Second Fiddle
Fiddlehead Brewing Company in Shelburne, Vermont, United States 🇺🇸
IPA - Imperial New England / Hazy Regular|
Score
7.65
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Extensively dry-hopped double IPA. Second Fiddle is second in name only. It’s big, juicy and aromatic. Citrus, Tropical, Pine
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7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 7
Overall 7.5
Hazy golden to bright orange colour, large, dense and long lasting ivory-like white head; aroma of pineapple, tangerine, lemongrassy, grapefruity, orange peel oils, some mango and biscuity notes; taste of hoppy bitterness, the same notes as can be felt in the aroma, some yeasty and spicy-horseradish-like notes (this latter one in the aftertaste) good DIPA
Tried
from Can
from
Choice Fine Wines & Spirits
on 18 Jul 2025
at 02:53
8/10
Nice one!
Tried
from Draft
on 11 Jul 2025
at 16:27
8/10
Tried
from Can
on 13 Dec 2024
at 18:44
8.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Pours lightly hazy gold with a small lingering white head. It initially has a very piney aroma. As it warms the citrus comes out more. The flavor is intensely hoppy with pine and tropical fruit backed by a solid malt body. Excellent.
Tried
on 16 Aug 2024
at 05:08
7.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
A light haze from the tiny, transparent particles floating around. The head is white, frothy with decent stay, and leaving small spots of soapy lacing. Grassy hop aromas with a straw malt base and a touch of caramel, citrus notes. The taste shows a nice balance of grassiness with a blend of citrusy hops, over the maltiness. Some nice mild bitterness and dryness occurs in the end. An easy-drinking Double IPA with nicely balanced grassy hops and a tad citrus.
Tried
on 07 Apr 2024
at 05:32
8/10
Tried
on 16 Mar 2024
at 13:39
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Slightly hazy deep copper and light bronze coloured body with a nice two to three centimetre tall off-white head that caps the beer nicely for a long time and covers up the zillions of small bubbles rising from the bottom and sides. Aroma of grassy, herbal, floral hop notes and showing a dash of lemon and grapefruit zest, but the crispness is very strong in the nose. Light to Medium-bodied; Strong grassy and herbal hops show at first with a lot of bitterness from the alpha acids of the hops, with a light touch of sweetness and fruit notes and a touch of alcohol at the end. Aftertaste is very crisp, with the grassy and herbal notes dominate along with a nice apricot, lemony and grapefruity bite and enjoyable soft sweetness with a supportive, but pretty light malt backbone that's very grassy, too. Overall, a nice, dry-ish, West Coasty-ish IPA that doesn't quite reach Imperial Status at all, but is nice throughout, especially with the dry, grassy and herbal hops showing strong with a very mild sweetness just enough malts to support the bitter hops. Good to sample, especially VERY Fresh, and while I usually can't stand BIG cans like this, it just about works as an 8,2 per center, still strong, but I think I can get it down...once! I sampled this 19,2 ounce tall can, purchased from Liqour Outlet in Boonton, New Jersey on 26-November-2022, canned on 28-September-2022 and sampled at my house here in Washington on 23-January-2023.
Tried
from Can
on 03 Mar 2024
at 07:10
8/10
Hoppy and fruity, citrus, tropical fruit and florals. Fairly light, a bit bitter, smooth. Very nice.
Tried
from Can
on 02 Mar 2024
at 16:56
7.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 9
Can at home for J and B Craft Drinks, Amsterdam, 20th October 23. Pours a fairly clear golden. Aroma is resin, pine, citrus. Taste is bitter, pine resin and pith. It’s a good DIPA, but lacks a huge wow factor
Tried
from Can
on 20 Oct 2023
at 20:11
6.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Can. Pours somewhat hazy orange. Grapefruit, grain, lemon, little toffee, little bitterness, little tropical. Medium body. Solid.
Tried
from Can
on 05 Aug 2022
at 01:31