Fiddlers Green India Pale Ale

Brewed by Matt Brewing Company
Style: India Pale Ale (IPA)
Utica, New York USA

Pours a light amber gold with a one finger creamy eggshell head. The aroma isnt so bad. Some grassy earthy hop aroma, sweet, malty, not too complex or pungent. The flavor is ok, kind of one dimensional, bitter, fades to a mild astringency, some hop flavor and malt character.

Good beer, but not really much of an IPA. Copper pour, no real head. Aroma is lychee fruit in syrup. Good beer, but an IPA? NO.

Bottle. Pours a amber body with an off white head. Grapefruit, citrus, hop resin, a dull finish a bit grainy.

Grassy floral hop nose with moderate caramelized malts. Clear amber orange with small white head. Very grainy biscuit maltyness with moderate citrusy grassy hop flavor. Medium body and mouthfeel with moderately dry finish and big grapefruit citrus bitter finish. Grapefruit citrus does not seems to compliment the grainy biscuit malt profile well IMHO.

12oz bottle. Orange color, white head. Smells like the farmer’s market. Unique (moldy) tropical fruits and wood. Bland pale malt. Flavor of medicinal, herbal, Saaz hops. big bitterness, just of the wrong hop. What the hell kinda IPA os this? Some acidic notes in the finish. Big medicinal flavor. Overall, twigs and berries. (maybe the batch was teabagged)

Orangey-amber with a slight haze. Weird nose, both berryish and phenolic. Lightly toasty with hints of wood and berries.

Bright amber, negligible head. Unique hop aroma is herbal and English. Apricot, lychee, ripe fruit and malty. Mild mouthfeel. Nice bitterness. Lemony, almost Campari-like. Not totally pleasant but nice and dry. Really interesting hop profile, not to my liking necessarily but nice nonetheless.

Not a bad beer... but just middling in every aspect. It is a bit thin, there is some hop character, but nothing mindblowing. Got this one in a mix pack... probably the only time I’ll have it...