Draught at the Source. It pours lightly hazy pale gold with a small white head. The nose is earthy, sour apple, funky, apple skin and sour candy. The taste is crisp, clean, smooth, soft tartness, green apple, funk, white wine and lemon sherbet. Light body and fine carbonation. Crisp, tart and easy going. Crushable.

This was poured into a tall tulip (Corsendonk).
The appearance was a hazy dark bronzed burnt orange color with a one finger white foamy head that quickly dissipated and left no lacing.
The smell started off with leathery wood running into the normal tripel aromas of \"iced apples,\" Belgian spices, light peaches, sweet freshly cut grassiness, funk is there but super light, and a delicate herbal to semi-earthiness rounding it all out.
The taste was moderately sweet, the funk is pretty light along with the sour level being really light. Woodiness comes back to dry it all down into the aftertaste but leaving a semi-sticky \"tripel\"-esque feel on the finish.
On the palate, this one sat about a medium on the body with a nice sipping to semi-sessionable feel, alcohol seems a bit weak in the feel, hmmm...I wish there was a date on this thing. Carbonation is barely there, but that doesn’t bother me, as the stickiness of the normal \"tripel\" feels take the lead and make everything seem right.
Overall, weird, but if anything I really super like this for me despite it being a bit more off than a tripel. I know Hermit Thrush wants to be their own thing in Vermont and I respect them for that. I wish they would put dates on their beers.

This was poured into a chalice.
The appearance was a dark brown color with ruby red hues glossing around the sides of the glass. The head was a slim white foaminess that quickly dissipated and left no lacing.
The smell started off with sweet to sour raspberries opening up into light dark chocolate allowing some super light Belgian spices.
The taste took the sweet and the sour and added a nice little dry tartness and throwing in some cherries. The dark chocolate resides in the background. There’s a tad of a unique tart cherries to raspberry blend leading into the aftertaste and in the finish.
On the palate, this one sat about a medium on the body with a fairly decent sipping quality about it. Carbonation runs low allowing the sourness to become the the harsh edge it should have from the \"sour\" side of the house.
Overall, cheers to Hermit Thrush for taking a classic Belgian style and adding their twist on it. Good job, nice late Summer sipper!

This was poured into a tulip.
The appearance was a pale hazy orange to yellow color. A one finger white foamy head dissipated within less than a minute.
The smell started off with a nice dry to sweet woodiness rolling over subtle earthy to herbal qualities and then subtle sprucy/piney aspects. Citrus does add a subtle element as well.
The taste was semi-sweet with a nice bitter citrus underneath. Sprucy/piney qualities end up blending into the herbal/earthiness and leads into a semi-sweet woody aftertaste and dry earthy woody finish.
On the palate, this one sat about a light to almost medium on the body with a decent sessionability despite the dry woody texture that comes about on my tongue.
Overall, definitely a Hermit Thrush beer adding their take \"dry woody\" to \"somewhat sour.\" Its a definitely a dry Belgian pale ale, go for it, if you’re looking for something different.

Very small draught sample at Three Penny Taproom, 7/24/15
Though I didn’t have more than 1-2 ounces, I wanted to rate it because I was both very impressed/wanted to share and felt like I got a good handle of what was going on here, even from such a small sample. My apologies if I offend anyone by doing so.
Oud bruin-ish appearance shows good clarity, medium-auburn color and a small, moderately-retained dark beige head.
Light brett notes in the nose are mildly tart, somewhat fruity and give way to a lightly acetic backing. Soft vanilla and medium-dry caramel notes emanate from the malts, providing balance. Clean, in the sense of no harsh acid/chemical notes, nor diacetyl. Cherries, raisins and plums linger on. No alcohol, obviously.
Moderately fruity flavors of cherries and plums, with some honey and caramel through the middle ending on a moderately acetic finish, though not obnoxiously so. Light wood/balsam notes and some biscuity/grainy malt touches help provide body/structure. Tart brett notes, bright and refreshing round out the flavor and the beer manages to capture the essence of a great barreled sour, at just 3% abv. Moderate carbonation, watery/soft texture. Really impressive. Hope to try more of Hermit Thrush’s stuff.

A hazed blonde ale with a thin white head. In aroma, sweet fruity malt with light grassy hops, light lactic notes, light cherry, nice. In mouth, a nice sweet fruity malt with light lactic notes, light cherry, nice and smooth. On tap at Vermont brewfest 2015.

Though perceived as an AIPA on here, I treated it as a Flanders Red ale, thus opting for the tulip.
The appearance started off with a ruddy burnt red to brown color with a quickly dissipating white foamy to semi-bubbly head. Lacing was few and far between.
The smell had the sweet glaze of Belgian sugar weaving into sour apples, sour lemon, then lemongrass.
The taste took all of those previously mentioned flavors to combine and make sweet yet sour. An ample amount rustic and earthy notes check into the balance of this one. A light sour lemon to apple aftertaste runs into the finish.
On the palate, this one sat about a light to medium on the body with a fairly decent sessionability about it. Carbonation feels right for a Flanders red, misleadingly sharp, allocating enough but taming my tongue with a pervasive bitterness.
Overall, I see this as a Flanders red ale. Sorry, at Hermit Thrush, good effort to throw at us to say \"IPA.\" Still, I would have again. Pass a New York strip steak piled with some shredded lobster meat on the top with this for next time.

A murky dark amber ale with a thin off white head. In aroma, beautiful sweet fruity caramel malt with light Brett, light cork, nice funky character, well done. In mouth, a nice sweet fruity caramel malt with loads of lactic acid, light corky, raspy, interesting. On tap at Farmhouse tap and Grill.

Keg at the brewery taproom. Pours clear, pale yellow-gold with a creamy white head. A nice tart saison, with some lemon notes, dry pale bread. Medium bodied with fine to average carbonation. Nicely balanced finish with restrained saison yeast expression, mild bitter straw, subtle funk and tangy lemon. Solid.