Head Full of Fresh Hops: Mosaic & Ekuanot
Fremont Brewing Company
- From:
- Fremont Brewing Company
- Washington, United States
- Style:
- Hazy IPA
- ABV:
- 6.8%
- Score:
- 93
- Avg:
- 4.23 | pDev: 6.38%
- Ratings:
- | reviews: 21
- Status:
- Retired
- Rated:
- May 29, 2025
- Added:
- Oct 09, 2018
- Wants:
- 1
- Gots:
- 3
SCORE
93
Outstanding
93
Outstanding
Head Full of Fresh Hops starts with select fresh hops harvested in Yakima and loaded into the brew kettle within 24 hours of harvest. Fresh hop beers signal the harvest season in the Pacific Northwest and are the height of our brewing year.
2-Row Pale, Rolled Oats, Flaked Wheat, and White Wheat with Mosaic and Ekuanot hops and Lactose.
2-Row Pale, Rolled Oats, Flaked Wheat, and White Wheat with Mosaic and Ekuanot hops and Lactose.
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Ratings by Barettes:
Reviewed by Barettes from Washington
4.77/5 rDev +12.8%
look: 4.5 | smell: 5 | taste: 4.75 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.75
4.77/5 rDev +12.8%
look: 4.5 | smell: 5 | taste: 4.75 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.75
This can of fresh hop is pushing 7 weeks old, but it's the best fresh hop I've had this year. Super dank, grassy, pineapple, tangerine, grapefruit, guava, orange, passionfruit, herbal, forest pine, white bread, earthy, lemon, bitter. It's a 96 for me.
Nov 22, 2019More User Ratings:
Reviewed by stevoj from Idaho
3.56/5 rDev -15.8%
look: 3.25 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.5
3.56/5 rDev -15.8%
look: 3.25 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.5
16 oz can from Boise Co-op. Orange-y pour, frothy head. Tropical, then citrus, on both the nose and taste. It seems poised to explode, but kind of fizzles out. A solid hazy with some big hops, but not extraordinary.
Jul 17, 2020
Reviewed by elNopalero from Michigan
4.65/5 rDev +9.9%
look: 4.75 | smell: 4.75 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.75 | overall: 4.75
4.65/5 rDev +9.9%
look: 4.75 | smell: 4.75 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.75 | overall: 4.75
This pours a white gold, somewhat hazy without being fully opaque. I get a sharp grassy tangerine note on the nose. Bouncy and effervescent, citrusy sweet mandarinas, touch of minerality on the finish. I like this.
May 24, 2020
Reviewed by Wasatch from Colorado
4.5/5 rDev +6.4%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
4.5/5 rDev +6.4%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
16 oz. Can
PKGD: 10/08/19
A little over a month on this can.
Poured into a Tree House glass a pretty nice cloudy pale yellow color, pretty nice carbonation, with a pretty nice thick/creamy one-finger plus off-white head, which also leaves some pretty nice sticky lacing behind. The nose is hoppy, malty, with a very nice citrus complex (orange, tangerine, guava, mango, peach, lemon), pretty nice diesel like. The taste is very nice hoppy, malty, with a pretty nice citrus complex (orange, tangerine, mango, peach, lemon), pretty nice diesel like. Medium body, ABV hidden very nicely, with a nice little dry/bitter finish. Overall, this is a very tasty brew. Orange Julius! Addictive! MilkShake! Nice to see it around here.
Nov 17, 2019PKGD: 10/08/19
A little over a month on this can.
Poured into a Tree House glass a pretty nice cloudy pale yellow color, pretty nice carbonation, with a pretty nice thick/creamy one-finger plus off-white head, which also leaves some pretty nice sticky lacing behind. The nose is hoppy, malty, with a very nice citrus complex (orange, tangerine, guava, mango, peach, lemon), pretty nice diesel like. The taste is very nice hoppy, malty, with a pretty nice citrus complex (orange, tangerine, mango, peach, lemon), pretty nice diesel like. Medium body, ABV hidden very nicely, with a nice little dry/bitter finish. Overall, this is a very tasty brew. Orange Julius! Addictive! MilkShake! Nice to see it around here.
Reviewed by kemoarps from Washington
4.19/5 rDev -0.9%
look: 4 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 4.25
4.19/5 rDev -0.9%
look: 4 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 4.25
Alright. For real this time. My last new FH of the season.
It's hazy. What do you want. It's pale yellow with a tinge of peach colour with a nice little white head that leaves a couple of small colonies of soapy bubbles lingering amidst a field of small white pinpricks. Decent lacing as it is removed from the glass.
Nose is nice. A good amount of fresh hop character. Mostly kind of 'generic tropical/citrus' and there's nothing wrong with that. Some mild herbaceousness. Fresh and springy all around though. Man I love FH season.
Flavour starts with a wash of honey malts and light fruit sweetness which transitions/removes its mask to reveal the fresh hops cascading down the back end of the flavour profile with high sharp fresh/nectar notes and a pleasing bitterness of pine and citrus both.
Sharply carbonated and not as smoothe as the style is known for it's a little on the hard side liquidly speaking. Quite enjoyable overall. This isn't the first time I"ve admitted to not being the biggest fan of the haze craze, and I've learned that I don't really feel like FH and hazy work that well together overall. This is a huge exception to that. Unsurprising given the origin.
Nov 13, 2019It's hazy. What do you want. It's pale yellow with a tinge of peach colour with a nice little white head that leaves a couple of small colonies of soapy bubbles lingering amidst a field of small white pinpricks. Decent lacing as it is removed from the glass.
Nose is nice. A good amount of fresh hop character. Mostly kind of 'generic tropical/citrus' and there's nothing wrong with that. Some mild herbaceousness. Fresh and springy all around though. Man I love FH season.
Flavour starts with a wash of honey malts and light fruit sweetness which transitions/removes its mask to reveal the fresh hops cascading down the back end of the flavour profile with high sharp fresh/nectar notes and a pleasing bitterness of pine and citrus both.
Sharply carbonated and not as smoothe as the style is known for it's a little on the hard side liquidly speaking. Quite enjoyable overall. This isn't the first time I"ve admitted to not being the biggest fan of the haze craze, and I've learned that I don't really feel like FH and hazy work that well together overall. This is a huge exception to that. Unsurprising given the origin.
Reviewed by Oh_Dark_Star from Washington
4.35/5 rDev +2.8%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
4.35/5 rDev +2.8%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
L: A pale golden translucence with decent ivory head retention and good lacing for Fremont.
S: Strawberry fields, orange zest, and herbal notes. Great powerful aroma.
T: Follows the nose with greater earthy, and mineral qualities that I'm loving here.
F: Medium body with standard carbonation. Mouthfeel is nicely off-dry and not overbearing.
O: Stellar presentation here. I will be getting more. This was all the things I like about the fresh hop brews - probably the best I've ever tried.
Nov 13, 2019S: Strawberry fields, orange zest, and herbal notes. Great powerful aroma.
T: Follows the nose with greater earthy, and mineral qualities that I'm loving here.
F: Medium body with standard carbonation. Mouthfeel is nicely off-dry and not overbearing.
O: Stellar presentation here. I will be getting more. This was all the things I like about the fresh hop brews - probably the best I've ever tried.
Reviewed by beergoot from Colorado
4.21/5 rDev -0.5%
look: 4 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.25
4.21/5 rDev -0.5%
look: 4 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.25
Beautiful soft gold body, mildly cloudy; thick and frothy white head. Huge sweet and floral nose; berries. Juicy, bitter taste; pine resin; lemon bread; citrusy and acidic. Medium body; crisp and dry.
This beer delivers a pungent, tangy sensory experience. It is loaded up with hop bitterness and alluring aromas.
Nov 13, 2019This beer delivers a pungent, tangy sensory experience. It is loaded up with hop bitterness and alluring aromas.
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