{"id":982,"date":"2012-10-26T00:22:04","date_gmt":"2012-10-26T04:22:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/adam-jackson.net\/beer\/?p=982"},"modified":"2012-10-26T00:22:04","modified_gmt":"2012-10-26T04:22:04","slug":"retro-bottle-art-hill-farmstead-damon-2004-vintage-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/adamchandler.me\/blog\/2012\/10\/26\/retro-bottle-art-hill-farmstead-damon-2004-vintage-2\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2605 Retro Bottle Art &#8211; Hill Farmstead Damon (2004 Vintage)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a title=\"View 'Hill Farmstead Damon - Batch 1?' on Flickr.com\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/44048128@N00\/8123884049\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/farm9.staticflickr.com\/8047\/8123884049_d52427e647_z.jpg?resize=480%2C640&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Hill Farmstead Damon - Batch 1?\" width=\"480\" height=\"640\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I was amazed to see this on the shelf while at HIll Farmstead today. This gorgeous and simple label of an early batch of Damon. There&#8217;s a story behind how this bottle was rediscovered that I&#8217;ll let Shaun Hill tell if he feels it&#8217;s appropriate. I got a kick out of it.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Beer: Hill Farmstead Brewery Damon Imperial Stout<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Date: 12.22.04<\/li>\n<li>ABV: 9.2%<\/li>\n<li>Bottle 15\/28<\/li>\n<li>Description: A big imperial stout brewed with cold Vermont winter nights in mind. Aged with american oak chips and bottle conditioned, this ale will age well with the best of &#8217;em. Enjoy with loved ones! Cheers!<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a title=\"View 'Hill Farmstead Damon - Batch 1?' on Flickr.com\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/44048128@N00\/8123899908\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/farm9.staticflickr.com\/8194\/8123899908_6795897263_z.jpg?resize=480%2C640&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Hill Farmstead Damon - Batch 1?\" width=\"480\" height=\"640\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"I was amazed to see this on the shelf while at HIll Farmstead today. This gorgeous and simple&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_seo_schema_type":"","apple_news_api_created_at":"2018-12-07T16:45:35Z","apple_news_api_id":"7e27c58a-013b-4b46-b777-cf2fc86dba46","apple_news_api_modified_at":"2018-12-07T16:45:38Z","apple_news_api_revision":"AAAAAAAAAAD\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/w==","apple_news_api_share_url":"https:\/\/apple.news\/AfifFigE7S0a3d88vyG26Rg","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_hide_featured_image":false,"_jetpack_featured_image_duplicate_dismissed":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[173],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-982","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-beer-news","cs-entry","cs-video-wrap"],"apple_news_notices":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pb3IC4-fQ","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":146,"url":"https:\/\/adamchandler.me\/blog\/2012\/04\/16\/review-hill-farmstead-damon-bottle-111800\/","url_meta":{"origin":982,"position":0},"title":"\u2605 Review: Hill Farmstead Damon (Bottle 111\/800)","author":"Adam Chandler","date":"April 16, 2012","format":false,"excerpt":"4.8 AROMA 10\/10 APPEARANCE 5\/5 TASTE 10\/10 PALATE 4\/5 OVERALL 19\/20 adamjackson\u00a0(215) - Canaan, New Hampshire, USA - FEB 18, 2012 Picked this up at the February Hill Farmstead Release. 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It's been a slow month for me. I only did a handful of trades and really kept things slow. 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