Brett's Last Straw
Fiddlehead Brewing Company

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From:
Fiddlehead Brewing Company
 
Vermont, United States
Style:
American Pale Ale
ABV:
5.8%
Score:
89
Avg:
4.02 | pDev: 7.96%
Reviews:
8
Ratings:
17
Status:
Retired
Rated:
Jun 09, 2017
Added:
Jul 15, 2015
Wants:
  1
Gots:
  1
100% Brettanomyces fermented pale ale with 300 pounds of locally grown organic strawberries from Adam's Berry Farm.
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Ratings by JamesStreet:
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Reviewed by JamesStreet from Louisiana

4.23/5  rDev +5.2%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.25
On tap at Armsby Abbey.
Pour was cloudy yellow with super soapy bubbles.
Smell was lead by strawberry with some a bit of yeastiness.
Taste leads with strawberry and a bit funk. Wish the Brett would have been a bit more present. Feel is medium with good carbonation. Overall, nice addition of strawberries but it seemed to drown our the brettiness.
Aug 03, 2015
More User Ratings:
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Reviewed by Lone_Freighter from Vermont

3.88/5  rDev -3.5%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.75
Growlette to becher pint glass. The appearance was a hazy pink to slightly golden yellow/copper color along the sides with a finger’s worth of white foamy head. Slight strings of lace. The aroma had some sweet and tart strawberry juice over top of the light "tangy" quality that I got in "Brett on the Dancefloor" base of sour lemon and orange rind. The flavor took the sour to meld into the sweet to tart strawberry juiciness flowing nicely on into the aftertaste and finish. The palate was between light and medium bodied with a fair sessionability about it. Strawberry juiciness seemed to tame the "sour" harshness even more than regular "Brett on the Dancefloor." Carbonation felt fine. ABV felt good too. Overall, nice "fruited" sour, perhaps or just a nice fruit beer - I guess that’s what it was supposed to be, but whatever it was, it’s pretty damn good and definitely one to have again.
Jun 09, 2017
 
Rated: 4.1 by chippo33 from Vermont

Sep 27, 2015
 
Rated: 4.52 by nomdegar from Vermont

Sep 16, 2015
 
Rated: 3.25 by fredmugs from Indiana

Aug 24, 2015
 
Rated: 4.25 by Irishace9 from Illinois

Aug 11, 2015
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Reviewed by ivyman from Massachusetts

4.02/5  rDev 0%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
On tap into a snifter.

Pours a hazy gold with a creamy white head. Light lacing on the glass.
Hints of strawberries on the nose and first sip, then that nice Brett takes over.
Nice carbonation.
Another great offering from Fiddlehead.
Aug 03, 2015
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Reviewed by TheManiacalOne from Rhode Island

3.72/5  rDev -7.5%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.75
On-tap 8/1/2015 at Armsby Abbey, in Worcester, MA served in a tulip glass.

A: The beer is a cloudy yellow color, with a large white head that fades slowly and leaves a thick lace on the glass.

S: The aroma contains strawberries, esters, light malts and a faint touch of hops.

T: The taste starts out with a sweet burst of strawberry flavor. Then some breadiness comes in from a hearty but not too heavy malt character. The Brett brings a very faint tartness that comes in later on. The hops presence is very mild but complementary and provides a good balance. The after-taste is slightly sweet and slightly bready.

M: Crisp and smooth, medium body, medium carbonation, finish is slightly sticky.

O: Tasty, goes down easily, not too filling, mild kick, good hybrid of styles, this is a solid beer to drink for a while.
Aug 01, 2015
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Reviewed by Hootie159 from Massachusetts

4.19/5  rDev +4.2%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.25
Cloudy gold and laces well down the side. Strawberries on the nose with a little bit of yeast. Strawberry is the first taste quickly followed and replaced by the classic brett taste. Carbonation present but very smooth.
Aug 01, 2015
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Reviewed by costanzo_mike from Massachusetts

4.23/5  rDev +5.2%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.25
Pours a light orange color with a quickly dissipating head. Some lacing on the glass as it drinks. Smell is lightly hopped with nice strawberry smell. Strawberry taste hits right at the front with good hopping throughout. Some bubbliness from the Brett at the end on the feel. Really solid offering from these guys as usual
Aug 01, 2015
 
Rated: 4.25 by NJBeer265 from New Jersey

Jul 23, 2015
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Reviewed by orcrist_cleaver from New York

4.23/5  rDev +5.2%
look: 3.5 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 4.25
I don't think of strawberries at first glance when looking at this beer, but it does fill a tulip with some moderately funky strawberry fumes released by hazy colored tangerine liquid. Head is very foamy. Aroma and look are such a mash of brewing techs that it pushes the boundaries of how I rate a beer; so, I will jump to the my overall impression. Excellent tasting beer to have on a porch seeing, at a white iron cast table along with teacakes, or as an aperitif/dessert beer; a surprisingly high level of sourness plays off well against a deliciously juicy strawberry soul...multidimensional. Hay, rhubarb, a very mild balsamic acidity, lime peel. Strawberries are definitely significant, and the brett plays well with the pale malt.
Jul 20, 2015
 
Rated: 3.38 by Mdprout from Maryland

Jul 20, 2015
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Reviewed by VelvetExtract from Massachusetts

4.07/5  rDev +1.2%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.25
On tap. Vermont Brewfest. Pours a pinkish orange color. The aroma had an amazing strawberry aura to it. Fresh, young, nearly tart strawberries. Some graininess. Funkified Brett. Flavor depicts such a pleasant strawberry soul. I don't think I've had any strawberry flavored beers before... even adjunct ones. This beer needs no comparison to beers I have tried before. It's full of ripe, wet and juicy strawberry. Then there is an underlying Brett funk that also has an overripe fruit flavor as well. Finishes with grainy, almost wheaty malt and more clean strawberry. Light bodied. One dimensional but refreshing and accurate. Pretty cool.
Jul 20, 2015
 
Rated: 4.25 by HelpMeBloody from Rhode Island

Jul 19, 2015
 
Rated: 3.93 by Kegatron from Pennsylvania

Jul 19, 2015
 
Rated: 3.9 by ncelauro from New York

Jul 17, 2015
Brett's Last Straw from Fiddlehead Brewing Company
Beer rating: 89 out of 100 with 17 ratings