Gin Clara"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class='__iawmlf-post-loop-links' style='display:none;' data-iawmlf-post-links='[{&quot;id&quot;:5695,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/www.flickr.com\\\/photos\\\/adamjackson\\\/22860793461&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/web-wp.archive.org\\\/web\\\/20251104150659\\\/https:\\\/\\\/www.flickr.com\\\/photos\\\/adamjackson\\\/22860793461&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2025-12-14 02:46:17&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2025-12-19 02:38:32&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2025-12-24 00:10:33&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-01-06 06:34:03&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-03-07 17:02:58&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-03-20 06:46:13&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-03-23 17:09:26&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-03-27 15:20:57&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200}],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-03-27 15:20:57&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;},{&quot;id&quot;:5696,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/www.flickr.com\\\/photos\\\/adamjackson\\\/22860798481&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/web-wp.archive.org\\\/web\\\/20251104150535\\\/https:\\\/\\\/www.flickr.com\\\/photos\\\/adamjackson\\\/22860798481&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2025-12-14 02:46:16&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2025-12-19 02:38:33&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-01-06 06:34:07&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:503},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-03-20 06:46:15&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200}],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-03-20 06:46:15&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;},{&quot;id&quot;:5697,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/www.flickr.com\\\/photos\\\/adamjackson\\\/22228510573&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/web-wp.archive.org\\\/web\\\/20251104150704\\\/https:\\\/\\\/www.flickr.com\\\/photos\\\/adamjackson\\\/22228510573&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2025-12-14 02:46:23&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-01-06 06:34:11&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-03-07 17:03:04&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-03-20 06:46:15&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200}],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-03-20 06:46:15&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;}]'><\/div>\n<p><a title=\"View &#039;Hill Farmstead Gin Clara (2015)&#039; on Flickr.com\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/adamjackson\/22860793461\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img  loading=\"lazy\"  decoding=\"async\"  style=\"display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\"  title=\"Hill Farmstead Gin Clara (2015)\"  src=\"data:image\/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAEAAAABAQMAAAAl21bKAAAAA1BMVEUAAP+KeNJXAAAAAXRSTlMAQObYZgAAAAlwSFlzAAAOxAAADsQBlSsOGwAAAApJREFUCNdjYAAAAAIAAeIhvDMAAAAASUVORK5CYII=\"  alt=\"Hill Farmstead Gin Clara (2015)\"  width=\"427\"  height=\"640\"  border=\"0\"  class=\" pk-lazyload\"  data-pk-sizes=\"auto\"  data-pk-src=\"https:\/\/farm1.staticflickr.com\/738\/22860793461_de67e6719d_z.jpg\" ><\/a><br \/>\nOverall 3.5\/5<\/p>\n<p>AROMA 7\/10 APPEARANCE 5\/5 TASTE 6\/10 PALATE 3\/5 OVERALL 14\/20<br \/>\nAdamChandler (3854) &#8211; Enfield, New Hampshire, USA &#8211; NOV 5, 2015<br \/>\n375ML, kept in the fridge upright for a week since purchase and split 2 ways at 35F (allowed to warm slowly)<\/p>\n<p>A &#8211; Impressive cap whisp of air that had me thinking we were gonna have a volatile beer on our hands. Nope, all good. Solid pour with a 3 finger off-white head. The beer is a deep golden orange, no sediment but that\u2019s mostly due to storage &amp; care.<\/p>\n<p>S &#8211; The aroma is a mix of a lot of things. Hill\u2019s magical microflora, tart juicy brettanomyces and oak tannins. There\u2019s a very floral aroma if you\u2019re an inch from the glass, the aroma gets more medicinal as you dive in with your nose. Lemon zest is very pronounced. The smells is almost a sweet honeysuckle rose combo. It smells really great.<\/p>\n<p>T &#8211; Well, if you love Gin&#8230;.this is pretty awesome. It\u2019s floral, herbal, bright, juicy with a lot of citrus, rosemary, juniper and pepper. The Gin influence falls short in the middle with tart Clara, orange, lemon and oak. Long after you swallow, the herbal remnants remain. It\u2019s medicinal though and that\u2019s probably my main issue with it but I blame that entirely on the Gin.<\/p>\n<p>M &#8211; body is thin and a little oily, you can get a good carbonation if you swish aggressively.<\/p>\n<p>O &#8211; I like basic commercial mass-produced Gin like Tanqueray 10. Even then, I water them down with tonic and lime. This has a lot of gin aspects but it\u2019s too sweet and floral for me to really enjoy and maybe that\u2019s because it\u2019s really high-quality Gin? I don\u2019t know.<br \/>\n<a title=\"View &#039;Hill Farmstead Gin Clara (2015)&#039; on Flickr.com\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/adamjackson\/22860798481\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img  loading=\"lazy\"  decoding=\"async\"  style=\"display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\"  title=\"Hill Farmstead Gin Clara (2015)\"  src=\"data:image\/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAEAAAABAQMAAAAl21bKAAAAA1BMVEUAAP+KeNJXAAAAAXRSTlMAQObYZgAAAAlwSFlzAAAOxAAADsQBlSsOGwAAAApJREFUCNdjYAAAAAIAAeIhvDMAAAAASUVORK5CYII=\"  alt=\"Hill Farmstead Gin Clara (2015)\"  width=\"427\"  height=\"640\"  border=\"0\"  class=\" pk-lazyload\"  data-pk-sizes=\"auto\"  data-pk-src=\"https:\/\/farm6.staticflickr.com\/5821\/22860798481_11b16f67ee_z.jpg\" ><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"View &#039;Hill Farmstead Gin Clara (2015)&#039; on Flickr.com\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/adamjackson\/22228510573\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img  loading=\"lazy\"  decoding=\"async\"  style=\"display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\"  title=\"Hill Farmstead Gin Clara (2015)\"  src=\"data:image\/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAEAAAABAQMAAAAl21bKAAAAA1BMVEUAAP+KeNJXAAAAAXRSTlMAQObYZgAAAAlwSFlzAAAOxAAADsQBlSsOGwAAAApJREFUCNdjYAAAAAIAAeIhvDMAAAAASUVORK5CYII=\"  alt=\"Hill Farmstead Gin Clara (2015)\"  width=\"640\"  height=\"427\"  border=\"0\"  class=\" pk-lazyload\"  data-pk-sizes=\"auto\"  data-pk-src=\"https:\/\/farm1.staticflickr.com\/656\/22228510573_d6695f59e5_z.jpg\" ><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Overall 3.5\/5 AROMA 7\/10 APPEARANCE 5\/5 TASTE 6\/10 PALATE 3\/5 OVERALL 14\/20 AdamChandler (3854) &#8211; Enfield, New Hampshire,&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"apple_news_api_created_at":"2016-03-17T02:02:03Z","apple_news_api_id":"fc452f0d-ae11-416d-9a4c-cff3f3e9fbc6","apple_news_api_modified_at":"2016-03-17T02:02:03Z","apple_news_api_revision":"AAAAAAAAAAD\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/w==","apple_news_api_share_url":"https:\/\/apple.news\/A_EUvDa4RQW2aTM_z8-n7xg","apple_news_cover_media_provider":"image","apple_news_coverimage":0,"apple_news_coverimage_caption":"","apple_news_cover_video_id":0,"apple_news_cover_video_url":"","apple_news_cover_embedwebvideo_url":"","apple_news_is_hidden":"","apple_news_is_paid":"","apple_news_is_preview":"","apple_news_is_sponsored":"","apple_news_maturity_rating":"","apple_news_metadata":"\"\"","apple_news_pullquote":"","apple_news_pullquote_position":"","apple_news_slug":"","apple_news_sections":[],"apple_news_suppress_video_url":false,"apple_news_use_image_component":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"csco_singular_sidebar":"","csco_page_header_type":"","csco_custom_appearance":"","csco_disable_excerpt_posts_layout":false,"csco_page_load_nextpost":"","csco_post_video_location":[],"csco_post_video_location_hash":"","csco_post_video_url":"","csco_post_video_bg_start_time":0,"csco_post_video_bg_end_time":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[160],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-3079","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-reviews","7":"cs-entry","8":"cs-video-wrap"},"apple_news_notices":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pb3IC4-NF","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":3062,"url":"https:\/\/adamchandler.me\/blog\/2015\/11\/09\/review-two-deciduous-beers-cumulation-jack-olambent\/","url_meta":{"origin":3079,"position":0},"title":"\u2605 Review: Two Deciduous Beers (Cumulation &#038; Jack O\u2019Lambent)","author":"Adam Chandler","date":"November 9, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"Deciduous Cumulation Overall 4\/5 AROMA 8\/10 APPEARANCE 5\/5 TASTE 7\/10 PALATE 4\/5 OVERALL 16\/20 AdamChandler (3848) - Enfield, New Hampshire, USA - OCT 31, 2015 Thanks Chris for bring this one A - Very hazy light yellow with 1 finger head S - MMMM great lemon candy aroma and juicy\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Reviews&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Reviews","link":"https:\/\/adamchandler.me\/blog\/category\/reviews\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"Deciduous Cumulation","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/farm6.staticflickr.com\/5649\/22507011230_eb9dce0d5e_z.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/farm6.staticflickr.com\/5649\/22507011230_eb9dce0d5e_z.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/farm6.staticflickr.com\/5649\/22507011230_eb9dce0d5e_z.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x"},"classes":[]},{"id":2893,"url":"https:\/\/adamchandler.me\/blog\/2015\/07\/29\/beer-review-lawsons-finest-mosaic-ipa\/","url_meta":{"origin":3079,"position":1},"title":"\u2605 Beer Review: Lawson\u2019s Finest Mosaic IPA","author":"Adam Chandler","date":"July 29, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"4\/5 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0AROMA\u00a09\/10\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0APPEARANCE\u00a04\/5\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0TASTE\u00a07\/10\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0PALATE\u00a05\/5\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0OVERALL\u00a015\/20 Draft @ three penny. $7 for a pour. Dark yellow and gold. Small head. Very soft aroma. Wine and kiwi and papaya. Really excellent mouthfeel. The taste is excellent. Hop resin finish and a nice sweetness.","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Reviews&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Reviews","link":"https:\/\/adamchandler.me\/blog\/category\/reviews\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":3489,"url":"https:\/\/adamchandler.me\/blog\/2016\/08\/23\/review-hill-farmstead-civil-disobedience-release-16\/","url_meta":{"origin":3079,"position":2},"title":"\u2605 Review: Hill Farmstead Civil Disobedience (Release 16)","author":"Adam Chandler","date":"August 23, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"4.2\/5 AROMA\u00a08\/10\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0APPEARANCE\u00a04\/5\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0TASTE\u00a08\/10\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0PALATE\u00a05\/5\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0OVERALL\u00a017\/20 \u00a0 750ML Bottle picked up at the brewery. Stored upright in the fridge for a few months at 39F and split 2 ways into Teku stemware. A - Good cap pop, no gushing at all. Pour yielded a 2 finger off-white to brown head. The beer looks brown\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Reviews&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Reviews","link":"https:\/\/adamchandler.me\/blog\/category\/reviews\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"Hill Farmstead Civil Disobedience (Release 16)","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/farm9.staticflickr.com\/8399\/28592924762_1dbbcf13ec_z.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/farm9.staticflickr.com\/8399\/28592924762_1dbbcf13ec_z.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/farm9.staticflickr.com\/8399\/28592924762_1dbbcf13ec_z.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x"},"classes":[]},{"id":7799,"url":"https:\/\/adamchandler.me\/blog\/2015\/05\/27\/review-cantillon-gueuze-velomoteur\/","url_meta":{"origin":3079,"position":3},"title":"\u2605 Review: Cantillon Gueuze V\u00e9lomoteur","author":"Adam Chandler","date":"May 27, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"Overall 4\u00a0\u00a0 AROMA 9\/10\u00a0\u00a0 APPEARANCE 4\/5\u00a0\u00a0 TASTE 7\/10\u00a0\u00a0 PALATE 4\/5\u00a0\u00a0 OVERALL 16\/20 AdamJackson\u00a0(3386) Enjoyed a 75CL with some very fun Swedish Gents tonight @ Akkurat. Paid 935 SEK. Split 4 ways and poured very carefully by the bartender who had a great sense of humor and excellent English! A -\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Reviews&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Reviews","link":"https:\/\/adamchandler.me\/blog\/category\/reviews\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"Cantillon Gueuze V\u00e9lomoteur","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/farm8.staticflickr.com\/7794\/17393952792_52d9ed3862_z.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":168,"url":"https:\/\/adamchandler.me\/blog\/2012\/04\/23\/review-a-trip-to-rock-art-brewery-in-vermont\/","url_meta":{"origin":3079,"position":4},"title":"\u2605 Review: A Trip to Rock Art Brewery in Vermont","author":"Adam Chandler","date":"April 23, 2012","format":false,"excerpt":"On my trip between The Alchemist and Hill Farmstead, I passed by Rock Art Brewery. I've had their Ridge Runner but never other Rock Art beers. Aside from the 4 reviewed below, I picked up a Vermont Maple Wheat to share with Elizabeth. These were all reviewed on my iPhone\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Reviews&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Reviews","link":"https:\/\/adamchandler.me\/blog\/category\/reviews\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"Tasting Beer @ Rock Art Brewery","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/farm8.staticflickr.com\/7118\/7106028931_b6072969c8_z.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":2665,"url":"https:\/\/adamchandler.me\/blog\/2015\/03\/13\/beer-review-rooie-dop-funky-acid-cheeks\/","url_meta":{"origin":3079,"position":5},"title":"\u2605 Beer Review: Rooie Dop Funky Acid Cheeks","author":"Adam Chandler","date":"March 13, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"Technically, this is very much a home-brew, a white whale of the Oude Gueze world. It only has a few RateBeer ratings and the place is legit but I believe it\u2019s operated out of someone\u2019s house or something like that. There\u2019s very little info online and it comes in a\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Reviews&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Reviews","link":"https:\/\/adamchandler.me\/blog\/category\/reviews\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"Rooie Dop Funky Acid Cheeks","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/farm9.staticflickr.com\/8672\/16573585419_e684cd11f9_z.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]}],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/adamchandler.me\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3079","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/adamchandler.me\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/adamchandler.me\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/adamchandler.me\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/adamchandler.me\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3079"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/adamchandler.me\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3079\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/adamchandler.me\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3079"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/adamchandler.me\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3079"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/adamchandler.me\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3079"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}