Fairly hazy golden coloured body that starts off fairly clear, but shows a lot of haze, especially towards the bottom of the can, with a thick, frothy, perfectly white head, about four to five centimetres tall. Aroma of very robust kettle soured and even spontaneously fermented yeast notes with some grapes, apples, oak, cedar, caster sugar and apricots all noticeable along with a drying, floral and herbal note. Light to Medium-bodied; Crisp, dry and very fruity flavour at first that really shows the peaches, apricots, apples and even some plums, with a light malt and yeast note and some drying herbal and grassy characteristics, but the yeast here is pervasive, in a good way, and adds to the complexity here, without really showing any hops at all and especially no bitterness. Aftertaste shows the crisp and dry herbal, grainy and wheatie notes, but the fruit is the strongest and most pungent, with some nice sweetness and enjoyable tartness coming through, but the yeast hits the most complexily, with oak, cedar and wood foeders all noticeable. Overall, a nice and enjoyable, super crisp and dry beer that definitely shows more of a fruit beer, belgian single, wild ale or even saison more than a pale ale (of any sort), but these are the things that hermit thrush does very well at - making an ordinary style or beer something much more complex and rich. I sampled this sixteen ounce, pint-sized can, purchased from the Department of Beer and Wine in Alexandria, Virginia on 11-April-2020 for US$4,58 sampled at my house here in Washington on 14-October-2020.