Fiddlehead IPA
Fiddlehead Brewing Company

A awesome everyday drinking IPA. A west coast type. Glad it came to PA. I keep it in rotation with Headhunter.

A good go-to daily drinker. Not as rich as others, but always smooth and drinkable.

Had this in Middlebury at the very good Taste of India restaurant. Great head, hazy, light citrus w good body. Very well balanced NE IPA! Really good.

Liked it. Very good, not great. Love the crispness & dryness. But tough to keep in the rotation with the likes of Heady, Sip of Sunshine, Fuzzy Duck & Sue, stylistically similar. A solid NEIPA.

 

 

Nicely balanced brew. Great for summer. Highly carbonated and rather thin (positive) mouthfeel. Lots of hops in the aftertaste. A classic NEIPA. Cheers!

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Hazy straw cloudy pour with a nice durable white head. Satisfying citrus pineapple flavor. Bitterness that lingers but does not change. Easy to like. No surprises. A very good beer.

Typical hazy orange color for this beer style. Head was thick and dense, very white in color. Nose was slightly piney, almost skunky hint, but not overpowering and offputting. Taste was citrus/pine and bitter feel. Good beer.

Cloudy pale orange with a fat finger of dense off-white head. Great retention and soap scum lacing.

Citrus and light soap in the nose.

Sweet OJ in the taste, a hint of floral saison-like soap again, and some light pithy bitterness.

Soft, lightly prickly mouthfeel.

A well made, nicely balanced NEIPA.

Vegetative, earthy and dank.

 

16oz can stamped MANGOS 11/1/22 into a pint glass.
L: Pours hazy straw dent corn yellow w a thin rounded eggshell white head w VG retention, good fine carbo, med-thick lacing, thick sheeting w banding.
S: Citrus, mango, pineapple, herbal, dank funky ganja hops, lightly vinous, a hint of bread.
T: Sweet dank hops, lemon candy, stone fruit, mango, citrus zest, pine resin, a hint of bready dough malts, sweet melon rind, a resinous linger and a bitter aftertaste. Moderately sweet.
F: Gently brisk, clean, smooth, invigorating medium to med-heavy body w a full, plush center and a gently drying finish w a moderately long linger.
O: An incredibly tasty American IPA. Full flavored, pleasing fruits, EZ drinking feel & refreshing. 3.9 out of 10 on the Dank-O-Meter. Rich, deep valleys of flavor make this outstanding in its style.

 

A smidge more than a finger's worth of hundred white colored froth... Decent retention... Color is a hazy pale gold... Big nose of fresh whole cone hops and a subtle layer of citrus sweetness lingering beneath... Flavor profile is spot on to the nose... Dense and medium bodied with some prickly carbonation... Solid all the way around and highly enjoyable...

So this is certainly not a holiday beer. It’s pretty much anything but that. That being said, I somehow find myself on a fiddlehead kick. It’s one of the most reliable NEIPA out there. I have noticed the style has definitely peaked. In the last few years, every brewery and their mother have pumped out this style, saturating the tap list. In times like this where you can’t walk down the street without getting hit with a dead cat and NEIPA, this stands up. It’s always extremely refreshing and you know exactly what it’s going to taste like. A staple at Patriots games and dinner beers.

 

 

 

Poured from 16 oz can (Cowboy 06/14/22 17:07) into standard pint glass. Billowy finger high white head that lasts and leaves a good deal of spotty lacing. Aroma is citrusy with a fair amount of malt presence. Flavor profile is definitely hop forward with nice grassy & piney overtones and clean finish. The bitterness lingers with a mouth that is medium bodied. A solid brew that I've also had on tap and would drink again when given the opportunity.

 

Cold tap hit into a pint glass with fish & chips.
Presented yellowy gold with full head.
Smell is of citrus fruits, rind, pine.
Taste is full hop, muddled citrus rind, late arriving pineapple. Just a touch of dankness. Fine finish.
Feel is crisp, rightly carbed.
Overall, a tasty NEIPA.

 

 

Poured into a frosted pint glass in the Pine Room. A cloudy hazy golden pour with a nice, but thin white head.

It’s hard to find a bad IPA these days. I’d line with up with all of the good ones, another good beer brewed in Vermont.

Pours an opaque hazy yellow with a decent head. Aromas of hops and herbs, a bit grassy. Citrusy taste but this is no juice bomb, there is a serious bitter backbone to this, almost makes it feel like a NE-ish IPA. Medium mouthfeel.

A great beer!

 

 

12 oz. Can dated 7/5/22
Hazy gold with two fingers mixed white head. Spotty lacing and surface continents.
Pine, grapefruit, mango aromas.
Pine, grapefruit peel, pineapple, pepper, floral hop flavors.
Good bitter mouthfeel. Fruit flavors bloom as the glass warms. Unique and enjoyable.