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Second Fiddle
Fiddlehead Brewing Company
- From:
- Fiddlehead Brewing Company
- Vermont, United States
- Style:
- Imperial IPA
Ranked #24 - ABV:
- 8.2%
- Score:
- 98
Ranked #330 - Avg:
- 4.44 | pDev: 7.43%
- Reviews:
- 355
- Ratings:
- Status:
- Active
- Rated:
- Tuesday at 10:14 PM
- Added:
- Jul 22, 2013
- Wants:
- 479
- Gots:
- 611
Extensively dry-hopped, Second Fiddle is second in name only. Big, juicy and aromatic.
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Ratings by berkshire413:
Reviewed by berkshire413 from Massachusetts
4.98/5 rDev +12.2%
look: 5 | smell: 5 | taste: 5 | feel: 4.75 | overall: 5
4.98/5 rDev +12.2%
look: 5 | smell: 5 | taste: 5 | feel: 4.75 | overall: 5
Great body on this beer, its a massive juicy DIPA. So smooth and exploding with great citrus hop bombs. very very balanced, its exploding with flavors yet the bitterness is just right to make it very very drinkable. Easily one of the better DIPAS i have had lately.
Mar 09, 2015More User Ratings:
Reviewed by Olesjm from Kansas
4.39/5 rDev -1.1%
look: 4 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.5
4.39/5 rDev -1.1%
look: 4 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.5
From a can. Pours a slightly hazy deep yellow with a finger of foam that is long lasting and leaves a nice lace on the glass. The nose is grapefruit, herbal, and pine. Hoppy, with the same tastes as the nose, and some other less bitter citrus mixed in. The flavor is well balanced with plenty of malt to compliment the hops. Easy drinking and smooth with a medium body and average carbonation.
Tuesday at 10:14 PMReviewed by lordofthewiens from New Mexico
4.37/5 rDev -1.6%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
4.37/5 rDev -1.6%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
The beer is a gold color, slight haze, Thick white head, persistent, with a good amount of sticky lace.
Aroma of citrus and pine.
Taste of grapefruit and lemon up front, followed by pine. The pine lingers on my palate for a time.
Nicely hopped.
A seriously good beer.
Mar 17, 2024Aroma of citrus and pine.
Taste of grapefruit and lemon up front, followed by pine. The pine lingers on my palate for a time.
Nicely hopped.
A seriously good beer.
Reviewed by BuxMontBeerLover from Pennsylvania
4.29/5 rDev -3.4%
look: 4 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.5
4.29/5 rDev -3.4%
look: 4 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.5
Purchased at Pennridge Beverage, Perkasie, PA. $16.50/4pk 16oz cans
Pours a mostly translucent straw yellow color. A frothy, white colored, long lasting head on the initial pour. Moderate lacing left on the sides of the glass.
Wonderful aromas of grapefruit and pine.
A very hoppy, delicious DIPA. Intense flavors of resiny-pine, bitter hops, grapefruit, lemon with a malty backbone. More of a west coast style IPA in my opinion. The ABV is well hidden but is slightly noticeable.
Medium carbonation, thinner consistency.
A top-notch IPA. I’ve enjoyed Fiddlehead IPA numerous times on tap at our local restaurant and this DIPA from Fiddlehead is a super up version of that brew. Highly recommended…cheers!
Mar 16, 2024Pours a mostly translucent straw yellow color. A frothy, white colored, long lasting head on the initial pour. Moderate lacing left on the sides of the glass.
Wonderful aromas of grapefruit and pine.
A very hoppy, delicious DIPA. Intense flavors of resiny-pine, bitter hops, grapefruit, lemon with a malty backbone. More of a west coast style IPA in my opinion. The ABV is well hidden but is slightly noticeable.
Medium carbonation, thinner consistency.
A top-notch IPA. I’ve enjoyed Fiddlehead IPA numerous times on tap at our local restaurant and this DIPA from Fiddlehead is a super up version of that brew. Highly recommended…cheers!
Reviewed by BEERchitect from Kentucky
4.24/5 rDev -4.5%
look: 4 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
4.24/5 rDev -4.5%
look: 4 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
With a thick haze draping over the beer landscape, Fiddlehead Brewing isn't letting the fog get to their heads. Doling out a classic, bitter American IPA shows that they aren't playing second fiddle to anyone. Or are they...
Hitting the glass with a deep golden pour, the moderately hazy Second Fiddle builds a foamy white froth and an aromatic display of citrus, tropical fruit, aromatic spruce and fine herb. As its rounded malt sweetness coats the tongue, notions of honey, light toast and faint caramel all come to mind.
But the hops soon steal the show as the ale washes the middle palate bringing with them a bold citrusy taste of pink grapefruit and orange peel with a hint of lemon. Additional tropical flavors of mango and dried pineapple add a secondary fruitiness before the hops develop into a bitter, resinous and herbal taste to close.
Medium-full, rounded and bold, the imperial IPA finishes on the bitter side of bitter-sweet and on the drier side of malty-dry. A alcohol spice of curacao and gin warms the throat deep into an aftertaste of verbena, tea leaf, pine, citrus peel and pepper.
Mar 07, 2024Hitting the glass with a deep golden pour, the moderately hazy Second Fiddle builds a foamy white froth and an aromatic display of citrus, tropical fruit, aromatic spruce and fine herb. As its rounded malt sweetness coats the tongue, notions of honey, light toast and faint caramel all come to mind.
But the hops soon steal the show as the ale washes the middle palate bringing with them a bold citrusy taste of pink grapefruit and orange peel with a hint of lemon. Additional tropical flavors of mango and dried pineapple add a secondary fruitiness before the hops develop into a bitter, resinous and herbal taste to close.
Medium-full, rounded and bold, the imperial IPA finishes on the bitter side of bitter-sweet and on the drier side of malty-dry. A alcohol spice of curacao and gin warms the throat deep into an aftertaste of verbena, tea leaf, pine, citrus peel and pepper.
Reviewed by Jw13 from Massachusetts
4.4/5 rDev -0.9%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.5
4.4/5 rDev -0.9%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.5
Pours a light amber with slight haze and a firm head. Smell is of grapefruit and hops. Taste follows, with a nice amount of bitterness to offset the malt. In the past, I've gotten an off-putting amount of alcohol flavor from this beer, but that wasn't present in the can I'm reviewing. Overall a very nice and easy drinking DIPA.
Mar 05, 2024Reviewed by LarryV from Massachusetts
4.62/5 rDev +4.1%
look: 4 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.75 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.75
4.62/5 rDev +4.1%
look: 4 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.75 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.75
Pours a semi-opaque amber color - this is not a hazy beer. Big aromas of hops and grapefruit when popping the can open. Pours with a fluffy head that fades to a ring after a few minutes. Big, hoppy flavor perfectly balanced with a substantial malt backbone that avoids being too sweet. ABV is well hidden and this is an easy drinker. I would describe it as leaning towards a west coast style IPA, it's definitely one of my favorite beers.
Feb 03, 2024Rated by FRANKHAZE from Florida
4.52/5 rDev +1.8%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.75 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.5
4.52/5 rDev +1.8%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.75 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.5
Amazing IPA. Perfectly balanced, mouthfeel on point. Flavorful AF.
Feb 02, 2024Reviewed by vette2006c5r from Minnesota
3.82/5 rDev -14%
look: 4.5 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.75
3.82/5 rDev -14%
look: 4.5 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.75
Second fiddle pies a brighter copper color, with a medium sized lacing head. The aroma is a little earthy, a little sweet. The flavor is a little earthy, but yet a sweetness balances it out. Good feel. Overall a strong IPA, nice flavors with a good balance.
Dec 17, 2023
Second Fiddle from Fiddlehead Brewing Company
Beer rating:
98 out of
100 with
2429 ratings
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