Bellingham Beer Week #6
Fremont Brewing Company
- From:
- Fremont Brewing Company
- Washington, United States
- Style:
- Imperial Porter
- ABV:
- 8%
- Score:
- +6 ratings needed
- Avg:
- 4.36 | pDev: 3.21%
- Ratings:
- | reviews: 2
- Status:
- Retired
- Rated:
- Jul 02, 2017
- Added:
- Apr 26, 2017
- Wants:
- 0
- Gots:
- 1
NO SCORE
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Imperial Porter with Coffee, Vanilla, Chocolate, and Coconut. Brewed for Bellingham Beer Week 2017.
Recent ratings and reviews.
Reviewed by woemad from Washington
4.25/5 rDev -2.5%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
4.25/5 rDev -2.5%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
3rd can of a 4-pack's worth received through the generosity of beertunes. No freshness date, but it's a robust porter brewed and canned for an event not so long ago, so it's no cause for concern.
Poured into a big Kane snifter (thanks again, MacMalt! Love this glass!), this was a lovely looking beer. It poured a super dark brown, virtually black until held up to light, whereupon it betrays a tiny amount of mahogany at the extreme edges. Big, creamy tan head that took it's sweet time dropping, and left lots of lace.
Initially, there isn't much nose here, but patience is rewarded. What starts out as a simple aroma of dark malts and oakey vanilla changes over to a subtly complex mix of the aforementioned duo plus mildly bitter coffee and a whiff of coconut. The vanilla actually seems to back off as it warms, and melds rather seamlessly with the other ingredients.
Like in the nose, if you let this sit a little in the glass, you are rewarded with a subtly complex beer with all the elements promised on the label. Roasty, chocolaty dark malts hit the taste buds first while wearing a light vanilla cloak. Then the coffee and coconut come in and mix perfectly with the initial taste and don't really stand out at all until the fadeout, and even then aren't in sufficient strength to drown the other aspects out. The balance is superb throughout.
The body is on the heavy end of medium, with a coating, velvety mouthfeel.
I said subtle a lot in this review, but deservedly so. It's hard to believe a beer labelled as an "imperial porter with vanilla, coffee and coconut " could be called subtle, but Fremont has pulled it off. If you don't like vanilla, this might still work for you. Don't like coffee beers? Give it a try. Hate coconut? You get the point. Just give it a few minutes to warm up a little, and you'll be glad you did. Reccomended!
Jul 02, 2017Poured into a big Kane snifter (thanks again, MacMalt! Love this glass!), this was a lovely looking beer. It poured a super dark brown, virtually black until held up to light, whereupon it betrays a tiny amount of mahogany at the extreme edges. Big, creamy tan head that took it's sweet time dropping, and left lots of lace.
Initially, there isn't much nose here, but patience is rewarded. What starts out as a simple aroma of dark malts and oakey vanilla changes over to a subtly complex mix of the aforementioned duo plus mildly bitter coffee and a whiff of coconut. The vanilla actually seems to back off as it warms, and melds rather seamlessly with the other ingredients.
Like in the nose, if you let this sit a little in the glass, you are rewarded with a subtly complex beer with all the elements promised on the label. Roasty, chocolaty dark malts hit the taste buds first while wearing a light vanilla cloak. Then the coffee and coconut come in and mix perfectly with the initial taste and don't really stand out at all until the fadeout, and even then aren't in sufficient strength to drown the other aspects out. The balance is superb throughout.
The body is on the heavy end of medium, with a coating, velvety mouthfeel.
I said subtle a lot in this review, but deservedly so. It's hard to believe a beer labelled as an "imperial porter with vanilla, coffee and coconut " could be called subtle, but Fremont has pulled it off. If you don't like vanilla, this might still work for you. Don't like coffee beers? Give it a try. Hate coconut? You get the point. Just give it a few minutes to warm up a little, and you'll be glad you did. Reccomended!
Reviewed by snaotheus from Washington
4.18/5 rDev -4.1%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
4.18/5 rDev -4.1%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
2017-05-16
16oz can served in a Redhook sampler. Canned 3/28/17.
Pours black with a medium to small head and not a lot of carbonation. Smell is roasty and rich chocolate, hint of coffee. Nice.
Taste is very roasty and very chocolate, with a stronger coffee presence. Nice tasting, very strong flavors. I like it.
Mouthfeel is rich and slightly creamy. Overall, very good beer. Best porter I've had in a while.
May 17, 201716oz can served in a Redhook sampler. Canned 3/28/17.
Pours black with a medium to small head and not a lot of carbonation. Smell is roasty and rich chocolate, hint of coffee. Nice.
Taste is very roasty and very chocolate, with a stronger coffee presence. Nice tasting, very strong flavors. I like it.
Mouthfeel is rich and slightly creamy. Overall, very good beer. Best porter I've had in a while.
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