The Notorious
Fidens Brewing Company

Beer Geek Stats
From:
Fidens Brewing Company
 
New York, United States
Style:
Hazy Imperial IPA
ABV:
8.5%
Score:
+6 ratings needed
Avg:
4.5 | pDev: 1.33%
Ratings:
4 | reviews: 1
Status:
Active
Rated:
Nov 07, 2022
Added:
Feb 03, 2022
Wants:
  0
Gots:
  0
Collaboration with Modest Man Brewing out of New Hampshire.

DIPA featuring Citra, Galaxy, Mosaic and Strata hops. If ya’ don’t know, now ya’ know…
Recent ratings and reviews.
 
Rated: 4.46 by Khaack from New York

Nov 07, 2022
 
Rated: 4.6 by brentblack1 from New York

Feb 26, 2022
 
Rated: 4.52 by timmy2b from New York

Feb 22, 2022
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Reviewed by jrc1093 from Connecticut

4.43/5  rDev -1.6%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.75 | overall: 4.5
Canned on 1/31/22; consumed on 2/14/22

Pours a turbid, glossy dark gold body capped with two fingers of rich, fluffy, white foam; great head retention leaves a thin layer of creamy cap, a moderate, frothy collar, and a generous spatter of spotty/webby lacing distributed along the walls of the glass.

Aroma opens with brief sparks of lime zest before a boggy, dank overlay washes over the bouquet; tinges of white grape shine through to sweaty apricot, with soft, bready malts underscoring sweeter mango and musty passionfruit into the back end.

Taste finds a boggy dank predominance persistent upfront, imparting waxy honey and white grape must detail into an earthier, grassy mid-palate sporting underlying semi-sweet, bready malts; orange/lime peel invigorate the back end as a progressively sweet mango builds to lightly spiced clementine compote on the finish.

Mouthfeel offers a medium body with moderate carbonation dispersing an effortless fluff and rounded, creamy textures into the mid-palate, where an underlying prickle melds to the refined hop acidity and peaking with a juicy twang into the finish.

Effortlessly plush and carrying the weight of an immensely saturated hop profile with ease, the expression here is universally refined, engaging tropical sweetness and earthier undertones washes over with pure, weedy resins; a hop combo peaking, layered in nuanced excesses.
Feb 15, 2022