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.
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.
6.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Sampler at brewery. Copper colored pour, small bubbly head. With the hops and kettle souring, plus the barrel aging, there is a lot going on here. Sweet, sour, woody, floral. My gut wouldn't let me finish.
Tried
on 23 May 2022
at 23:55
6.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Taster pour at brewery. Hazy yellow, thin white head. Lemony, floral, savory aroma. Taste follows with lemon peel, coriander, sour, sweet. Zippy, lingering, pucker.
Tried
on 23 May 2022
at 20:18
6/10
Pours a hazy amber with a thick white head. Some carbonation. Taste has lactic notes. Taste has sour fruity notes, stone fruits, figs. Palate has much of the same. Good.
Tried
on 05 May 2022
at 01:10
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
7.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Pours hazy blood orange into a tulip. White head with medium retention recedes to hug rim. Tart apricot and mango aromas. Tart with aspirin, tangerine and mango front to back. Lasting meringue finish.
Tried
on 03 Mar 2022
at 23:41
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
7.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Sample during the Punkin Beers! tasting on 10/31/2021.
Tried
on 08 Nov 2021
at 23:25
7.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Can from the source. Brilliant dark gold in color with a thin white head that quickly dissipates. Lemony tart nose with hints of funk and stone fruits. Taste is more lemony tart acid with bits of cherry. Its quite tasty but most of the kriek's I've had are bright to dark red and have ton's of cherry aroma and flavor. This one not so much.
Tried
from Can
on 17 Oct 2021
at 22:54
6.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
16 oz. can dated 06-04-21. Aroma shows sour lemon and toasted grain. Flavor has a huge tart lemon acidic character. Thinner body with mild funky grain and vinegar notes. Old school sour ale. Not really my thing.
Tried
from Can
on 07 Oct 2021
at 20:34
7.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
16 oz. can dated (Smudged) 06-17-21. Aroma shows a bold character of Lactobacillus and moderate berry. The blueberry and the flavor is natural and organic. Honestly, quite bolder blueberry than I was expecting. Lactobacillus gives oak tannins with a earthy character. Nicely restrained. Not overly sour.
Tried
from Can
on 06 Oct 2021
at 21:14