Fidlar
Lone Pine Brewing Company in Gorham, Maine, United States 🇺🇸
IPA - Imperial / Double Rotating|
Score
7.33
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tfontana (7150) reviewed Fidlar from Lone Pine Brewing Company 6 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
Can pour into shaker pint glass from Total Wine & More, Shrewsbury. Appearance is deeply hazy yellow with lots of bubbles sticking to the edges of the glass, along with effervescent sparkle, thin cap of off-white head with poor retention and no lacing. Aroma is grape, grapefruit, lemon. Taste is sweet white grape, lemon, dank, late mild pine and bready yeast. Palate is medium side of light-to-medium bodied with thick texture, lively carbonation and finish as taste with late crisp bitter. Overall, not the most complex, but strong flavor and not the typical citrus, tropical fruit, grapefruit. Good.
Travlr (30181) reviewed Fidlar from Lone Pine Brewing Company 7 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Draft at the source. I like the description (extra points): fuck it dawg, life’s a risk. Clear. Tropical fruit aroma. Taste is juicy bittersweet tropical fruit.
Dogbrick (24152) reviewed Fidlar from Lone Pine Brewing Company 8 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
Sample at the taproom. Slightly cloudy orange-gold color with a medium thick white head that diminishes gradually to a film. Partial rings of lacing. Aroma of tropical fruit, piney hops and malt. Medium body with flavors of pithy grapefruit, resiny hops and biscuit malt. The finish is moderately bitter with a lingering citrusy hop aftertaste. Pretty good all around.
superspak (10163) reviewed Fidlar from Lone Pine Brewing Company 8 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
16 ounce can into tulip glass, canned on 9/14/2017. Pours slightly hazy/cloudy medium golden yellow color with a 2 finger fairly dense and fluffy white head with great retention, that reduces to a nice cap that lingers. Nice spotty foamy lacing clings around the glass, with a moderate amount of streaming carbonation retaining the cap. Aromas of big tangerine, orange juice, peach, pear, pineapple, passion fruit, papaya, mango, melon, guava, berry, light pepper/pine, honey, cracker, white bread, herbal, and floral/grassy earthiness. Damn nice aromas with great balance and complexity of fruity/tropical hops and pale malt notes; with great strength. Taste of big tangerine, orange juice, peach, pear, pineapple, passion fruit, papaya, mango, melon, guava, berry, light pepper/pine, honey, cracker, white bread, herbal, and floral/grassy earthiness. Very mild pine, herbal, grassy, spicy bitterness on the finish. Lingering notes of tangerine, orange juice, peach, pear, pineapple, passion fruit, papaya, mango, melon, guava, berry, light pepper/pine, honey, cracker, white bread, and herbal/floral/grassy earthiness on the finish for a while. Great complexity, robustness, and balance of fruity/tropical hops and pale malt flavors; with a great malt/bitterness balance; and zero astringent hop flavors after the finish. Lightly increasing dryness from bitterness. Medium carbonation and medium-plus body; with a very smooth, moderately creamy/bready/grainy, and lightly sticky mouthfeel that is awesome. Zero warming alcohol for 8.1%. Overall this is an excellent DIPA. All around great complexity, robustness, and balance of fruity/tropical hops and pale malt flavors; very smooth, easy, and pretty refreshing to drink with the very mildly bitter/drying finish. Extremely vibrant, juicy, and lightly dank hops; nice malty backbone, never sweet/heavy feeling for the ABV. Feels very much like a NEIPA, but without the murky haze. A very enjoyable offering.
CLW (16720) reviewed Fidlar from Lone Pine Brewing Company 8 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
16 oz. can purchased at Spruce Creek Provisions. Appearance is a cloudy golden/ orange like color, lacy head around the snifter. Aroma shows sweet malt, tropical fruits. Flavor is mainly grapefruit with sweet orange, juicy with fruit notes. The bitterness is mildly piney. Flavor is well rounded without any type of flaw. The alcohol even seems restrained.
Overall, I think this brewery is improving since early 2016 when they opened their doors. This IPA is rather drinkable and nicely made. A stop to this brewery could be in my future.