Mastermind
Fiddlehead Brewing Company

Pours a deeply hazy dulled lemon gold topped with a finger or so of creamy white head; retention is very good.
Huge pineapple, grapefruit, malt sweetness, tangerine, juicy fruit.
Dank and juicy... grapefruit, pineapple, and mango. Mild melon and more citrus.
M/O Another super drinkable juice bomb from Fiddlehead. Great flavor... super beer.

 

 

 

 

 

 

16oz can dated 10/12/22.

Pours cloudy yellow with a moderate head and retention. Melon rind, pineapple, and blood orange in the. Medium bodied with a soft mouthfeel. Tangerine, pineapple, and unripe peach on the palate. Minimal malt or bitterness. Finishes fairly dry with lingering citrus.

A very nice NEIPA. Very reminiscent of their flagship IPA but bigger, mellower, and with more lush tropical fruit flavors. It is very smooth and lacks any and all astringency, just juicy, clean hop flavor balanced by some light, bready malt flavor. Highly recommended.

From a 16 ounce can dated 10/12/22. Sampled Oct 22, 2022. Pretty fresh.

The appearance is a pulpy, hazy light yellow color under a lingering white foamy head.

Inviting tropical aromas of orange, nectarine, pineapple, and passion fruit over a white bread base.

Medium-full mouthfeel.

The taste is sweet, bread but mostly tropical with a moderate bitter bite to finish. I'm not a huge fan of the style but this one seemed to hit me just right.

 

Was set to order a Substance yesterday afternoon at my first trip to the Publik House in brookline, but saw an add for Mastermind on the wall above the pisser and changed my mind. Good call. This was delightful. Not overly hoppy, but had a good bite and paired lovely with a meat patty. It is similar to the regular Fiddlehead IPA, but this is definitely and higher quality libation.

 

On draft at the Pour House into an 11oz tulip.

Pours a hazy (opaque) light yellow with about one finger of white head. Ok retention, good lacing.

Smells of citrus, lemon, pine, pineapple.

Taste follows...pineapple, grapefruit, orange, pine.

Smooth, soft mouthfeel. Slight bitter aftertaste. Low to medium carbonation.

Well made brew. Not sure if it meets the rating here, but it's pretty darn good.

Look...Hazy light yellow with some clarity. A white foamy head
Smell...Light hop and melon, with a hard cop citrus
Taste...melon hop bitter. a fruity explosion relinquished by his bitter cousin the hop. An ample fruit inherent but a bitter onion drying with the finish robbing the beer of a sweet aftertaste.
Feel...Prickly sufficient carbonation causing a pulpy but thin enough juice. Lacing on the glass is apparent throughout entire beer.
Overall...I love Fiddlehead Brewing's single IPA. It seems I gave it a lower rating and I think that opinion has changed...Anyways this is a solid juicy double IPA. The single IPA grew on me a lot and since this is only the third one I have had I am going to need a continued evaluation on this. HAHA

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Picked-up two four-packs of cans at Bradford's in Plymouth for about fifteen dollars each. My fourth brew reviewed from these guys. Good, not great.

 

Pours a hazy light yellow with a small smooth head and a lot of lacing.

Smells of grassy floral hops, citrus and sweet fruit.

Tastes of slightly tart grapefruit, lemon, pineapple, mango and melon with a slightly bitter finish.

Medium light body with light prickly carbonation. Light dry mouthfeel.

This is a complex but not overpowering NEIPA that is mildly tart and bitter overall with sweeter tastes that come out as your glass warms.

Delicious!

Canned 2 weeks ago. Kind of curious appearance -- it's hazy but also very pale, almost milky like lemon juice. Aromas and flavors were a bit of a let down. A fairly straightforward dank/citrus hop profile with a light tartness from the seemingly wheat-heavy malt bill. Crisp, oily mouthfeel

72/100

On the first smell and taste, I thought this was a fruit beer. The tap just said, "Fiddlehead IPA". It did not match their IPA or any regular IPA. I had to look it up on BA. However, it did match this one which is a New England IPA. I guess that is close enough. The bartender did not know what they had. He thought it was a plain IPA.

It is hazy to the point of being opaque. It was white under the light at the bar. I marked down look because there was no head. Being a high alcohol beer, you did not notice the alcohol. Smell, taste, and feel made up for lack of head.

 

Can. Very pale opaque like a witbier with lasting dense head and lace. Lemon custard aroma. Medium sweet with medium-light citrus grapefruit dry finish. Medium-heavy very soft body. Excellent for style, but not my favorite style by a longshot.

 

 

Batch 1 (the black and white can on this page) was one of those magical beers where you'll never forget what you were doing when you drank it. Popped into FH on a whim and split a case with a friend. If I had known how good it would be I would have bought their stock. An incredible beer. Don't know why subsequent batches haven't tasted that magical to me since, but Batch 1 was one for the ages. I'll keep coming back.

 

 

 

 

 

Pours a milky yellow green in the glass. Smells like sour cantaloupe, but in a fresh way. Taste follows suit. Extremely enjoyable and crushable DIPA