From can. Thanks George! Light hazy golden color with white head. Malty and hoppy aroma, citrusy fruit, tropical fruit, grass, pine, wheat, caramel. Sweet and bitter taste like aroma. Medium oily body with soft carbonation. 8-3-8-3-15

Growler, 64 ounces, from and with Ian Gu�nard (merci!), savoured on December 9 2016; eye: black, opaque, minuscule ring of beige head, light lacing; nose: nutty, dusty, nut liqueur, vanilla, chocolate milk, finale in nuts with light presence of chocolate milk, light body, average carbonation, lightly bitter, slick texture; overall: correct

FRAN�AIS
Cruchon, 64 onces, de et avec Ian Gu�nard (merci!), savour�e le 9 d�cembre 2016; �il : noire, opaque, minuscule anneau de mousse beige, l�g�re dentelle; nez : noix, poussi�re, liqueur de noisette, vanille, lait au chocolat; bouche : noix, poussi�re, liqueur de noisette, vanille, lait au chocolat, finale en noix avec l�g�re pr�sence de lait au chocolat, corps l�ger, carbonatation moyenne, l�g�rement am�re, texture coulante; en r�sum� : correct

Draught at Ginger Man Boston, 6/21/17.
Deep auburn-and-amber body shows moderately-low clarity and a dark beige head atop with moderate to moderately retention.
Brown bread-like specialty malts, dotted with light caramel-toffee, face down strong grapefruit and pine while a bit of a reprieve comes via light pineapple and peach-like fruitiness. Some alcoholic esters keep things mostly sharp, though, despite the heavy showing of specialty malt, and tons of red fruits mixing with more bread and light caramel show forth on the finish. The plasticy yeast, or old/stale/off hop note (whichever it is) is highly present here and dulls things considerably.
Strong in the mouth, it’s plasticy and dry on the finish, too much so, with too much hop acidity and scratchy specialty malts pitted against fleetingly fruity hops and only a smattering of light honey-caramel-like sweetness. Carbonation is at least fairly tight/engaging and there’s some semblance of malt texture, but it’s just too dry and sharp on the finish, all exacerbated by whatever this strange, plasticy off-note is that was present in all three of the beers I tried of theirs tonight. It was so pervasive that all of their beers seemed to run together and taste the same; so dominant was it. Will revisit some batches down the road and see if they’ve cleaned it up.

Draught at Ginger Man Boston, 6/21/17.
Thoroughly hazy, though not cloudy/soupy, brass-golden body is topped by a well-retained, white head.
Juicy nectarine and pineapple perk up immediately in the nose and instant similarities to the regular Fiddlehead IPA are found. The same biscuity, crackery, unobtrusive malt base is here, contributing very little sweetness. Thankfully it’s unnecessary here, as the hop character creates mostly tropical fruit and deep, wintergreen-tinged pine/spruce notes that add very little acidity. Low resin and no alcohol or flaw. Lots of spicy pineapple emerges with warming/breathing.
Malty, well-attenuated texture with tight, engaging carbonation and plentiful papaya, mango, nectarine and orange comprising most of the hop flavor. Bitterness is moderate-to-low and there’s a fair amount of enjoyable juiciness/tropical character up front.
Much to my chagrin, however, there’s an almost plasticy note hanging over everything here that is immediately apparent and slowly and steadily builds up to the point of dominating. Had not experienced this in prior FH beers, but then, I haven’t had a FH beer in quite a while. I went on to try two other FH beers that night (Tejas Marron and Second Fiddle, and both were all but ruined by the same note). Either this is some odd, plasticy, popcorny note that indicates their yeast needs to be changed out, or they got a very less-than-ideal batch of hops which have been used in all of their beers lately. Whatever the case, it was very unfortunate and completely ruined my enjoyment of all three of the beers. Will give it another few months and revisit some new batches of their beers to check back in on this.

Tap at Draught 55, I’m not really drinking this week but didn’t want to miss out on fiddlehead making appearance in city. Fine hazy orange pour and head dissipates quickly. Lovely nose of bright citrus, tropics, grass and funk. Tastes of nectarine, pineapple, plenty of lime, florals, white grape, some funky Brett. Light bodied. Slight sourness at first. Fruity finish. Interesting stuff

Tap into a tumbler showing moderately filtered dark brown with half a finger of clean white foam. The nose shows pine resin and tea like malts. The palate is light bodied and well carbonated. Flavors of sweet pine resin throughout. Mild maltiness appears on the mid-palate. Moderate bitterness on the finish.

Pours a nice golden amber from a tap, rich citrus aroma is followed through in the mouth. Nice well-rounded IPA.

Growlette share with Henry.
We both poured into becher pint glasses.
The appearance was a pale dark pear skin color with a fingers worth of cream colored head. Some messy lace.
The aroma had some strong bready crisp malts flowing over some fruity punchy bitter hops.
The flavor had some sweetness coming across in the fruity hops. Some sweet oats/grains and then red grapes. Aftertaste was reminiscent of grape juice with sweet wheat or oats. Finish was super drying.
The palate was between light and medium bodied with a decent sessionability about it. Carbonation felt fine. ABV felt appropriate.
Overall, its alright, not exactly sure what Fiddlehead was going for with this, but hey, it might be better with some food.

Reviewed from notes.
Growlette to becher pint glass.
The appearance was a hazy pink to slightly golden yellow/copper color along the sides with a finger’s worth of white foamy head. Slight strings of lace.
The aroma had some sweet and tart strawberry juice over top of the light \"tangy\" quality that I got in \"Brett on the Dancefloor\" base of sour lemon and orange rind.
The flavor took the sour to meld into the sweet to tart strawberry juiciness flowing nicely on into the aftertaste and finish.
The palate was between light and medium bodied with a fair sessionability about it. Strawberry juiciness seemed to tame the \"sour\" harshness even more than regular \"Brett on the Dancefloor.\" Carbonation felt fine. ABV felt good too.
Overall, nice \"fruited\" sour, perhaps or just a nice fruit beer - I guess that’s what it was supposed to be, but whatever it was, it’s pretty damn good and definitely one to have again.