El Fiero
Idawild Brewing Company

Taster at brewery. Hazy pour, light foamy head. Aroma is faint tropical notes. Taste adds a miniscule amount of pepper. Nothing really stands out, not very exciting, thin.

low alcohol hazy ipa with serrano peppers and mango, puree i assume, really interesting brew, oddly delicious and addictive, more cohesive than it sounds too, really good. some sort of spiced rim, some salt to that, but it works to enhance the aroma and the flavor of this orange juice looking brew with a short and fast fading but but bone white little head on it from the tap. it smells awesome, the peppers seem fresh and real, the mango adds cool sweetness against all the hops, which hit on pineapple and orange to me, modern and bright, heavy handed, and its odd how grainy this is too, would think it would be higher alcohol but its not, starchy and pretty thick looking. the peppers hit for me, real as they come, forward in nose and taste, decent little finishing throat heat, clean and not too much, mango is more generic sweet than specifically mango until it warms up some, but then its juicy and authentic enough, loves the greenness of the pepper, and the hops come in nicely as well, again orange peel, pineapple, yellow peach, delicious, summer vibes here, and for once i dont hate the spiced rim. more body than it needs, like way more, and the carbonation seems to leave it kind of quickly so the sooner the better on this one, but the flavors work well together, the pepper is nicely dosed, and overall i liked it a whole lot more than i thought i would, even one of my favorites from our first visit here. definitely worth a try even if the peppers intimidate you.