Fallow Harvest
Hermit Thrush Brewery in Brattleboro, Vermont, United States 🇺🇸
Spiced / Herbed / Vegetable / Honey - Pumpkin Regular Out of Production|
Score
7.17
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jgb9348 (11828) reviewed Fallow Harvest from Hermit Thrush Brewery 6 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 10 | Overall - 8.5
Super clear, deep brown and lightly coppered body with a super small, tan and off-white soda-like head that shows up immediately and fades just as quickly - there is nothing on top and only this super micro-bubbles rising from the sides, only a centimetre or so below the surface - crazy. Aroma of ultra funky, super soured, gueuze-like qualities that show a bunch of belgian, spontaneous-fermenting yeasts, but a lot of squash and light wheat notes with a touch of sweetness and mostly a sour, super funky profile - in a great way, this is literally mouth-watering to me. Light-bodied; Ultra effervescent with a lot of squash and light spices showing through with some canella and allspice and a touch of coriander seed freshness, but the soured, oak and funky tart flavours dominate, in a great way with some sweetness coming through, but nowhere as close to the sourness. Aftertaste shows the dry and floral notes, but again, the sour, foeder and cedar-like flavours dominate with a great tart and almost berry-like profile with some sugars from fruits and a light spice complexity add to the greatness off this. Overall, an amazing, super-complex and ridiculously drinkable beer that shows almost exactly like a gueuze in terms of profile, flavours and complexity and if you were blindfolded, you might think that, but the look obviously shows otherwise (way too dark for that without any head at all) and an American independence make this nice for me to sample! I wish I had more of these and i'd save them longer to see how/if they change further, but this was the only I bought, but I will buy many more if I find this again! I sampled this pint-sized, sixteen ounce can, purchased from Beverage Warehouse in Winooski, Vermont on 19-September-2016 for US$8,04 sampled almost three and a half years later on 09-January-2020 at home in Washington.
Clarkvv (16523) reviewed Fallow Harvest from Hermit Thrush Brewery 9 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
Draught at Ginger Man Boston, 11/11/16.
Cloudy bronze, though not intensely so. Off-white head atop is rather wispy, showing low retention.
Earthy, spicy, vegetal, peppery notes in the nose combine with fruity yeast esters and souring agent influences. Almost a bit of vanilla character on the finish, with light honey and biscuit character noted, as well.
Quite an interesting, varied character the flavor has, with very light earthiness at times, and others a sour, lightly spicy character. Very dry, with a good deal of lactic character, but enough residual sugar to help balance and keep it drinkable, especially given the high abv. As with Earth Eagle, Hermit Thrush’s beers are very challenging to describe/rate. I quite enjoyed this one, though, and it’s actually well-balanced.
Maurice (8362) ticked Fallow Harvest from Hermit Thrush Brewery 9 years ago
Scopey (25115) reviewed Fallow Harvest from Hermit Thrush Brewery 10 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5
Can picked up at the brewery & shared in Canaan, NH. It pours cloudy deep amber with some orange and a off-white head. The nose is soft, juicy, pumpkin, squash, touch of vanilla, earth, pumpkin pie and light orange. The taste is crisp, tart, juicy, pumpkin, squash, light acidity, minerals and general sourness with dry, earthy finish. Medium body and fine carbonation. Soft, well-rounded and way easier going than it should be.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
This was poured into a tulip.
The appearance was a dark ruddy brown color with a thin layer of white foaminess coating the top. Lacing was barely there.
The smell starts off with a fair amount of sweet and tart raspberries. Light cherries blend in. Sour and sweet lemon combine underneath and then the pumpkin, woeee, that took a while.
The taste follows the smell pretty much the same way. Aftertaste has basically the same features of the aroma in the same order. There’s no finish.
On the palate, this one sat about a medium on the body with a fairly decent sessionability about it. Carbonation comes across fairly tame, allowing pumpkin flavor to run nicely underneath.
Overall, what a unique beer! I know it’s a Belgian ale on here, but probably mainly because it’s \"broad\" enough to allow everything Hermit Thrush wanted it to be. I can see myself having this again.
Leighton (34941) reviewed Fallow Harvest from Hermit Thrush Brewery 10 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
Can shared in Canaan, NH. Thanks to Paul. Pours hazy amber with a creamy white head. Nice tangy berries in the nose, plum, overripe orange. Light-medium sweet flavor, some cereal, light apple, lemon. Light bodied with average carbonation. Sweet finish, some bread, cereal, tangy tangerine. Not bad overall.