8.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8.5
Flavor 8.5
Texture 9
Overall 8.5
Canned 2/12/26, drunk 3/30/26, compliments of tfontana. Thanks, Tom!
Candied citrus as the peach-mango forward Citra mixes with succulent, rich, pils-like malt. A bit of mineral and tropical fruit from the Motueka and scant Mosaic to be found. No lemongrass, blueberry or allium that I can find. No alcohol, resin or excess sugar noted.
Soft, succulent, pillowy malts showing a ton of honey-like character are a balanced backdrop for a spicy citrus and mild tropical fruit melange. Just an incredible balance here. Big, deep malts but drying out properly, with ample bitterness and no onion from the Mosaic. If the alcohol didn't start creeping up on me, I could actually finish the can, which is close to a first for me for a 10%+ IPA.
Pretty nice flavor intensity, which ties it together, though I still think Tree House usually makes about as flavorful a beer in the 8.5-8.8% range, so I'm still failing to see the point of pushing the alcohol this high, other than to say they did it without it being boozey (which is a fine accomplishment, but I don't want extra alcohol in my beer).
Candied citrus as the peach-mango forward Citra mixes with succulent, rich, pils-like malt. A bit of mineral and tropical fruit from the Motueka and scant Mosaic to be found. No lemongrass, blueberry or allium that I can find. No alcohol, resin or excess sugar noted.
Soft, succulent, pillowy malts showing a ton of honey-like character are a balanced backdrop for a spicy citrus and mild tropical fruit melange. Just an incredible balance here. Big, deep malts but drying out properly, with ample bitterness and no onion from the Mosaic. If the alcohol didn't start creeping up on me, I could actually finish the can, which is close to a first for me for a 10%+ IPA.
Pretty nice flavor intensity, which ties it together, though I still think Tree House usually makes about as flavorful a beer in the 8.5-8.8% range, so I'm still failing to see the point of pushing the alcohol this high, other than to say they did it without it being boozey (which is a fine accomplishment, but I don't want extra alcohol in my beer).
Tried
from Can
at
Fidens Brewing Company
on 30 Mar 2026
at 19:28
8.5/10
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Appearance 9
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Pours a hazy, orange-banana, with mid-sized, lasting head. Aroma has some green onion/garlic upfront, followed by citrus and tropical fruits. Flavors all follow, with some light, underlying sweetness. Soft mouthfeel. Moderate hop bitterness at the finish.
Tried
from Can
on 29 Mar 2026
at 20:25
8.9/10
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Appearance 9
Aroma 8.5
Flavor 9
Texture 9
Overall 9
Pours a hazy, orange-peach color, with rather smallish head. Aroma is citrus and tropical fruit, with a big punch of pineapple, which actually helps beef up the pine and hoppiness. Flavors follow, with the pineapple adding to the pine flavors in the beer (it doesn't overpower, like some of the fruit additives to other Fidens beers). Soft, smooth mouthfeel. The ABV is very well-hidden. Mild to moderate hop bitterness in the finish.
Tried
from Crowler
on 28 Mar 2026
at 21:52
8/10
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Appearance 9
Aroma 7
Flavor 8.5
Texture 8
Overall 8
Pours a hazy, light banana-creme yellow, with smallish head. Aroma is citrus and tropical fruit. Flavors follow and are more pronounced. Soft mouthfeel. Mild hop bitterness in the finish.
Tried
from Can
on 28 Mar 2026
at 21:16
8.6/10
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Appearance 9
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 9
Overall 8.5
Pours a hazy, glowing orange-pineapple, with smallish head. Aroma is pretty dank, with citrus and tropical fruit. Flavors follow, with light underlying sweetness. Soft mouthfeel. Mild to moderate hop bitterness in finish. A textbook Fidens beer.
Tried
from Can
on 28 Mar 2026
at 19:06
8.3/10
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Appearance 9
Aroma 8
Flavor 8.5
Texture 8
Overall 8
Pours a hazy, orange-pineapple, with mid-sized head. Aroma is citrus and tropical fruit, with some added pineapple, that almost has more of a pine note (kind of like pine sawdust). Flavor is citrus and tropical fruit, with the added pineapple giving it a piney bite (the pineapple doesn't overpower here, as it does in some other Fidens fruit-add on beers). Soft, though thin mouthfeel. Moderate hop bitterness in the finish.
Tried
from Crowler
on 28 Mar 2026
at 18:08
8.6/10
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Appearance 9
Aroma 8
Flavor 8.5
Texture 9
Overall 9
Canned 1/14/26, drunk 3/27/26, compliments of tfontana. Thanks, Tom!
Soft and succulent tropical fruit with aged white wine and a touch of ripe kiwi and melon. Honey-like malt balances easily the low acidity and no alcohol.
Oh yeah, right away you know they nailed this one. Big white wine/grape, melon, kiwi, guava...you name it. All the best parts of Nelson with none of the pine, acidity or herb that you don't want. Fluffy, deep malts are nonetheless well-attenuated to bring you a medium, maybe medium-plus-bodied beer that, again true to this series, doesn't really drink to its size. That's really my only issue. I don't want a 10% beer that tastes like 8%. Otherwise, top, top notch treatment/expression of Nelson and excellent balance with no alcohol, unbalanced malt/bitterness.
Soft and succulent tropical fruit with aged white wine and a touch of ripe kiwi and melon. Honey-like malt balances easily the low acidity and no alcohol.
Oh yeah, right away you know they nailed this one. Big white wine/grape, melon, kiwi, guava...you name it. All the best parts of Nelson with none of the pine, acidity or herb that you don't want. Fluffy, deep malts are nonetheless well-attenuated to bring you a medium, maybe medium-plus-bodied beer that, again true to this series, doesn't really drink to its size. That's really my only issue. I don't want a 10% beer that tastes like 8%. Otherwise, top, top notch treatment/expression of Nelson and excellent balance with no alcohol, unbalanced malt/bitterness.
Tried
from Can
at
Fidens Brewing Company
on 27 Mar 2026
at 21:29
8.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8.5
Texture 9
Overall 8.5
16 oz can in a trade with tfontana. Thank you for carrying this back from Albany. Aroma of Mango, peach, orange. Pretty strong amount of fruit mixed with light bready malts. Just the light touch of herbal bitterness for balance. Well-made and I would rather drink a low ABV on a week day, than some 11% triple dry hopped monstrosity.
Tried
from Can
on 25 Mar 2026
at 23:38
7.3/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7.5
Flavor 7
Texture 7
Overall 7
Canned 1/12/26, drunk 3/25/26, from the illustrious tfontana. Thanks, Tom!
Yep, that's peach! And a lot of it! This is 2.5 months old and it's still going very strong. Don't really get at the hops behind it on account of its dominance, but at least the peach character itself is authentic and well-done. Just massively overdone, it seems. It does burn off a little bit, leaving some hop character in its wake, as the beer warms and breathes.
Maybe not as overdone as expected based on the nose? Eh, maybe it is though. Either way, it's very dominated by the peach. There's a light-to-moderate bitterness, mango rind and hint of pine in the shockingly medium body. Not sweet, no alcohol, but my god is there peach! Tough to rate it, as on one hand, it's flavorful, the peach tastes good, the beer isn't sweet, resinous, boozey. But on the other, the brewer has not done a good job of balancing the peach addition with the rest of the beer.
Yep, that's peach! And a lot of it! This is 2.5 months old and it's still going very strong. Don't really get at the hops behind it on account of its dominance, but at least the peach character itself is authentic and well-done. Just massively overdone, it seems. It does burn off a little bit, leaving some hop character in its wake, as the beer warms and breathes.
Maybe not as overdone as expected based on the nose? Eh, maybe it is though. Either way, it's very dominated by the peach. There's a light-to-moderate bitterness, mango rind and hint of pine in the shockingly medium body. Not sweet, no alcohol, but my god is there peach! Tough to rate it, as on one hand, it's flavorful, the peach tastes good, the beer isn't sweet, resinous, boozey. But on the other, the brewer has not done a good job of balancing the peach addition with the rest of the beer.
Tried
from Can
on 25 Mar 2026
at 21:37
8.3/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8.5
Flavor 8.5
Texture 8
Overall 8
Tried
on 25 Mar 2026
at 00:10