trapped (8421) reviewed Hodad from Fiddlehead Brewing Company 1 week ago
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 7
Draught @ Fools Gold, Manhattan NYC (Aug 2025). Inky black with a very small frothy tan head, caramel-mocha aroma, high carbonation, medium bitter caramel malt-mocha taste, thin body, long caramel-mocha finish. A bit thin but tasty.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7.5 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
Reviewed from notes.
Bottle to tulip.
Appearance: pale orange cloudiness with a finger's worth of white foamy head which dissipated nicely to leave some light lace
Aroma: hay to straw to grassy sweetness; some lemongrass; some lemon-like whiffs; light funk with light sour then tart mixed citrusy accents
Flavor: meshes the prior noted aromas to a fine rustic sweet to sour to funky quality; finishes slightly lemony with some hay and funky tone
Texture: light to medium bodied, leaning into being a sipper; some smoothness but also some light tart to sour aggression - but nothing overbearing, slightly dry over the tongue
Overall: nicely done saison done up as a sour saison. I believe I could return to this.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
Reviewed from notes.
Growler to becher glass. Consumed in 04/2019 but missing the actual day, sorry.
Appearance: pale yellow cloudiness with a finger's worth of white foamy head which dissipated nicely to leave some light lace
Aroma: mixed tropical hops in the front with a decent balance from some vanilla/lactose - ish notes from under
Flavor: seems to blend the aromas together in a sweet to bittersweet sort of way; finishes like cream coated tropical fruits (others are saying "it's a creamsicle, Adam" 'yeah, yeah, alright, fine, I see it now' from me)
Texture: light to medium bodied; sessionable; very creamy on the smoothness factor along the tongue (got a little bit sticky)
Overall: I think this was close to the beginning or nearer to the middle of the "milkshake IPA effort" in Vermont and not many Vermont brewers do this very well.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7.5 | Flavor - 7.5 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 7.5
Reviewed from notes.
Bottle to tulip.
Appearance: pale yellow color with a finger's worth of white foamy head which settled off at a nice pace but barely left any lace
Aroma: sour/Brett tones in front of some light lemon whiffs, subtle pineapple; slight acidic features
Flavor: blends the prior noted aromas to a fine sour to semi-acidic tart and fresh lemony quality; finishes somewhat zippy with the lemon and tart/sour vibes
Texture: light bodied, leaning into being a sipper; light smoothness with a slight tart accompaniment to it
Overall: nice enough AWA with some zing to it. Might be a good ender to a night if I came back to this which was what it was the first time I had it.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7.5 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Reviewed from notes.
Growler to English pint glass.
Appearance: dark brown in color with a finger's worth of tan foamy head which settled fairly quick to leave subtle lace.
Aroma: light notes of milk chocolate and molasses and/or treacle-ish accents, subtle earthiness underneath
Flavor: combines the prior noted aromas to a slight sweet to earthy and subtle toasty quality; finishes leaning into the molasses and/or treacle-ish vibe with some chocolate
Texture: medium bodied, I think it's more of a sipper due to the molasses and/or treacle-ish character going on; some smoothness (I thought this was going to be a syrupy-ish mess but I was kinda wrong on that), then a sort of woody drynness quaintly adding it's vibe in there
Overall: pretty odd porter to me, kinda left scratching my beard on this one as it wasn't a bad beer but it's nothing to go nuts about as to needing it again.
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 - 8 | Aroma - 7.5 | Flavor - 7.5 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
Reviewed from notes.
Growler to tulip.
Appearance: stiff orange cloudiness with a finger's worth of white foamy head which dissipate nicely to leave some light lace
Aroma: melon, white pear and peach hop sweetness with some light floral hops in there too then a light clean malt base
Flavor: seems to blend the prior noted aromas to a fine juicy sweet to bittersweet quality; finishes semi-melon like with some of the floral hop notes
Texture: light to medium bodied, somewhat sessionable; some smoothness; low hop bitterness
Overall: a nicely done IPA that somehow seemed something like a mix of a IPA with a NEIPA. I would return to this.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
Reviewed from notes.
Bottle to tulip.
Appearance: black in the pour and black in the glass with a finger and a half's worth of eggshell white foamy head which dissipated at a nice pace but barely left any lace
Aroma: sweet bourbon edged woody tones with super light coconut sweet accents; subtle vanilla laces some milk chocolate and dark chocolate whiffs
Flavor: does a very nice job of blending the prior noted aromas to a balanced sweet woody to sweet chocolatey and subtle coconut quality; finishes semi-sweet bourbon-like with the coconut and a lighter glance at the milk chocolate
Texture: medium bodied, this is a sipper despite the bourbon not really showing much spicy strength to barely any strength, I think some of the booze may have been felt just a bit; good length of the smoothness and a hint of dryness
Overall: I think because I was told to sit on this for several months that I must have had it at the right time (yes, a little bit of luck because I didn't know how much longer it would have been before the coconut turned into that "sun tan lotion" character) but also didn't want to have too fresh with the bourbon barrel having too much heat. Subtle pat on my back with the assistance of some knowledgeable friends.
thegreenrooster (7317) reviewed IPA from Fiddlehead Brewing Company 2 months ago
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7.5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5
Pour is a typical hazy IPA with a large white head. Aroma is a little tropical and melon fruity hops. The flavor is a bit of strawberry with some lemon zest and a wee bit of pine bitterness. A bit thin on the mouthfeel. A nice lighter hazy IPA.
TEJA (425) reviewed IPA from Fiddlehead Brewing Company 2 months ago
Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 4 | Flavor - 4 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 4.5
Can shared by omhper, thanks.
Tiny white lace.
Very clowdy yellow color.
Intence piny hop aroma.
Unbalanced hard hoppiness and big bitterness.