Coffee Cinnamon B-Bomb
Fremont Brewing Company

Coffee Cinnamon B-BombCoffee Cinnamon B-Bomb
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From:
Fremont Brewing Company
 
Washington, United States
Style:
American Strong Ale
Ranked #1
ABV:
13%
Score:
100
Ranked #91
Avg:
4.56 | pDev: 5.7%
Reviews:
177
Ratings:
1,135
Status:
Active
Rated:
Feb 04, 2024
Added:
Dec 06, 2014
Wants:
  468
Gots:
  201
Formerly Bourbon Barrel Aged Abominable: Coffee And Cinnamon

Style: Bourbon Barrel Aged Imperial Winter Ale with Coffee & Cinnamon
ABV: 13.0%, IBU: 65
This year’s release of B-Bomb is aged in 12-year-old American Oak bourbon barrels and is a blend of 9, 12, and 24-month old barrel strength Winter Ale. This special edition adds cold brew coffee and cinnamon bark to complement the bourbon, oak, cacao, and leather notes achieved from B-Bomb’s extended barrel aging and barrel blending.
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Ratings by 2GOOFY:
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Rated by 2GOOFY from California

4.5/5  rDev -1.3%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5

Oct 03, 2015
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Reviewed by Ozzylizard from Pennsylvania

3.52/5  rDev -22.8%
look: 4 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.75
Coffee Cinnamon B-Bomb 2022 – from Fremont. Received from @snaotheus in a ninja strike during BSBIF#1. Reviewed 04/02/24 (Review 3240). Note that I use DD/MM/YY protocol.
Printed on the bottom of the front label of the bomber “LIMITED 2021 RELEASE”. Stored at 34 degrees at home. Served at 55.0 degrees F in a hand washed and dried Jester King snifter. The final temperature was 60.2 degrees F.
Appearance – 4
First pour – Amber Brown (SRM 18), slight haze.
Body – Black (SRM 40), opaque. Under direct light, same with tiny carbonation bubbles rising. When rear-lite, light penetrates at the bottom edge – ruby – and the top edge, citron.
Head - Average (Maximum three cm, aggressive center pour), brown sugar, high density with a few rocks, fizzy, short retention, leaving a 0.2 crown and partial cap.
Lacing – None, as expected at 13.5% ABV.
Aroma – 3.25 – Chocolate and hints of bourbon. No yeast, no hops, no malt, no spices, no alcohol (13.5 % ABV as marked on the label).
Flavor – 3.5 – Begins bitter-sweet with chocolate and mild bourbon. No yeast, no hops, no roasted malt. On the aftertaste, weak coffee, and cinnamon. No dimethylsulfide or diacetyl. No ethanol. An uncomfortable gastric burn occurs.
Palate – 3.5 – Medium; somewhat syrupy; soft but lively carbonation.
Final impression and summation: 3.75 The label sets expectations high but the product fails to hit them. The flavor is that of cheap caffe mocha with a bit of cinnamon and whiskey thrown in to make it interesting. In general, unharmonious flavors are vying for attention. Aroma isn’t bad, nor is appearance (any time the appearance is the high point, expect problems). Overall, IMHO a missed target from a brewer that usually nails it.
Feb 04, 2024
 
Rated: 4.48 by dan_amdg from Illinois

Jan 02, 2024
 
Rated: 5 by JAWS from New York

Dec 03, 2023
 
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Rated by pathman from Ohio

5/5  rDev +9.6%
look: 5 | smell: 5 | taste: 5 | feel: 5 | overall: 5
11/03/23 bottle @ home
Nov 04, 2023
 
Rated: 4.25 by BubalooBrewMaster from Kentucky

Aug 31, 2023
 
Rated: 4.56 by jimmybram from North Carolina

May 29, 2023
 
Rated: 4.33 by EMH73 from New York

May 06, 2023
 
Rated: 4.25 by peterpunk15 from Massachusetts

Apr 08, 2023
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Rated by Sandis from Minnesota

4.5/5  rDev -1.3%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
2017 version sampled in a short glass as a bar share at Ansaris. A wonderful blended treat.
Mar 24, 2023
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Reviewed by Daniel6452

4.96/5  rDev +8.8%
look: 4.75 | smell: 5 | taste: 5 | feel: 4.75 | overall: 5
Stumbled upon this while gazing and kept coming back to it. Glad I finally decided to buy it. Great mouth feel, delicious taste that has the mentioned cinnamon and coffee with additional hints of berry (similar to açaí). Great beer overall!
Mar 12, 2023
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Reviewed by mschrei from Illinois

4.91/5  rDev +7.7%
look: 4.75 | smell: 5 | taste: 5 | feel: 4.75 | overall: 4.75
I didn’t know if I’ve had this before, but tonight I went through my Fremonts and saw I had two, so....

A beer that lives up to the ratings and rankings.

2018 vintage, and if this has faded, I can only imagine how strong it is fresh.

Pours dark, frothy creamy head and persistent lacing. Strong scents of cinnamon, coffee, and bourbon barrel over dark malt. Taste is very strong flavors of cinnamon, coffee, dark fruit, cocoa, and bourbon barrel. Damn, does this taste good. Medium bodied, mouth watering, a very barrel forward presence.

This is just a goddamn great beer. Although I probably won’t let my second bottle get too much older, as this is in prime drinking time.
Mar 04, 2023
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Reviewed by DEZ01301960 from Illinois

4.41/5  rDev -3.3%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
Purchased on Tavour. Dark caramel color. Smell awakens the senses with coffee & cinnamon dominating. Taste follows, light bourbon an the back end. Feel is medium thickness. Overall, a wonderful strong ale.
Feb 19, 2023
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Reviewed by ChainGangGuy from Georgia

4.2/5  rDev -7.9%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.25
8 ounce pour - $10.00 at Woodstock Beer Market in Woodstock, Georgia.

Appearance: Presents a very dark brown-hued body with a slim, scant ring of beige foam.

Smell: Resounding, rich dark maltiness infused with cinnamon-vanilla infused sugar, (subtler) coffee, chocolate powder, German dark bread, dark syrup, dark fruits (all tings dark, really).

Taste: Sweetish dark maltiness of toasted black bread, rounded roasted barley, scorched raw sugars with a mellow-minded earthy, woodsy quality from the spice and barrel. A pleasant, agreeable spiciness, particularly with the cinnamon without venturing into heavy-handed crap-can Red Hot candy territory. Dark fruitiness a little raisiny. Touches of vanilla creme, Dutch stroop. Subtle coffee infusion. Good amount of barrel character, it's certainly warming though never heated or hot. Continued traces of fruit and spice on the silken finish.

Mouthfeel: Medium-plus body. Low carbonation. Smooth, supple mouthfeel.

Overall: Enjoyable.
Feb 09, 2023
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Reviewed by augustgarage from California

4.39/5  rDev -3.7%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.5
2022 vintage. Poured from a waxed 22oz bomber into a snifter.

Clear bistre kissed seal brown liquid topped by a lasting event-horizon of desert sand. Thick, fine lacing; shimmering sticky panes of tears; excellent retention.

Champurrado, cocoa, cinnamon, and earthy coffee with a hints of kretek in the nose. Very mild.

Intense palate entry, heavy/sharp sweetness with waves of blackstrap, coffee, walnuts, black currant, and fig. Moderate earthy bitterness washed away by the alcohol (hints of rum and irish whiskey, and port more than bourbon) and spice notes in the long medium finish. Low tartness with hints of oak comes and goes.

Rich, creamy, medium-full bodied, with low astringency and good round carbonation. A tiny bit hot perhaps.

An interesting base beer not overwhelmed by adjuncts, though quite coffee-forward at the moment.
Jan 01, 2023
 
Rated: 4.3 by mdfb79 from New York

Dec 25, 2022
 
Rated: 4.32 by Bum4ever from California

Nov 13, 2022
 
Rated: 4.5 by akopczyk from Ohio

Nov 10, 2022
 
Rated: 4.75 by Mr_Beer_Belly from Illinois

Oct 21, 2022
Coffee Cinnamon B-Bomb from Fremont Brewing Company
Beer rating: 100 out of 100 with 1135 ratings