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UPDATE ON TAPROOM RESERVATIONS FOR NOVEMBER AND DECEMBER

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Our retail shop and taproom are closed today so that the team may spend the day with family and friends; we will reopen on Friday with our regular hours, as well as Saturday.

As always, we offer our profound gratitude for your kindness, encouragement, and support throughout the year. May all of you have a healthy and peaceful day.

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Nelson Lakes Farm is the new farm owned by our agricultural partners at @freestylehops in New Zealand. Situated on the edge of Nelson Lakes National Park, this is a region in which hops had not previously been grown. Although we have not yet had the opportunity to visit the new hop farm, Shaun and Phil were able to visit the region for a hike around the lakes in 2017.

This harvest year yielded only a small amount of hops, and we are the sole brewery to receive those initial rounds of hops from the farm. With this first arrival of Nelson Sauvin, we brewed a new instance in our Excursions series: Nelson Lakes: Nelson Sauvin IPA with those hops, to highlight the unique, regional terroir within varieties.

This will be available in growlers, by the glass in our taproom, and in a few locations in Vermont, NYC, and Massachusetts.

As well, yesterday we brewed Motueka Pale Ale featuring the first Motueka plantings grown from the same farm, so look for that in a few weeks in both cans and on tap!

Second photo courtesy of Freestyle Hops!

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𝗥𝗲𝘁𝗮𝗶𝗹 𝗨𝗽𝗱𝗮𝘁𝗲 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝟮𝟯 𝗡𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗺𝗯𝗲𝗿 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟮
𝘛𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘬𝘴𝘨𝘪𝘷𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘞𝘦𝘦𝘬 • 𝘌𝘥𝘸𝘢𝘳𝘥, 𝘔𝘰𝘴𝘢𝘪𝘤 𝘐𝘗𝘈, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘈𝘣𝘯𝘦𝘳

As we begin the holiday season—complete with a fresh layer of snow to get us into the spirit—we offer our resounding gratitude for our guests and each other as colleagues. With the Thanksgiving week ahead, we hope that you are able to gather with friends and loved ones to break bread and share the grateful comfort of each other’s company. Our hours for the upcoming holiday week will be as follows: Weds., 11:30 - 5; Thurs. - Closed; Fri./Sat., 11:30 - 5. No reservations are required for our taproom, though a few are still available for limited seated spots through the end of the year.

We’ll have freshly packaged draft and cans of Edward, Mosaic Single Hop IPA, and Abner available for takeaway, along with a range of bottles that includes Anna, Arthur, Florence, Clara, Charlie, Wheat Blanc, Plum: 2021 Harvest, and Convivial Suarez, as well as a few unannounced offerings from day to day!

Our Can Line-up:
• Edward - American Pale Ale
• Citra Single Hop Pale Ale - Single hop pale ale brewed exclusively with hand-selected organic Citra® hops.
• Mosaic Single Hop IPA - IPA brewed exclusively with personally selected Mosaic® hops
• Abner - American Imperial IPA brewed with a plethora of hops.
• Society & Solitude #5 - Imperial IPA showcasing American and New Zealand hops.
• Marie - German-style Helles brewed with organic malted barley
• Twilight of the Idols - Holiday porter with vanilla, cinnamon, and coffee.

By the Glass
Selections for onsite enjoyment will include Edward; Citra Single Hop Pale Ale; Mosaic Single Hop IPA; Memoria; Mary; Of First & Last Things; and Earl. As well, we offer an ever-changing menu with bottles, glass pours of vintage beers, and guest ciders from nearby Wildbranch Cider.

All donations for November will benefit the Hardwick Area Food Shelf!

An updated menu of growler options in our taproom may be found on our website’s Retail Shop page. Visit our website for more information on reservations and complete listings for can, bottle, growler, and draft offerings.

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𝗥𝗲𝘁𝗮𝗶𝗹 𝗨𝗽𝗱𝗮𝘁𝗲 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝟭𝟲 𝗡𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗺𝗯𝗲𝗿 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟮
𝘚𝘢𝘮𝘶𝘦𝘭 • 𝘗𝘭𝘶𝘮: 2021 𝘏𝘢𝘳𝘷𝘦𝘴𝘵 • 𝘊𝘰𝘯𝘷𝘪𝘷𝘪𝘢𝘭 𝘚𝘶𝘢𝘳𝘦𝘻

Three of our more cherished bottled offerings simultaneously return to our retail shop this week: Samuel, Plum: 2021 Harvest, and Convivial Suarez. Also available this coming week in both growlers and cans will be Citra Single Hop Pale Ale and Society & Solitude #5. Our taproom is fully open (no reservations required). Still, for those who wish to plan ahead, we have opened up a limited number of seated tables for reservation through the end of the year, available via Tock.

Finally (and again), a heartfelt ‘thank you’ to everyone who came out for our events in New York City last week. We hope you all had as exceptional a time as we did. We’re so grateful to those of you whose dedicated efforts made these occasions possible, especially the teams at Grand Delancey, Tørst, Proletariat, and (last by certainly not least) Gold Star Beer Counter! It was a delight to share those moments and beers with you all.

Visit our website for all the details! Working link in Bio:
https://hillfarmstead.com/release/retail-update-for-12-november-2022/

#vermont #hillfarmstead #craftbeer #beersofinstagram #vermontlife #breweries #thisisvt #beer

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While we haven’t seen any meaningful hints at snow so far, the seasonal chill is most certainly on the horizon, and with that, Twilight of the Idols makes its annual appearance this week. Available in both cans and growlers for takeaway, as well as on draft in our taproom. A nitrogenated draft-only version for bars and restaurants will be available in about two weeks.

Each autumn, we brew Twilight of the Idols, our winter porter with a touch of coffee and cinnamon, and condition it on vanilla beans. Conceived in 2009 with age-old friend Ryan Witter-Merithew while brewing in Denmark, this tradition continues. Its name is inspired by the title of one of the last known texts written by Friedrich Nietzsche, a guiding voice within the entire length of our journey.

This year’s batch features a micro-lot coffee grown by Blanca Marina Botina on her farm, El Aquacate, in La Caldera, Nariño, Colombia, which was selected and roasted by Vivid Coffee Roasters in Burlington. The vanilla addition is a blend of Papua New Guinea Vanilla Tahitensis beans and organic beans from Madagascar Vanilla Co. in Antananarivo, Madagascar. We also added a touch of cinnamon—comprised of a blend of Ceylonese and Vietnamese cinnamon.

#hillfarmstead #vermont #craftbeer

@vividcoffee

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𝗥𝗲𝘁𝗮𝗶𝗹 𝗨𝗽𝗱𝗮𝘁𝗲 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝟵 𝗡𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗺𝗯𝗲𝗿 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟮
𝘖𝘧 𝘍𝘪𝘳𝘴𝘵 & 𝘓𝘢𝘴𝘵 𝘛𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘴 • 𝘋𝘰𝘶𝘣𝘭𝘦 𝘊𝘪𝘵𝘳𝘢

Later sunrises and earlier sunsets offer small moments of quietude in the brewery to watch the dance of lights. A gentle hum and a satisfied bubbling provide a nocturnal soundtrack for the slumbering cellar, from which we’ll share freshly packaged hop-forward favorites Of First & Last Things and Double Citra for both cans and growlers to go.

A reminder that limited taproom seated reservations for the remainder of the year—from 5 November through the end of December—are opened up on our Tock page [Reserve in our bio].

Our Can Line-up:
• Marie - German-style Helles brewed with organic malted barley
• Mary - Unfiltered, naturally carbonated German-style lager brewed with organic malts.
• Of First & Last Things - American IPA brewed with hand-selected Simcoe®, Motueka™, and Nelson Sauvin hops.
• Susan - American India Pale Ale brewed with a selection of organic hops
• Nelson Single Hop Pale Ale - Pale ale brewed exclusively with hand-selected Nelson Sauvin hops from Freestyle Farms, our agricultural partners in Upper Moutere, New Zealand. 5% abv.
• Double Citra - American Imperial IPA brewed exclusively with Citra® hops from Washington state’s Yakima Valley.

𝗕𝘆 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗚𝗹𝗮𝘀𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗚𝗿𝗼𝘄𝗹𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝗧𝗼 𝗚𝗼
Selections for onsite enjoyment will include Edward; Memoria; Mary; Of First & Last Things; Nelson Single Hop Pale Ale; Harlan; George; Earl; bottle and glass pours of vintage beers; and guest ciders from nearby Wildbranch Cider.

All donations for the month of November will benefit the Hardwick Area Food Shelf!

An updated menu of growler options in our taproom (no reservations required!) may be found on our website, as well as for more information on reservations and complete listings for can, bottle, growler, and draft offerings.

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A huge thank you to the amazing teams at @granddelancey, @torst_nyc, @proletariatny, and @goldstarbeercounter for all their hard work to make these last two days such a huge success. Thank you to our partners at @unionbeerdist for going above and beyond to make it all happen. And, of course, our eternal gratitude goes out to all of you (so,so many) who came out to share some beer, many stories, and, most importantly, your time to celebrate with us. These last two days have been a joy.

Also, a special thank you to pizza. Thank you.

Especially @scarrspizza and @lindustriebk!

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𝗥𝗲𝘁𝗮𝗶𝗹 𝗨𝗽𝗱𝗮𝘁𝗲 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝟮 𝗡𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗺𝗯𝗲𝗿 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟮
𝘊𝘭𝘢𝘳𝘢 • 𝘚𝘶𝘴𝘢𝘯 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘔𝘢𝘳𝘪𝘦 • 𝘙𝘦𝘴𝘦𝘳𝘷𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘜𝘱𝘥𝘢𝘵𝘦

We are well and truly into Vermont’s sixth (or seventh) season, charmingly referred to as Stick Season. There’s a distinctive and unique mood to the Northeast Kingdom before our first snowfall, well worth embracing with the long winter ahead of us.

This week, Clara’s namesake beer returns to our bottle shop line-up, and Susan and Marie’s respective namesake beers once again head to the draft lines and can offerings. Reservations for the remainder of the year will open up on Tuesday, 1 November, at noon with a revised format, taking into account the changing seasons, our limited inside space, and more than a year of experience with the reservation format. Check out our previous post for an expanded look at our reservation service updates.

Visit our website for details on reservations and can, bottle, growler, and draft offerings. Check the link in our bio!

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UPDATE ON TAPROOM RESERVATIONS FOR NOVEMBER AND DECEMBER

Moving into the colder months, where our available space is much more limited, we will shift all four days to a new format. Reservations will not be required, but we will continue offering a reservation option for part of our taproom. We will make available a small number of seated reservations and arrange the majority of the taproom for non-reservation holders and general admission. These will open up on Tuesday, 1 November, at noon on our Tock page [via the Reserve button in our bio]

We will offer a few seated table reservations for Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday for guests who wish to enjoy a table for a couple of hours of leisurely consumption, but we will remove the associated charitable contribution fee. Seated reservations will be available in two separate time slots each day. Guests can choose either to reserve a table from 12:00 p.m. - 2:00 p.m. or from 2:30 - 4:30 p.m. Reservations are limited and first come, first served. These do not include table service or a separate menu; this only reserves a table space.
If seats are fully booked, standing tables will be available for those of you joining us without making any reservations.

To continue our charitable efforts and, as always, in lieu of tips, we have enabled a charitable giving option for all guests during checkout.

This format allows us to reserve a portion of our limited indoor space for guests who wish to secure a table while still accommodating as many people as is feasible and enjoyable for all during the winter season.

Thank you for your patience, understanding, and support!

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𝗥𝗲𝘁𝗮𝗶𝗹 𝗨𝗽𝗱𝗮𝘁𝗲 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝟮𝟲 𝗢𝗰𝘁𝗼𝗯𝗲𝗿 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟮
𝘊𝘩𝘢𝘳𝘭𝘪𝘦 • 𝘕𝘦𝘭𝘴𝘰𝘯 𝘚𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘭𝘦 𝘏𝘰𝘱 𝘗𝘢𝘭𝘦 𝘈𝘭𝘦, 𝘏𝘢𝘳𝘭𝘢𝘯, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘋𝘰𝘶𝘣𝘭𝘦 𝘔𝘰𝘵𝘶𝘦𝘬𝘢

While the leaves may be mostly footpath sound effects now, we’re enjoying the late autumn weather with a keen eye on what’s on the horizon and continuing to plan our reservation service layout for after 5 November. We look forward to sharing that information with you soon—we’re grateful for your patience!

This week, we’ll welcome back the namesake beer for our oft-remembered furry friend, Charlie, and replenish the can coolers and draft lines with three additional offerings. Stay tuned as well for information on some big doings in New York City in early November… we’ve dug deep into the cellar for these outings, and we’re looking forward to sharing them with you in person.

Visit our website for expanded information on can, bottle, growler, and draft offerings.

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Our taproom team assembled this morning for a fun sensory adventure to explore pairing some of our beers with chocolate from @tibitochocolate, provided by our friends at @in_situ_foodco. Inspired by our use of the exceptional cocoa nibs from Tibitó within our currently pouring batch of Shirley Mae, it seemed a great opportunity to taste how different types of chocolate would interact with stylistically different beers, like Edward and Mary—such a delightful sensory experience! These two hand-crafted chocolate bars are available in our retail shop, so give it a try and let us know what you think. Oh, and indeed, a piece of chocolate does float on the foam of a properly poured Shirley Mae!

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A big ‘thank you’ to @adventuredinner for the invitation to collaborate on last weekend’s festivities with our pals at @jasperhillfarm at the beautiful @sandiwoodfarm. It was a delightful evening of outstanding food, friendships (both old and new), and true conviviality.

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