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Fierce Beer came charging out of Aberdeen with the sort of energy that suggested somebody had fed a craft brewery nothing but coffee and West Coast IPA for six months straight. Big flavours, punchy branding and beers that don’t exactly do subtlety. Which is generally excellent news.

The brewery built its reputation on modern hop-forward styles, flavoured stouts and beers packed with enough personality to stand out immediately in a crowded fridge. IPAs bring loads of citrus, pine and tropical fruit, while the darker beers tend to go fully into coffee, chocolate and dessert territory without collapsing into sticky sugar soup halfway through the can.

Fierce Coffee Stout became a massive favourite early on and still sums up the brewery quite well really. Bold, roasty and absolutely ideal when Scotland’s weather starts behaving like Scotland’s weather again. The range has expanded loads since then, covering everything from crisp lagers to pastry-level imperial stouts and heavily hopped pale ales.

Despite the louder modern craft style, the brewery usually keeps things very drinkable underneath all the flavour. Nothing feels lazy or thrown together just for hype. There’s proper brewing control holding the whole thing together.

Fierce also leans into a slightly cheeky personality across the branding and beer names, which suits the beers nicely. Craft beer should occasionally feel fun rather than like homework.