{"id":7687,"date":"2012-10-12T01:01:35","date_gmt":"2012-10-12T01:01:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/adam-jackson.net\/beer\/?p=655"},"modified":"2012-10-12T01:01:35","modified_gmt":"2012-10-12T01:01:35","slug":"review-hill-farmstead-ephraim-2012","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/adamchandler.me\/blog\/2012\/10\/12\/review-hill-farmstead-ephraim-2012\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2605 Review: Hill Farmstead Ephraim (2012)"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Hill<\/a><\/p>\n

I don’t think this beer changes each year but I feel it’s important to make it clear this was rated in 2012. I never had 2011 Ephraim so can’t compare each batch.<\/p>\n

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3.9<\/div>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0AROMA\u00a0<\/small>7\/10<\/big>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0APPEARANCE\u00a0<\/small>5\/5<\/big>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0TASTE\u00a0<\/small>7\/10<\/big>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0PALATE\u00a0<\/small>3\/5<\/big>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0OVERALL\u00a0<\/small>17\/20<\/big><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

adamjackson\u00a0(732)<\/a>\u00a0– Canaan, New Hampshire, USA – SEP 23, 2012<\/small><\/p>\n

Growler fill of the 2012 Edition of Ephraim 24 hours ago while I was volunteering at the HFS Harvest Festival. This was in the fridge at 45 and enjoyed in a tall snifter.A – What little head that is here took until after my pour to appear. Solid white and then fades fast. This is a very complex and gorgeous beer. Bright orange on the edges and darker more golden orange at the center. Extremely cloudy and clearly zero-filtering happened on this one.S – The Centennial and Simcoe are easy to pick out. The others, not so much. The piney resinous scent I expected from a (theoretically) 280IBU beer is not there. Pine and Grapefruit juice are present followed by lemon juice and orange with a hint of pepper.<\/p>\n

T – Okay, now there is that bitterness I expected. Wow. Well, a lot or citrus (tang from grapefruit and sweet from tangerine). This is followed by some pine cone taste and a very manly malt-backbone. The bitterness is on the border of domination but never reaches that point of being too intense.<\/p>\n

M – medium carbonation, heavy body. Almost grape skin sort of dry finish.<\/p>\n

O – It tastes like what a working farmer would enjoy after a long day. It\u2019s not my favorite HFS beer by a long shot but still was a pleasure to drink.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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