Safari Sunset
Fidens Brewing Company in Albany, New York, United States 🇺🇸
IPA - Imperial New England / Hazy Rotating|
Score
7.64
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Introducing Safari Sunset DIPA (8.5%) formerly known as Socratic Questioning Nine. We bumped up the ABV a touch for good measure
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7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7.5
Flavor 7.5
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Can (11/12/25) from the brewery from trade with Clarkvv--thanks, Clark! Opaque, banana-smoothie yellow, nice sparkle, decent head with good retention, nice lacing. Aroma is strong grapefruit, cooking herb and citrus. Taste follows aroma but citrus more defined as orange, bread and touch of alcohol. Smooth, frothy texture, medium bodied, average carbonation and dry, finish as taste with crisp, lingering bitterness.
Tried
from Can
at
Fidens Brewing Company
on 31 Jan 2026
at 03:16
7.8/10
Candied citrus, low bitterness, soft, clean.
Tried
from Can
on 20 Dec 2025
at 17:47
7.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7.5
Flavor 8
Texture 7
Overall 7.5
16 oz can in a trade with Clarkvv. Thank you. Aroma shows me melon, soft tropical hint and table sugar. Flavor is tropical notes, light melons and ends pretty sweet. Texture is somewhat dry. Canned 11/12/25. It is not old, just sweet.
Tried
from Can
at
Fidens Brewing Company
on 14 Dec 2025
at 19:23
8.5/10
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Appearance 9
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Pours a hazy, yellow-gold, with mid-sized, lasting cap of head. Aroma is citrus and tropical fruit. Flavors follow, with light underlying sweetness. Soft mouthfeel. Mild to moderate hop bitterness in the finish.
Tried
from Can
on 12 Dec 2025
at 18:26
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7.5
Flavor 7.5
Texture 8
Overall 8
Canned 11/12/25, drunk 12/4/25, as pictured.
Quite malty. Not so sugary/sweet, but with a rich, honey-like character to easily balance the slightly herbal, very citrusy hops. Clean and no resin or alcohol noted. Some melon and fruit salad emerging as it warms and breathes.
Bright and spicy with some herbal undercurrent but lots of melon and spicy citrus rind. Soft, supple malts, well-attenuated with some cracker and biscuit in there too. Yeah...the herb is pretty strong here. Seems to have some Galaxy in it and that's a bit chalky and very drying. There's a fruity melon character that is lovely, but this herbal, drying, sprucey Galaxy isn't doing much good here. Wonderful, fluffy, soft, malty texture.
Quite malty. Not so sugary/sweet, but with a rich, honey-like character to easily balance the slightly herbal, very citrusy hops. Clean and no resin or alcohol noted. Some melon and fruit salad emerging as it warms and breathes.
Bright and spicy with some herbal undercurrent but lots of melon and spicy citrus rind. Soft, supple malts, well-attenuated with some cracker and biscuit in there too. Yeah...the herb is pretty strong here. Seems to have some Galaxy in it and that's a bit chalky and very drying. There's a fruity melon character that is lovely, but this herbal, drying, sprucey Galaxy isn't doing much good here. Wonderful, fluffy, soft, malty texture.
Tried
from Can
at
Fidens Brewing Company
on 05 Dec 2025
at 00:44
9.2/10
Tried
from Can
on 25 Jun 2023
at 22:17
8/10
0,473 litre Can, from a trade. Hazy orange with white head. Malts, hops, Citrus, Watermelon, sweetness, Smooth!
Tried
from Can
on 21 May 2022
at 18:01