Hermit Thrush Brewery

Microbrewery in Brattleboro, Vermont, United States 🇺🇸
Associated Venue: Hermit Thrush Brewery - Out of business

Established in 2014

Closed in 2024

Contact
29 High St, #101C, Brattleboro, VT, 05301, United States
Description
Ancient Beer, Modern Method.

Fermenting since 2014 with only wild brattleboro mixed culture yeast. continually pushing boundaries of new sour beer. brewhouse fueled by wood, not fossils.

To truly understand terroir and wild yeast, a brewer must come to terms with the type of beer that “wants to be made” in their region. We are proud of Brattleboro’s wild yeast for its balance, its stone fruit and pecan character, and how dry and effervescent it leaves the beer. We are grateful to our region’s farms for the availability of world class hops and fruits, as well as to our area distilleries for unique and beautiful oak barrel flavor histories.

We delight in making beer that could only be made in our place, with our team, supported by our community and environment.

     Show


7.6/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 7.5
Pint can from Beer Run, 4.18.21. Hazy orange, hazy orange large frothy white head good retention. Aroma of funk, earth, green hops, pale malt. Taste is funk, orange, grapefruit, pale malt. Lingering funk.
Tried from Can on 18 Apr 2021 at 21:57

7.2/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 7
On draft at Dominion Wine and Beer. Pours a cloudy orange gold with an off white head. Vinous nose with some peach. Flavors are sour grapes and pit fruit.
Tried from Draft on 09 Apr 2021 at 22:08

7.9/10 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
Tried from Can on 13 Feb 2021 at 23:33

7/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 7
16oz can from Halftime. Dark, clear amber, flat. Tart aroma, rye, wood. Taste reminds me of a Belgian Flanders, pit fruit, brett, rye adding some additional funk and the rye barrel bringing a boost to flavor and oomph factor. Very tart.
Tried from Can on 12 Feb 2021 at 02:12

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 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 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

7.5/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 8
From a pint can. Pours a clear gold with a white head. Aromas are vinous and herbal. Flavors are sour white grapes and bitter citrus.
Tried from Can on 07 Dec 2020 at 17:59

8.1/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 8 Flavor 9 Texture 8 Overall 8.5
Pours deep mahogany into a tulip. Tan head with little retention recedes to mottle surface. Warm oak, tart cherry and funk aromas. Tart with cherry and lactic funk front to back.... lasting dry oak finish. I'm not picking up much quad here - mostly an amped up (and well made) Flanders Red - rating as a red and not as a quad.
Tried on 04 Dec 2020 at 22:46