Second Fiddle Simcoe
West Sixth Brewing Company
- From:
- West Sixth Brewing Company
- Kentucky, United States
- Style:
- American IPA
Ranked #1,855 - ABV:
- 7%
- Score:
- 88
Ranked #17,878 - Avg:
- 3.97 | pDev: 13.6%
- Ratings:
- | reviews: 4
- Status:
- Active
- Rated:
- Jul 06, 2025
- Added:
- Aug 02, 2012
- Wants:
- 1
- Gots:
- 4
SCORE
88
Very Good
88
Very Good
Part of our single hopped IPA series, this beer shares the malt profile of our flagship IPA and features Simcoe hops with notes of pine and tropical fruits.
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Reviewed by rapayn01 from Kentucky
4/5 rDev +0.8%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
4/5 rDev +0.8%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
A friend gave me a can in March 2022 and I made the mistake of having some of it with a spicy burrito. When alone, it was very nice with piney hop. I'd try it again.
Jul 06, 2025
Reviewed by KYGunner from Kentucky
3.83/5 rDev -3.5%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
3.83/5 rDev -3.5%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
Pouring a light orange to even lighter amber this IPA had a thickly set head with a sticky lacing.
The nose is very full with more citrusy hop than herbal. Pink grapefruit, oranges and a tad of lemon, this is very pulpy and acidic. I do detect a thin malt and some pine and flower.
The flavor starts very orangey, which I love, settles through a pulpy grapefruit and into a piney herbal hop. The malt backbone is too subtle and provides little taste.
The feel is not thin but not full enough to make a true note of. It is very easy and satisfying and that's what matters.
I'm not a fan of Simcoe hops but this is very well conceived and offers a lot of citrus satisfaction for a hop that tends to the herbal.
Mar 08, 2014The nose is very full with more citrusy hop than herbal. Pink grapefruit, oranges and a tad of lemon, this is very pulpy and acidic. I do detect a thin malt and some pine and flower.
The flavor starts very orangey, which I love, settles through a pulpy grapefruit and into a piney herbal hop. The malt backbone is too subtle and provides little taste.
The feel is not thin but not full enough to make a true note of. It is very easy and satisfying and that's what matters.
I'm not a fan of Simcoe hops but this is very well conceived and offers a lot of citrus satisfaction for a hop that tends to the herbal.
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