What's the deal with "Ann?"

I think the biggest issue with his review is it was a small pour and about 50% yeasty dregs, hardly an ideal sample to base a review on.

haha, oh wow, now you're going to tell us what an "ideal sample" is? Please, go on....

To start not one where you say you "went full bore on the yeast" would be a good start.

Brendan isn't dumb enough to do something that misguided. Awkward at times? Perhaps. A bad dancer? Almost certainly. But stupid? Nope.

Just going by what he said in this thread.

It's like I stepped into some alternate universe BA around here sometimes.

No replies in ISO:FT. The anger must vent somewhere. (I've been beating my cats)

Unless I have a reading comprehension problem, he said he had two pours - one from the middle of the bottle and one of the dregs. I think it is reasonable to assume he had enough to form an opinion of the beer. I'm guessing a perfect 5 rating from the dregs would have been A-OK?

This thread has entertained me for 20 minutes while bored at work, but it's only beer, people. Relax.

Ha! give the little guys a kick for me.

I couldn't figure if he drank the 2 pours seperately or combined them, but his review clearly says he poured the yeasty dregs into his glass. Either way it is his opinion of the beer and that is pretty much it.

That flash of insight just blinded me. I need to go out and get a cane.

AFK! You tasted 5 and u know it! Now go change that review....now! Or BA city is in terrible danger!

Wow, Brendan is famous. If I knew that giving a less than glowing review for a hyped beer would result in such hilarity, I would've started chipping down my review backlog by starting with my 1414 review!

You don't have to defend your review. People take this WAY too seriously sometimes...thank God nobody came after me for my horrible reviews of Jaw-Jacker or French Oak Jose Marti.

Had 6 oz. this weekend - and yes Ann is "perfection." Having said that…sometimes perfection isn't terribly interesting. (Even the blue-label Arthur that was opened beforehand while not nearly as flawless was probably more compelling in the end.)

mm...blue label Arthur....

Agreed. Just think of me during one of the sips.

Is a perfect saison as "good" as a perfect stout? Probably not. Unless you are Mr. Saison =)

Goddamn 1%ers. #OccupyBA

Disclaimer: I'm sure Ann is an amazingly awesome beer BUT.....

It's nice to see its average score finally settle to a believable 4.75.

Disclaimer: based on the bottle I opened this week, Ann is the most hyped beer to exist, period.

Ann, like most HF offerings, is a delicious beer, however I'd be super bummed if I traded or paid an arm and a leg for it.

We read some reviews afterward and had to LOL at how fluffy/outrageous some of them were.

Carry on

It's also possible it was phenomenal fresh and has dropped off very quickly. There's a few sensible reviewers I trust in there that gave it pretty high scores.

Good post. "Hey let me bump this old to say this beer is really hyped but I thought it was delicious."

what you're exhibiting here (getting caught up in so-called "hype", other people's opinions, perceptions of "value", etc) is more of the problem than people asking a lot for their bottle of ann, or giving it an all 5 review (even if the beer isn't all that great).

this whole subsection of the forum and the "trading community" as a whole would be elevated by several orders of magnitude if everyone read and understood this post. your attitude matters, people. people aren't selling $200 bottles of beer because it secretly has cocaine in it, they're selling $200 bottles of muled beer because OMG everyone says this one is the best but IIIIII say it's not so great but i have to try that other one and... [trails off]

ISO : $200 bottle of cocaine beer

Wow our brew club is looking for unconventional ingredients.

Into boil, primary, or secondary? I'm thinking maybe a nice Saison? Barleywine?

Nah man, you've got to dry-base it...

Sometimes i ask for my pumpkinhead glass to be rimmed in the devil's dandruff

http://beeradvocate.com/community/threads/ft-hf-ann-iso-bourbon-vanilla-dl-375ml-blabaer.44480/

Seems fair, I mean hell man, he had to go all the way to VT for the Ann.....add up that time and gas and surely that equals the $50 BA DL price plus the international shipping most likely involved with the Blabaer. Fuck, not like he asked for a SEVEN FIFTY Blabaer.....

Only idiots drink walez, bro.

I would trade a regular Bourbon Dark Lord for Ann. I certainly wouldn't add on for it. And definitely wouldn't trade two beers of that quality.

Her?

Someone who's been a member since 2010 and this ISO/FT is the only post in their history, they have a blank profile page, nothing listed under reviews/gots/wants. If someone is willing to trade a BVDL & Blabaer they damn well better make him ship first, that's all I'm saying.

Maybe people can get to FFF more easily so they don't mind going to get something to trade, but HF is a pain to get to, so people don't drive there just to get something to trade, they get something to drink

Can anyone tell me.....is HF a pain to get to? I am starting to think it isn't easy and is literally in the middle of nowhere. I mean it's almost like their beers don't command a premium they justly deserve for being so hard to access.

You don't even know man. The street sign for the dirt road was missing for a long time. The hill Farmstead sign is probably 5"x5" and visible only after you've passed it. You basically have to follow the growler line to find the place. The neighbor doesnt even know there is a brewery there.

Full disclosure: I've had Ann. I greatly enjoyed Ann. I do not have anymore Ann. I would not give up the ridiculous things people are asking to have Ann again.

Yes, you're completely right. People over-sell the difficulty of getting Hill Farmstead beer. At the same time, it really is a pain to get to the brewery for most of us. I don't see nearly as much backlash about complaints of how hard it is to get to Russian River or wherever else. Everyone overvalues their beer and their time. Hill Farmstead beers are not the only ones that this is happening to.... (ex: KH, Rare, BCBVS, CBS and now pretty much anything "brewery only" or "limited")

Combine the insanely high demand, the fact that almost everything they make is exceptionally tasty, the extremely low bottle counts of many of their releases, and the relatively small number of people willing to go and get them and you get ridiculous posts like the one above. FT: Ann ISO: Wale + Another Wale.

Haven't you guys heard the Hill Farmstead traders cartel plan for BA domination?

Step 1: Buy Hill Farmstead beer
Step 2: ...
Step 3: Walez

All joking aside, I hope nobody actually gives up a BA DL and a Blabaer, but with the way things are going it might actually happen. 90% of us that go to Hill Farmstead just really enjoy drinking their beer and spreading the love whenever possible. The other 10% make us look bad.