Photo of the DayBob MontgomeryBokeh, Greensboro, Hill Farmstead Brewery, Vermont, beer, bottles, bottling, photo of the dayComment

Photo of the Day 09/19/10 - Open Wide and Say Ahh

Photo of the DayBob MontgomeryBokeh, Greensboro, Hill Farmstead Brewery, Vermont, beer, bottles, bottling, photo of the dayComment

Bottling day at Hill Farmstead Brewery in Greensboro, Vermont. I ran over after work Friday last to pitch in with bottling duties as best I could. They day's grand total was around 1,100 bottles, all hand filled and hand capped. I helped with a few hundred, and was glad to have been able to do it. The bottles above were destined for one of three barrel-aged versions of Fear and Trembling, a smoked Baltic porter. One in a French oak Napa Cabernet barrel, one blend of American oak Napa Cabernet and Buffalo Trace Bourbon (and Sam Adams Utopias) barrels, and one in a single Buffalo Trace barrel. I assure you, all of them are amazing. 

If you're in or near Vermont October 2nd, I can't recommend enough getting to the brewery for the festival where these will be debuted, along with other goodies. Check the brewery site for details.

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