Alight #3
Hermit Thrush Brewery
- From:
- Hermit Thrush Brewery
- Vermont, United States
- Style:
- Wild Ale
- ABV:
- 3.4%
- Score:
- 88
- Avg:
- 4 | pDev: 4.75%
- Ratings:
- | reviews: 4
- Status:
- Retired
- Rated:
- Mar 13, 2025
- Added:
- Nov 04, 2018
- Wants:
- 1
- Gots:
- 2
SCORE
88
Very Good
88
Very Good
No description / notes.
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Reviewed by Sinfull from New York
3.5/5 rDev -12.5%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
3.5/5 rDev -12.5%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
Golden color. Medium-sized, quickly dissolving head. Lemon and some wood in funky aroma. It has a sour taste with a little bit of astringency. Not bad, but something is missing.
Mar 13, 2025
Reviewed by metter98 from New York
3.99/5 rDev -0.2%
look: 3.75 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
3.99/5 rDev -0.2%
look: 3.75 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
A: The beer is relatively clear yellowish amber in color and has a light to moderate amount of visible carbonation. It poured with a quarter finger high white head that quickly died down, leaving some large wisps of bubbles on the surface and a narrow collar around the edge of the glass.
S: Moderate aromas of sour apples are present in the nose.
T: Like the smell, the taste is rather sour and has notes of green apple flavors.
M: It feels light- to medium-bodied and somewhat tart on the palate with a moderate amount of carbonation.
O: This beer was more sour than it was fruity, but in general terms I would consider it to be an easy drinking American Wild Ale because it wasn't too sour or tart.
Serving type: can
Mar 29, 2019S: Moderate aromas of sour apples are present in the nose.
T: Like the smell, the taste is rather sour and has notes of green apple flavors.
M: It feels light- to medium-bodied and somewhat tart on the palate with a moderate amount of carbonation.
O: This beer was more sour than it was fruity, but in general terms I would consider it to be an easy drinking American Wild Ale because it wasn't too sour or tart.
Serving type: can
Reviewed by Lone_Freighter from Vermont
4/5 rDev 0%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
4/5 rDev 0%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
Wishing Hermit Thrush would put the respected number of each release on their cans, however, I believe this is the correct one since I have a newly found can.
This was poured into a tulip.
The appearance was a nice looking bronzed yellow to copper color with a sly transparency about it. Some carbonation could be seen rising at a level rate. Just a thin cap of a little white semi-foamy head. Quickly subsiding to barely leave any lace.
The aroma had a lush soft green apple sweet to tart and sly quick semi-sweet woody barrel upbringing. Sweet grassiness underneath.
The flavor meshes the tart to the sweet to the sour through a variety of green apples. Barely any aftertaste, but somewhat a clean mobile green apple.
The mouthfeel was about medium bodied, perhaps just a touch under. Carbonation felt good. ABV felt fine. Green apple sour to tart and sweet finish.
Overall, a very nicely done sour ale and probably one of the my favorites by this brewer!
Nov 07, 2018This was poured into a tulip.
The appearance was a nice looking bronzed yellow to copper color with a sly transparency about it. Some carbonation could be seen rising at a level rate. Just a thin cap of a little white semi-foamy head. Quickly subsiding to barely leave any lace.
The aroma had a lush soft green apple sweet to tart and sly quick semi-sweet woody barrel upbringing. Sweet grassiness underneath.
The flavor meshes the tart to the sweet to the sour through a variety of green apples. Barely any aftertaste, but somewhat a clean mobile green apple.
The mouthfeel was about medium bodied, perhaps just a touch under. Carbonation felt good. ABV felt fine. Green apple sour to tart and sweet finish.
Overall, a very nicely done sour ale and probably one of the my favorites by this brewer!
Reviewed by bobv from Vermont
3.92/5 rDev -2%
look: 3.75 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 4
3.92/5 rDev -2%
look: 3.75 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 4
16oz. can.
Oak Aged Session Sour Ale.
Moderate to vigorous pour yields a 1/2 inch white head over a reddish amber body with no lacing. Head is gone in a couple minutes. Nice nose of oak and grapefruit. Taste of very tart berry or currant and oak. Good feel and overall, at 3.4% abv, a tart beer lover could drink this all day. Cheers!
Nov 05, 2018Oak Aged Session Sour Ale.
Moderate to vigorous pour yields a 1/2 inch white head over a reddish amber body with no lacing. Head is gone in a couple minutes. Nice nose of oak and grapefruit. Taste of very tart berry or currant and oak. Good feel and overall, at 3.4% abv, a tart beer lover could drink this all day. Cheers!
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