Necessary Means
Fidens Brewing Company

Can date 2/22 poured on 3/16 pours opaque yellow golden with a velvet head that reduced to a soapy film. Aroma is grapefruit, sharp hoppiness. Taste is tropical, peachy, blue berry, passion fruit,. I love the bitter dank to equal out the potential sweety cloyness. Nice balance, in fact this gets more stone fruit as it warms, and remains in check with a delic dankness. Feel is soft, velvet. This is excellent!

 

Received a muled can from a friend on 9-16-24. Canned 8-30-24; consumed 9-17-24. 6.2% abv.

Beer poured a hazy golden-orange with an okay white head.

Nose is awesome, getting a lovely bouquet of citrus, tropical, and floral hops.

Taste is just as good as the light malt base works really well with the hop choices. Initially was getting some grapefruit, but as i sip and aspirate i am getting a major peach bomb to go along with mango and some orange. Finishes with a perfect piney bitterness; 6/10 on my scale.

Mouthfeel is ultra-light with each sip so soft and refreshing.

Overall, an excellent representation of the style!

 

On draft at the brewery, in tulip glass

Opaque lighter yellow ornange in color, thick white head. Nicw juicy citrus aroma, a touch of dankness. The tastes starts similar but is a bit chalky in the finish, a little hop burn. Mouthfeel is softer.

On tap at Fidens Brewing in Albany, NY.

This one pours a fairly hazy golden orange, with a small head, and lots of lacing.

This smells like candied blueberry, pineapple, orange, and grapefruit.

I’d want a bit more bite on this one – as it feels maybe slightly too sweet. It’s got that sort of flabby Mosaic thing I sometimes get – like overripe candied blueberry, and just too much sweetness.

This is medium bodied, slightly creamy, but not as drinkable as I’d want it to be.

This is not their best – not bad at all, but just not up to their usual standards.

Look - nice milky hazy yellow within nice rimming
Smell - so much citrus and cantaloupe
Taste - about the same as the smell but dialed back and more citrus grain
Feel - medium body and carb
Overall - pretty nice ipa

 

 

 

 

From a can dated 09/06 meaning 09/06/2022. Label says this batch uses Simcoe and Amarillo hops. Absolutely delicious and smooth.

 

 

 

 

Terrific single ipa in the New England style. Lush body with medium carbonation, fruit forward with a bit of dank weediness in the finish. Murky as all get out. Does a great job of balancing the excesses of the NEIPA genre with some old school resinous touches, and still super easy to drink with minimal bitterness.