Hilliard's Beer

Commercial Brewery | Seattle, WA, United States of America

Vital Statistics

Beers

Overall average: 57 (logged 24 times)
Hilliard's Amber Ale: 75 (logged 1 time)
Amber / Red Ale
Hilliard's Blonde: 67 (logged 1 time)
American Blonde Ale
Hilliard's Boombox IPA: 92 (logged 1 time)
American India Pale Ale / IPA
Hilliard's Chrome Satan: 71 (logged 2 times)
California Common / Steam Beer
Hilliard's E.xtra S.pecial B.elgian: 42 (logged 1 time)
Belgian Dark Ale
Hilliard's Jameson Whiskey Barrel Sour: 75 (logged 1 time)
Saison / Farmhouse Ale
Hilliard's Murdered Out Stout: 72 (logged 3 times)
Stout
Hilliard's Oak Aged Saison
Saison / Farmhouse Ale (Aged in Barrels, Oak, Chardonnay)
Hilliard's OMG Cookies
Winter Warmer
Hilliard's Original Singe
Rauchbier (Smoked)
Hilliard's Pils
Czech Pilsner
Hilliard's Saison: 75 (logged 1 time)
Saison / Farmhouse Ale
Hilliard's Suffering Bastard Saison
Saison / Farmhouse Ale (Aged in Barrels, Bourbon, Gin)
Hilliard's Sweet Little Rye Saison
Saison / Farmhouse Ale
Hilliard's The 12th Can Pale Ale: 39 (logged 7 times)
American Pale Ale
Hilliard's The Fino Countdown: 25 (logged 2 times)
Porter (Aged in Barrels)

Collaborations

Hilliard's / Redhook Ballard Brown (collaboration): 67 (logged 1 time)
Brown Ale
Redhook / Hilliard's Joint Effort Hemp Ale (collaboration): 61 (logged 3 times)
Vegetable / Spice / Herb Beer

Logs for beers from this brewery

Good choice for a nippy autumn evening.
Thin brown that moves somewhat unexpectedly to a rich, creamy caramel sweetness. It was almost one-note, but very pleasantly so. A treat beer that won't distract from whatever else you're eating.
Very lovely IPA. Subtle pineapple and pine notes with a very nice hop finish. Nicely done.
Can
Not at all what I was expecting. I didn't taste wine qualities as such, just a weird, dank sourness and a kind of burnt yeasty taste on top of it. I honestly thought the Hercule was this one, because it tasted like my expectations. Instead, that one was pretty good, and this -- this was Not Tasty.
A cross between roasted malt and espresso.
Some hazelnut and roasted malt, and a LOT of Belgian yeast.
Average beer, some amber malt flavors and clean finish
Tasty as always. So glad these are in cans now!
Can
Go Seahawks! Which is pretty much the only reason to drink this beer...
Can
Quite honestly, the skunkiest beer I've ever smelled, and I literally mean skunk. Which is too bad, because if you hold your nose at the start, it actually develops into an appealingly malty finish that reminds me of corn puffs. But, really, this beer lost the battle at "if you hold your nose."
Smells like a urinal cake and impossible to avoid the smell when drinking it. Thin taste with some sourness.
I was really very pleasantly surprised by this beer. Nice fragrance, and a fruity, resinous start that gives way to a rye-like pepperiness (is that the hemp seed?), before leading to a finish that threatens to but never quite gets bitter.
Smell: mild hop smell. Taste: resinous, like a dry straw taste. Starts like it should be bitter but doesn't go there. The resin continues post-drink. I want this to be a good IPA but it's not there.