Canned 2/18/26, drunk 4/13/26, compliments of tfontana. Thanks, Tom!
Well that's the soupiest one of all of the Fidens Tom just gave me, curious to see if there's a correlation to quality. Certainly smells lovely; overripe pink grapefruit, pink guava, white grape/wine and rich, honey-like malts. Very balanced with no resin, no alcohol, no herb. Maybe a hint of banana-like character in there, even.
Rich and flavorful with HUGE mineral, earth, funky NZ hop; the works. Supple, rich, but well-attenuated malts provide lovely honey-like notes with a bit of biscuit and sourdough on the end. Lingering hints of watermelon with huge pink guava and funky white wine.

I've got no hard evidence to back it, but just from experience, the extremely soupy IPAs usually seem to be some of the best. I don't know if that's just the hop compounds getting incredibly well-integrated in to the beer, or what, but it's no different here. This is fucking phenomenal and a wonderful, fitting end to all the awesome beers Tom hooked up from this wonderful brewery. Might very well be under-rating this one...

16 oz can in a trade with tfontana. Thank you Tom! Aroma is bursting with white grape, passionfruit-ish hints and mild straw. Flavor follows with a ridiculous amount of juice in the texture. Super smooth mouthfeel with ABV not really found here at all. DAMN! This is spectacular!