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Faster, Bigger, Better, Bolder
The Bruery
- From:
- The Bruery
- California, United States
- Style:
- Herb and Spice Beer
- ABV:
- 8.25%
- Score:
- 85
- Avg:
- 3.76 | pDev: 14.1%
- Reviews:
- 122
- Ratings:
- Status:
- Retired
- Rated:
- May 17, 2016
- Added:
- Oct 15, 2011
- Wants:
- 15
- Gots:
- 78
Collaboration with Dogfish Head.
Full name is "Faster, Bigger, Better, Bolder (Gradually, Quietly, Steadily)"
Full name is "Faster, Bigger, Better, Bolder (Gradually, Quietly, Steadily)"
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Ratings by Kegatron:
Reviewed by Kegatron from Pennsylvania
3.7/5 rDev -1.6%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.5
3.7/5 rDev -1.6%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.5
750 ml capped bottle into a couple of tulip glasses.
Pours a crystal clear gold, with a couple fingers of shiny and frothy bright-white head. This retains with some sudsy ringing around the edges of the glass, leaving back some thick and patchy swathes of lace. The aroma smells sticky, fruity, and spicy all at once in the nose, with notes of ripe tartness, bready sweetness, and spicy yeast.
The taste continues this, with a sweet and sticky mix of fruit and malt on the palate that leads into a steady spicy dryness that totally parches the back of the throat. The mouthfeel is medium bodied, with a sprightly carbonation that dances those flavors around in the mouth. I will say that any alcohol warmth here is fabulously well hid here the ABV, with it mostly just adding extra fullness to the flavors.
This was interesting. Almost like a Saison crossed with a sparkling cider at times and while I actually liked the lively feel here it’s unfortunately contradicted a bit by the high alcohol and overall chewiness of the flavors. This was worth checking out but I’m glad that I was able to split the bottle with someone.
Apr 03, 2012Pours a crystal clear gold, with a couple fingers of shiny and frothy bright-white head. This retains with some sudsy ringing around the edges of the glass, leaving back some thick and patchy swathes of lace. The aroma smells sticky, fruity, and spicy all at once in the nose, with notes of ripe tartness, bready sweetness, and spicy yeast.
The taste continues this, with a sweet and sticky mix of fruit and malt on the palate that leads into a steady spicy dryness that totally parches the back of the throat. The mouthfeel is medium bodied, with a sprightly carbonation that dances those flavors around in the mouth. I will say that any alcohol warmth here is fabulously well hid here the ABV, with it mostly just adding extra fullness to the flavors.
This was interesting. Almost like a Saison crossed with a sparkling cider at times and while I actually liked the lively feel here it’s unfortunately contradicted a bit by the high alcohol and overall chewiness of the flavors. This was worth checking out but I’m glad that I was able to split the bottle with someone.
More User Ratings:
Rated by chefhatt from Pennsylvania
4/5 rDev +6.4%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
4/5 rDev +6.4%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
Light color body, with a thick white fizzy head.
Taste has a yeasty taste to it. Nice kumquat flavor with a little clove.
Darn good beer.
Feb 13, 2015Taste has a yeasty taste to it. Nice kumquat flavor with a little clove.
Darn good beer.
Reviewed by AgentMunky from New York
4/5 rDev +6.4%
look: 3.75 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4
4/5 rDev +6.4%
look: 3.75 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4
Poured from a 750mL bottle into a flared glass at a DFH dinner at Rapture. From notes. Reviewed 16 January 2012.
A: A finger of stark white head fades fast. Lots of bubbles in this pale, clear ale. Decent lacing.
S: Tart kumquats, tripel-ly spices, and clean Belgian(?) yeast. Nope, apparently it's sake yeast. Interesting. Smells like a BSPA.
T: And it *tastes* like a BSPA. Very clean, subdued, grassy flavors. The spices aren't very spicy (i.e., not pepper). Light in taste for 8.2%. Vague clove, but the fruitiness is the star of the show -- light citrus; roundly pleasant.
M: The mouthfeel is excellent. Champagne-like, spritzy, light, refreshing, and, overall, delicate.
O: Good beer, but perhaps not exceptional. Recommended for lovers of odd yeasy and (BS)PAs.
Jul 05, 2014A: A finger of stark white head fades fast. Lots of bubbles in this pale, clear ale. Decent lacing.
S: Tart kumquats, tripel-ly spices, and clean Belgian(?) yeast. Nope, apparently it's sake yeast. Interesting. Smells like a BSPA.
T: And it *tastes* like a BSPA. Very clean, subdued, grassy flavors. The spices aren't very spicy (i.e., not pepper). Light in taste for 8.2%. Vague clove, but the fruitiness is the star of the show -- light citrus; roundly pleasant.
M: The mouthfeel is excellent. Champagne-like, spritzy, light, refreshing, and, overall, delicate.
O: Good beer, but perhaps not exceptional. Recommended for lovers of odd yeasy and (BS)PAs.
Faster, Bigger, Better, Bolder from The Bruery
Beer rating:
85 out of
100 with
303 ratings
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