Imperial IPA
Fiddlehead Brewing Company in Shelburne, Vermont, United States 🇺🇸
IPA - Imperial / Double Regular|
Score
6.93
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YEAST: House Ale
TASTING NOTES: Citrus, Pine, Resiny
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Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 7
Reviewed from notes.
Tall boy can to tulip.
Appearance: hazy burnt orange color with a two finger white foamy head which dissipated nicely to leave some light lace
Aroma: piney to danky/hemp-like tones with some grapefruit rind and mixed citrusy hop notes; super subtle malts
Flavor: combines the prior noted aromas to a bitter to bittersweet semi-juicy quality; finishes leaning into the bitter portions of the grapefruit rind and pine
Texture: medium bodied, leaning into being a sipper; seemed carb-ed correctly; some smoothness and some bitter hop notes to this
Overall: though I'm not huge into the "hemp/marijuana-ish" beers, this one isn't as bad as some of the other dankier beers. I could come back to this one.
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 6.5 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 7.5
Stovepipe can from Wegman's. Pours a murky, orange color, with a fair, off-white head. The aroma is orange pith, resin, straw, and grapefruit. Sweet and juicy, with a bold, musty bitterness. Medium body, pulpy, and a bit acidic. Solid.
CLW (17000) reviewed Imperial IPA from Fiddlehead Brewing Company 8 months ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6.5 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 6
16 oz can. Aroma is pine, herb, and soft marijuana like notes. I hate to use the word “Dank”. However, that’s exactly what this is. Fruit plays a background to all of the pine and marijuana like notes. Bitterness is moderate ends on Pine-Sol. Way more pine and pine resin that I want in my IPA these days.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7.5 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 8
I have a pint can obtained from Half Time early this year. Sampled previous beers from Fiddlehead and I’ve liked all the previous ones. Maintain the streak? it’s time to find out. A globe glass ready, I do the pour. Orange-yellow in appearance with a heroic top of icy white foam. I smell tropical and citrus both and perhaps some grain. I have to say the taste leans west coast. Lemons, a touch of oranges, cedar, grapefruit, cereal, hops and a moderate bitterness finishing. Not to the level of other IPAs from the brewery but a decent beer.
Regular Fiddlehead base, but a bit more piney, juicy, and floral. Very good.
Go Birds. Let’s go Flyers.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6.5
Pours hazy light gold into a tulip. Bright white head with medium retention recedes to mottle surface. Mango and passion fruit aromas. Thick with hot caramel and mango front to back. Medium length dusty tropical fruit skin and hot bitter apple finish.
