Party Jam - Passion Fruit
Hermit Thrush Brewery in Brattleboro, Vermont, United States 🇺🇸
Sour / Wild Beer - Flavoured Regular Out of Production|
Score
7.07
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7.4/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 8
Flavor 7.5
Texture 7
Overall 7
Reviewed from notes.
Can to tulip.
Appearance: semi-dark burnt orange to copper color with a thin white semi-foamy to fizzy head which quickly died off and didn't leave any lace
Aroma: semi-sweet to tart passion fruit tones; then sly grassy hop spiciness with a touch of Belgian yeastiness
Flavor: blends the prior noted aromas together fairly sweet yet spicy and a touch of tart & sour aspects as well; light aftertaste of the passion fruit
Texture: light to medium bodied; between sessionable and being a sipper; not exactly smooth along the tongue - enough tart/sour harshness; finishes with the passion fruit tart to sour to subtly sweet character
Overall: fairly nice passion fruit sour ale, I believe I could come back to.
Can to tulip.
Appearance: semi-dark burnt orange to copper color with a thin white semi-foamy to fizzy head which quickly died off and didn't leave any lace
Aroma: semi-sweet to tart passion fruit tones; then sly grassy hop spiciness with a touch of Belgian yeastiness
Flavor: blends the prior noted aromas together fairly sweet yet spicy and a touch of tart & sour aspects as well; light aftertaste of the passion fruit
Texture: light to medium bodied; between sessionable and being a sipper; not exactly smooth along the tongue - enough tart/sour harshness; finishes with the passion fruit tart to sour to subtly sweet character
Overall: fairly nice passion fruit sour ale, I believe I could come back to.
Tried
from Can
on 04 Feb 2026
at 15:39
6.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 5.5
Canned 10/6/21, drunk 8/21/22. Lightly cloudy, orange-raspberry-canteloupe. Small, off-white head. Light oxidation and vanilla with tart fruit juice and moderate lactic acidity. Soft, juicy, but probably still a bit too punchy from the kettle souring. Caramel, vanilla, oxidation and light passion fruit juice. Not my favorite kettle souring job; just a bit too punchy still.
Tried
from Can
on 21 Aug 2022
at 16:27
7.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Can, courtesy of Matt. Pours dark orange. Funk, acid, passionfruit, dry white wine, tangerine. Medium body. Good.
Tried
from Can
on 31 Jul 2022
at 01:46
6/10
Pours amber with a fluffy creme head. Aroma of guava, passion fruit, lactose. Taste of lactic guava. Palate has lactic malt, not much else. Good.
Tried
on 23 Apr 2022
at 04:19
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Almost exploded can, popped on one side, but rescued before any real opening, and when popped the top, there was no fight from the carbonation and no loss at all, nor any real thick head - crazy, but that's spontaneous fermentation for you. Aroma of tropically, fruit, funky and perfumey fruits with a lot of sour, but way more tart notes than anything else with a lot of the spontaneous fermentation, dry wheat and yeast here that makes this very nice in the nose with some passionfruit of course, kiwi and light guava notes, all tart and soured - very nice. Light-bodied; Strong floral and especially fruity notes dominate here with a lot of passionfruit and guava flavours and a tart funkiness and some hay dryness with spontaneously fermented yeast as well and a little dose of caster sugar at the end, but all ends well. Aftertaste is dry, very mild, fruity, super tart and soured with a complex yeast bite and a lot of enjoyable floral and perfumey finishes from the fruit and yeasts here make this very nice throughout. Overall, a relatively easy-drinking, but super flavourful, complex, effervescent and tart beer with some passionfruit and guava notes, but the yeast and dryness make this out to be very nice, and that comes from someone who likes passionfruit the best out of all fruits. I sampled this sixteen ounce, pint-sized can, purchased from the Department of Beer and Wine in Alexandria, Virginia on 10-July-2020 for US$5,21 sampled at my house here in Washington on 21-November-2021, about a year and half after purchase - if you have one this old (or older), check your can pressure!
Tried
from Can
on 22 Nov 2021
at 09:54
7.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Can from Matt: pours slightly hazy pinkish orange with fizzy head. Aroma is passionfruit, vinegar, light funky notes. Taste is fruity (passionfruit of course), sour, acidic (but mostly at first). Quite good.
Tried
from Can
on 07 Aug 2021
at 01:24
7.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Pours murky gold into a tulip. Foamy white head with good retention recedes leaving gloppy lacing. Passion fruit and lacto aromas. Sharp with tart lacto, passion fruit, grapefruit pith and peel front to back. Lasting dusty pith finish.
Tried
on 04 Mar 2021
at 21:42
7/10
Medium gold pour. Thin foam. Mango and tropical fruit nose. Extreme sour fruit flavor with a sour palate. Easy carbonation
Tried
on 14 Dec 2020
at 02:44
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 4
Overall 7
Stewed apple and cumquat nose. Clear amber, medium head. Crabapple, passion fruit. Medium body, moderate carbonation.
Tried
on 14 Dec 2020
at 02:21
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
From a pint can. Pours a clear copper with a foamy white head. Aromas are herbal and tropical fruit. Flavors are sour fruit
Tried
from Can
on 09 Dec 2020
at 17:46