*7/25/2014 500ml bottle poured into a Prairie Dino tulip. A~ glowing light orange with a soft white head and a lot of lacing. S~ tons of lemon up front along with floral and tea like characters. lots of wine barrel funk on the back end. also a little hay/straw like aspects. T~ the lemongrass comes in first and punches you right in the face! followed by a burst of lemony tartness, oak, and wine barrel funk. a bunch of chamomile on the back end that lingers on the tongue. M~ very refreshing and crazy drinkable, a little surprising for a wine barrel aged brew. wait never mind haha! perfect carbonation, exactly where i like it for this style. O~ this is incredible, no surprise it went so fast. you can really tell exactly what went into this brew, its just so well balanced! i really love what HF has been doing with wine barrels lately. Le Sarrasin along with this both have very similar barrel characteristics, i wouldn’t be surprised if they used the same type of wine barrel. this is also very similar to Tired Hands Parageusia1, i think they’ve been talking haha! now lets just hope for another HF/Grassroots Tired Hands colab.! but in the mean time we have these amazing works of art to hold us over. thankfully!

50 cl bottle @ home. Pours cloudy golden with a white head that leaves a little lacing. Aroma and flavour are grapes, flowers, spices, yeast, and funk - with a dry finish.

Bottle at TradeBook Tasting. Thanks! Poured a hazzy yellow colour quite clouded, with a small white head. Nose has a lot of that classic Hill farmstead wine barrel upfront, light tart dry wine, oak, lemongrass, soft grains, white grapes, sweet lemons, chamomile tea. Taste is light tart white wine upfront, vineous, grapes, and lemons. The chamomile may have fallen off a bit. But this is still very delicate and complex. Lovely. More like a Saison for me do.

August 17, 2016. Bottle , courtesy of _angst_, thanks!
hazy yellow with a small white head. Aroma is fruity, funky and slight spicy with sweet peach, papaya, citrus, some white grape skins, pineapple, floral notes. Taste is tart, fruity, light sweet, slight funk. Finish is slight dry, fruity with grape skins, lemon, hibts of gooseberries, som oak notes, floral and dry oak. Light to medium bodied, soft to average carbonation, smooth texture.
Very good, balanced and very drinkable.

Bottle courtesy of Belair50. Pours hazy golden with a small frothy offwhite head that leaves some sticky lacing on the glass while dissipating. Smell is tiny fruity and slightly funky with crackers, lemon juice, lime juice, pineapple, white grapes, dandelions, dry wood, hay, minerals and lemon zest. Taste is slightly bitter, tiny sour, slightly fruity, floral and funky. Mouthfeel is soft, dry, tiny tart, tiny astringent and light to medium bodied. Finish is slightly sour and funky with delicate tropical fruit funk, white raisins and wine barrel character. Delicate, delicious and sublime.

Bottle at TradeBook featuring Mark 160817. Hazy goldrn/yellow beer with a decent offwhite head. Vinous aroma, tart, hay, floral, dandelions, grapes, some floral. Tart spicy flavor, cinnamon, grapefruit, floral, hay notes, herbal, hay notes, caramel, slightly vinous. Great complex beer.

A: Cloudy orange/yellow with a thin white lacing N: Yeast, herbal notes, papaya, apricot, peach, dandelions T: Kumquat, cardamom, hint of white peach O: Very different taste from the nose! Nice!

Bottle @ Mike’s. Milky golden orange beer with a white head. Really nice fruity aroma of melon, pineapple, and grapefruit. Pretty acidic and mildly funky. Nice apple pie and crusty sweetness. Some sweet stone fruit character, light peppery funk, and some musty, damp funk. Nice stuff.

Bottle thanks to jblaze36wv. Pours slightly hazy golden, small off-white head, good lacing. Aroma is lemon, mineral water, Brett, flowers. Flavor is dry, very lightly tart, mineral water, floral, lots of lemongrass and light oak. Light body, soft mouthfeel.

500 mL bottle. Clear golden yellow with a nice white head. Thick chunky collar and a bit of lacing. Nose is lots of white wine. Light citrus. A bit of tea-like herbal character. Some sweetness too. Citrus flavor up front and a light tartness. Sweet pale malt also. Lemongrass is really strong here. Citrusy and grassy. The chamomile gives it an interesting kinda earthy herbal flavor. White wine becomes much more prominent in the finish. Medium body. Very lightly tart. Medium carbonation. Wine barrel is delicious, as always from HF. Maybe too sweet, but the herbal additions are interesting enough that it doesn’t bother me.