Fuzzy Baby Ducks
New England Brewing Co.


- From:
- New England Brewing Co.
- Connecticut, United States
- Style:
- Hazy IPA
Ranked #12 - ABV:
- 6.2%
- Score:
- 98
Ranked #302 - Avg:
- 4.45 | pDev: 9.21%
- Ratings:
- | reviews: 177
- Status:
- Active
- Rated:
- Apr 30, 2026
- Added:
- Jun 21, 2012
- Wants:
- 1,389
- Gots:
- 251
Our third single-hop beer brewed with 100% citra hops. Big citrus aromas with a delicate dry malt presence, juicy resinous orangey hop flavor makes this beer a treat for lovers of hoppy beer.
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Ratings by Curt3:
Rated by Curt3 from Ohio
4.34/5 rDev -2.5%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4.75 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.25
Oct 31, 2025
4.34/5 rDev -2.5%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4.75 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.25
Oct 31, 2025
More User Ratings:
Rated by H0ppyB33r from Connecticut
4.6/5 rDev +3.4%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.75 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
4.6/5 rDev +3.4%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.75 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
Fuzzy is a great tasting IPA. It's available in local CT stores but seems to taste even better when you visit the NEBCO brewery.
Apr 30, 2026Reviewed by Josh1218 from Connecticut
4.09/5 rDev -8.1%
look: 4 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4
4.09/5 rDev -8.1%
look: 4 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4
Inviting citrus aroma. 100% citra hops make for a tasty, semi sweet and pretty bitter orange flavor with a malty backbone. Impressive feel that's juicy, crisp, and well carbonated
Apr 02, 2026Reviewed by VABA from Virginia
4.48/5 rDev +0.7%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.5
4.48/5 rDev +0.7%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.5
Pours an amber color with a nice head and lacing
Aroma has pleasant citrus and hop hints
Taste has a generous citrus and hop flavors
A medium bodied well carbonated beer
A good Hazy IPA
Feb 10, 2026Aroma has pleasant citrus and hop hints
Taste has a generous citrus and hop flavors
A medium bodied well carbonated beer
A good Hazy IPA
Reviewed by Smakawhat from Maryland
4.43/5 rDev -0.4%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
4.43/5 rDev -0.4%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
Poured from the can into a branded NEBCO tulip glass. Canned Dec 18th 2025.
Frothy cream forming head easily making three fingers with real thick retention and ice cream whipped up like top. Bold solid opaque orange with a glow, not so much hazy but solid which is kind of nice. Doesn't come off looking like sludge.
Very unique aroma. Touches juiced hop orange with a real unique malt bent that is like a dry graham cracker mixing some sweetness. Very distinct biscuit with light touches of zest and orange peel.
Palate doesn't disappoint. Dry mid palate with light citrus oil and more bitter zest. Real nicely placed biscuit and graham cracker sweetness with cutting bitterness from hop character. With warmth more juice orange flows with a real nice bitter hop kick that mixes pine, citrus oil and melds a sweet graham cracker sandwich.
Very unique tasting IPA and could see why it is popular. Excellent beer.
Dec 22, 2025Frothy cream forming head easily making three fingers with real thick retention and ice cream whipped up like top. Bold solid opaque orange with a glow, not so much hazy but solid which is kind of nice. Doesn't come off looking like sludge.
Very unique aroma. Touches juiced hop orange with a real unique malt bent that is like a dry graham cracker mixing some sweetness. Very distinct biscuit with light touches of zest and orange peel.
Palate doesn't disappoint. Dry mid palate with light citrus oil and more bitter zest. Real nicely placed biscuit and graham cracker sweetness with cutting bitterness from hop character. With warmth more juice orange flows with a real nice bitter hop kick that mixes pine, citrus oil and melds a sweet graham cracker sandwich.
Very unique tasting IPA and could see why it is popular. Excellent beer.
Reviewed by 17Beer from Connecticut
3.85/5 rDev -13.5%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
3.85/5 rDev -13.5%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
12 oz can. Pours cloudy goney gold with a big white persistent head. Big tropical fruit smells of mango and papaya. Nice astringent tastes and a dry carbonated mothfeel. Dry finish with a nice bite.
Nov 01, 2025Reviewed by argock from Virginia
4.35/5 rDev -2.2%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
4.35/5 rDev -2.2%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
08/27/25. Poured into a Samuel Adams Perfect Pint.
A: Hazy light amber with towering 2-3 finger off-white frothy head with good retention and copious lacing down the glass.
S: Aroma with orange oil and pineapple with resin and lighter pineapple and red grapefruit. Herbal honeysuckle floral notes too.
T: Flavor is a lot more aggressive than the aroma with more pointed oily orange, tangerine, and grapefruit citrus blended with some softer peach stone fruit and an even moderate bitterness accented with pine and resiney notes. Malt is lightly sweet and bready. Bitterness is light-medium and a good counterpoint to the sweet fruity notes.
M: Light body with elevated carbonation and tacky dry finish.
I: New England Brewing Co. Fuzzy Baby Ducks start soft but bring some oily bite - great IPA with a very unique flavor and feel. Great IPA.
Sep 15, 2025A: Hazy light amber with towering 2-3 finger off-white frothy head with good retention and copious lacing down the glass.
S: Aroma with orange oil and pineapple with resin and lighter pineapple and red grapefruit. Herbal honeysuckle floral notes too.
T: Flavor is a lot more aggressive than the aroma with more pointed oily orange, tangerine, and grapefruit citrus blended with some softer peach stone fruit and an even moderate bitterness accented with pine and resiney notes. Malt is lightly sweet and bready. Bitterness is light-medium and a good counterpoint to the sweet fruity notes.
M: Light body with elevated carbonation and tacky dry finish.
I: New England Brewing Co. Fuzzy Baby Ducks start soft but bring some oily bite - great IPA with a very unique flavor and feel. Great IPA.
Reviewed by brewme from Massachusetts
4.75/5 rDev +6.7%
look: 4.75 | smell: 4.75 | taste: 4.75 | feel: 4.75 | overall: 4.75
4.75/5 rDev +6.7%
look: 4.75 | smell: 4.75 | taste: 4.75 | feel: 4.75 | overall: 4.75
Picked up two six packs of cans at the Big Y in Bradford, Connecticut for about twelve dollars each. My third brew reviewed from these guys. Canned on date of 7/31/25. This is outstanding, @ a great price point. Please come back to MA!
Sep 11, 2025Reviewed by MonDak_Joe1953 from Minnesota
4.43/5 rDev -0.4%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
4.43/5 rDev -0.4%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
12oz can. Stamp on lower lip is 'LOW'.
Cloudy, dark gold colored body. Two fingers of white head with the pour, and this slowly sinks back to a partial cap and ring. Left behind are meandering strings of lacing.
Aroma of citrus orange and lemon, with cat piss overtones. A little onion but more dank.
Taste is dense with hops, with flavors of orange, lemon, peach, pine, and dank resin. Bitterness level is high. Underlying caramel malts. Aftertaste is lingering but the flavors coalesce quickly to a core citrus resin.
More than medium mouthfeel. Initially juicy and sticky, but ultimately goes dry at the end. For all of its punch there is very little hop burn, but there is a definite tongue numbing that spreads to the back of the throat. Excellent carbonation.
A sweet elixir with a bitterness that blends well with the citrus and stone fruit flavors. The buzz builds with each sip.
May 16, 2025Cloudy, dark gold colored body. Two fingers of white head with the pour, and this slowly sinks back to a partial cap and ring. Left behind are meandering strings of lacing.
Aroma of citrus orange and lemon, with cat piss overtones. A little onion but more dank.
Taste is dense with hops, with flavors of orange, lemon, peach, pine, and dank resin. Bitterness level is high. Underlying caramel malts. Aftertaste is lingering but the flavors coalesce quickly to a core citrus resin.
More than medium mouthfeel. Initially juicy and sticky, but ultimately goes dry at the end. For all of its punch there is very little hop burn, but there is a definite tongue numbing that spreads to the back of the throat. Excellent carbonation.
A sweet elixir with a bitterness that blends well with the citrus and stone fruit flavors. The buzz builds with each sip.
Reviewed by dkoehler42 from New York
4.28/5 rDev -3.8%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
4.28/5 rDev -3.8%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
It's a soft IPA with an enjoyable flavor a little sharper than most New England IPAs. The hoppy bitterness gives way to what feels like would be a sticky mouthfeel but ends clean. I would definitely try this again.
Dec 01, 2024
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