UPDATED: AUG 7, 2021 Can (6/22/21) pour. It's a cloudy pale yellow with nice sparkle, finger-plus width white foamy head with excellent retention and nice spotty lacing. Aroma is strong grape, melon. Taste is strong white grape, biscuit backbone. Mouthfeel is light-to-medium bodied with smooth texture, average carbonation and crisp finish as taste with yeast. Overall, strong aroma and flavor but not terribly complex and maybe didn't get everything out of the hop.

UPDATED: JAN 11, 2020 Poured from can. Late Harvest version. Pours hazy golden with white head. Aroma is pineapple with citrus. Flavor is tropical fruit with crisp citrus. Some onion and dank hop finish.

UPDATED: NOV 2, 2019 Can. Pale and hazy. Thin head. Toasty aroma, with a big nelson aroma, and some melon. On the aroma, it has a nice nelson sauvin taste, sweet pale malt, the usual excellent malt character from this brewery. Good balance. Solid brew, with a nice bit of bitterness to lend balance.

UPDATED: OCT 15, 2019 This isn't a new entry, It is the same as regular Hill Farmstead Nelson pale ale but just a different age on the hops. Brewing ingredients or percentage didn't change. Please fix RB
Earlier Rating: 7/26/2013 Total Score: 4.6
Tap at Blackback, pours hazy golden yellow with medium white head, tiny bubbles. Notes of bubblegum, cheese hops, cat piss, onion, papaya, grapefruit, zest, and lots of well water. Insanely drinkable and light on the palate. One of the better single hops I have had from HF. Cheers.

UPDATED: OCT 13, 2019 Can from brewery. Pours yellow and kind of hazy. Leaves some lacing in the glass. Lovely citrus and earthy notes on the nose and tongue. Finished with a hint of bitterness. Very crushable.

Tasting at Salesforce, can, simply called "Nelson"
Murky pale blond colour. Wow, that's a pungent Nelson aroma as I haven't had in a long time. Crisp mouthfeel, a bit chalky, but with excellent hop expression.
Excellent.

UPDATED: JUN 13, 2019 355ml can @ the office. Pours a cloudy pale yellow colour with a small white head. Nose is cat pee, grassy. and some dank notes. Flavour is nice and smooth, a touch of fruit, with mild grass and dankness. Light bodied, mild carbonation, and a moderate sweetness with a balanced bitterness.

UPDATED: JUN 13, 2019 Small can at SalesForce. Appearance: murky blonde with a white head Aroma: very grassy. Taste: quite smooth, but still quite grassy. Overall: ok, very light body.

UPDATED: JUN 13, 2019 Can. Pale and hazy. Thin head. Toasty aroma, with a big nelson aroma, and some melon. On the aroma, it has a nice nelson sauvin taste, sweet pale malt, the usual excellent malt character from this brewery. Good balance. Solid brew, with a nice bit of bitterness to lend balance.

Can from the source. Murky pale yellow color white head with solid lacing. Floral white wine aroma. Taste is fruity white wine. One of the better expressions of this hop I've had.