White
Fiddlehead Brewing Company in Shelburne, Vermont, United States 🇺🇸
Witbier Regular|
Score
7.08
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Fiddlehead White is an approachable and satisfying wheat ale brewed with coriander and orange peel.
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7.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Drat at the taproom. Light yellow and frothy head. Nose is coriander and wheat and cloves. Tastes much the same. Refreshing and light and flavorful. --- Beer aliased from original tick of Aetherium White Ale on 11 Jun 2022 at 01:21 - Score: Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 8. Original review text: Tap at a place we often stop at on route to my in-laws that I am incapable of remembering name of. Milky light yellow colored and smallish head. Nose is some yeast and banana. Tastes of wheat, bubblegum, banana, grass. Thin bodied.
Tried
on 28 Mar 2026
at 20:03
6/10
Tried
on 19 Jul 2024
at 16:07
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Draught at Bright Side, 7/5/24. Minimally hazy brass-blonde-golden. Small, creamy, white head. Clean, malty nose without a preponderance of gross esters/phenols. Fresh coriander and light citrus with delicate honey. Lighter but zesty spices and lightly bitter, spicy coriander. No big bubble gum or clove at all. Low banana. Cracker and nutty wheat/malt notes. Dry, clean, refreshing.
Tried
on 05 Jul 2024
at 15:35
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 8
Tapster Philly: pours light yellow with white head. Aroma is coriander, yeast, citrus and wheat. Taste is sweet and spicy. Solid.
Tried
from Draft
on 20 Jan 2024
at 23:41
7.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
5 oz. Draft. Aroma and flavor is typical for the style. Orange, clove upfront with a mild backbone of wheat. Notes of cracker malt and ends of mild black pepper and coriander. As this should be.
Tried
from Draft
on 29 Jul 2023
at 18:27
8/10
--- Beer merged from original tick of White on 14 Feb 2025 at 17:28 - Score: 8
Tried
from Draft
on 29 Apr 2023
at 15:50
6.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
On tap at Porterhouse Restaurant & Pub in Lahaska, PA. Hazy medium gold color. Small white head. Wheat malt aroma hints at coriander. Flavor is light wheat malt, orange and coriander. Thin and crisp. Typical for the style.
Tried
from Draft
on 12 Nov 2022
at 23:13
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Pours hazy gold into a shaker. Bright white head with excellent retention recedes leaving trailing sheets. Banana aromas. Soft with banana and yeast front to back.
Tried
on 29 Jul 2022
at 01:23
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Can. Pours gold. Grain, coriander seeds, citrus zest, mineral water. Medium body. Fairly decent.
Tried
from Can
on 16 Jun 2022
at 23:34
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Growlette purchase from the brewery.
This was poured into a mug.
The appearance was a soft hazy pale orange in the center lightening to a pale off white closer to the sides. Light stringy lacing clings in a messy sort of way.
The smell starts off with a orange pulp strolling into some extra sweet lemon and a light bitter citrus rind to lightly blend.
The taste was mainly sweet with the little bit of bitter rind to add some extra flavor. The aftertaste takes the citrus with the bitterness and finally, yes, the yeastiness shows up to balance. There’s no finish.
On the palate, this one sat about a light on the body with a pretty good sessionability about it. Carbonation comes across really light leading to a spectacular smoothness over my tongue.
Overall, I say this was a pretty good witbier worthy of having again, extremely sessionable and worthy of having with it’s respected food.
This was poured into a mug.
The appearance was a soft hazy pale orange in the center lightening to a pale off white closer to the sides. Light stringy lacing clings in a messy sort of way.
The smell starts off with a orange pulp strolling into some extra sweet lemon and a light bitter citrus rind to lightly blend.
The taste was mainly sweet with the little bit of bitter rind to add some extra flavor. The aftertaste takes the citrus with the bitterness and finally, yes, the yeastiness shows up to balance. There’s no finish.
On the palate, this one sat about a light on the body with a pretty good sessionability about it. Carbonation comes across really light leading to a spectacular smoothness over my tongue.
Overall, I say this was a pretty good witbier worthy of having again, extremely sessionable and worthy of having with it’s respected food.
Tried
on 23 Jul 2015
at 14:48