The Beacon
Fidens Brewing Company in Albany, New York, United States 🇺🇸
IPA - Imperial New England / Hazy Regular|
Score
7.79
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A DIPA brewed with Citra, Galaxy, and Vic Secret.
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8.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Can from Kihoskh and drunk at home (16/03/2023) - Punchy intense fruity aroma and taste, lots of pineapple and and melon, splash of lemon and grapefruit, soft sweet creamy malty backing, dank edged hoppy finish. Lovely.
Tried
from Can
on 19 Mar 2023
at 18:03
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 10
Overall 8
473ml can. Hazy, yellow-ish, bright golden colour with average, thick, dense, frothy to creamy, moderately lasting and lacing, white head. Citrusy fruity, slightly grassy and tropical fruity, hoppy aroma, oaty malty background, notes of lemon, a touch of limoncello, embedded in tropical fruity basic layers of rather unspecific fruitiness; weak banana and melon overtones. Taste is mildly bitter, citrusy and tropical fruity hoppy, minimally dry, oaty malty basis with low residual sweetness; very homogeneous, therefore rather unspecific fruitiness, which is slightly zesty concerning the citrusy partition (lemon, orange), juicy and somewhat yellow concerning the tropical portion. Immensely creamy, close to mushy texture with a thin, acidic strand, smooth and soft palate, medium to fine, mildly prickly carbonation. Well crafted, very homogeneous, not the most intense and exciting hop flavours - very good, but behind/below the topmost grade.
Tried
from Can
on 14 Mar 2023
at 21:42
9.2/10
Tried
from Can
on 10 Mar 2023
at 17:56
8.3/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
01/20. Hazy orange, very fluffy white head. Smell is all those great hops; fruity, tropical, soft, citrus. Easy body, some bite to it. Taste is sweet at first, but gets drier towards the end. Plenty of fruit; citrus, pineapple, melon. Light bitterness.
Tried
from Can
on 07 Apr 2022
at 22:00
8/10
Thick, hoppy, a bit sweet, nicely bitter. Grapefruit, mostly flesh but some peel. Still soft and smooth. Very nice.
Tried
from Can
on 04 Mar 2022
at 16:36
7.9/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Pours a hazy, banana-smoothie yellow, with smallish head. Aroma is dank, with citrus and tropical fruit, some sour washcloth. Flavor follows. Fairly sweet beer, with moderately bitter, hoppy finish. Soft, soft mouthfeel.
Tried
on 28 Dec 2021
at 22:54
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
473ml can. Sweet, creamy and slightly herbal hoppy with some pine, grass, citrus, floral notes and grapefruit. A lot of juicy tropical fruitiness, mango and pineapple. Quite sweet and creamy hop juice.
Tried
from Can
on 10 Jun 2021
at 16:15