After leaving behind a hectic cooking career in New York City’s fine-dining scene, Tristan moved inland to the New York's Capital District, where the relative abundance of Pileated Woodpeckers almost makes up for the fact that he’s only seen a single Sanderling in Albany County ever. It’s pink and fun and very soft. All words, images, and opinions are the property of their respective authors unless stated otherwise. Party Guy, is the small beer brewed from our sour barleywine Jolly Abbot.
| Respect Beer®. As in most sours, the fragile, off-white head dissolves quickly: acidity is always an enemy of head retention in beer. Score: 87 with 145 ratings and reviews. Hermit Thrush Party Guy. | Respect Beer®. With today being Black Friday, I thought it would be fitting to offer a foil to the day’s frenzied consumption and consumerism by showcasing a relatively new brewery with a stated commitment to more ecologically-responsible brewing. Explain why you're giving this rating.
Party Guy should also match well with light and briny shellfish, sweet and sour treatments of chicken, and would counter the richness of duck very nicely. Your Go-To Resource for Beer. In modern brewing, where malt is cheaper than time and labor, the convoluted parti-gyle process has mostly been abandoned for less tricky methods and the straightforward simplicity of making one beer from one mash. Hermit Thrush Brewery 29 High St, Brattleboro, VT 05301 @brattlebeer www.hermitthrushbrewery.com; Carry this beer? In the wake of these aromatics, the palate is a predictably puckering experience, but no more so than a cool glass of lemonade, with crisp notes of tart green apple, lemon verbena, and sour cherries, light touches of biscuit malt, and a pithy hop bitterness that borders on the tannic and contributes to a dry, clean, vinous finish. Save my name, email, and website in this browser for the next time I comment. This item, and all other items, may only be sold and shipped to 21+ adults with valid photo identification. 20.00. Mixed-Fermentation Sour Beer 3.0% ABV. While his growing commitment to birding has undeniably diminished his brewing output of ales - fine and otherwise - Tristan finds that birding still affords him plenty of excuses to at least keep drinking beer, especially when celebrating life birds, lamenting unsuccessful chases, and capping off an exhausting Big Day or Christmas Bird Count. This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Respect Beer®. Draft. The nose is bright and tart, smacking of lemon, raspberry, rhubarb, and sour apple, complemented by spicy hints of nutmeg, cinnamon, and fruity bubblegum. - Uinta Brewing Company: Flamingose, Best Bird of the Weekend (Third of November 2020), Idlewild Wines: Flora & Fauna Red Wine (2018). All rights reserved. Explain why you're giving this rating. ________________________________________________. Turn your rating into one with ≥ 150 characters. In this case, Party Guy is brewed in tandem with Hermit Thrush’s Jolly Abbot, a big, barrel-aged sour barleywine. #birdstagra, "How about Pineapple Gose-beak?" Last update: 11-08-2020. Turn your rating into one with ≥ 150 characters. Nonconstructive reviews may be removed without notice and action may be taken on your account. look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4, look: 4.5 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.5, look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.5, look: 3.25 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3 | overall: 3, look: 3.75 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.75, look: 4.5 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5, look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5, look: 4.5 | smell: 4.75 | taste: 4.75 | feel: 4.75 | overall: 4.75, look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5, look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.75, look: 3.5 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3 | feel: 3 | overall: 3.25, look: 3.5 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4, look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5, look: 4.25 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 4.25, look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75, look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 4, look: 3.75 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3 | overall: 3.5, look: 3.5 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4, look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75, look: 3.75 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.5, look: 3.75 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.5, look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5, look: 3.25 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.25, look: 3.5 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75. Your Go-To Resource for Beer. Party Guy’s sharp and fruity flavors might be more obviously suited for warm-weather drinking, but like the half-hardy Hermit Thrush that sometimes overwinters here in the Northeast, this beer is welcome any time of the year. Nonconstructive reviews may be removed without notice and action may be taken on your account. Score: 87 with 148 ratings and reviews. Lemony tartness, herbal hops, dry malt finish. Copyright © 1996-2020 BeerAdvocate®. Named for one of America’s most melodious songbirds, Hermit Thrush Brewery of Brattleboro, Vermont brews a range of sour beers that have gained as much attention for their quality as for the conscientious methods employed in making them.