Field to Ferment: Centennial + Simcoe
Fremont Brewing Company

16 ounce can 2021 version.
Bright uniformly hazy golden orange colour with two fingers creamy foamy white head.
I get a prominent green piney hop aroma to start - big notes of grapefruit, citrus, mango - melange of tropical fruit admixed with a slight dankness as warmed - very inviting.
Has a nice aggressive hop flavour with grapefruit, pine resin, a green earthy bitterness that overwhelms the tropical fruit and malt sweetness that arrived at initial sips.
Solid medium mouthfeel with bright carbonation that tingles the palate - a green earthy bitterness lingers.

16oz can into a pint glass. Canned 914/21, so a month old.

Looks outstanding in the glass. Hazy glassy yellow body. Big bright white head persists in very good form throughout leaving a latticework of lacing.

Pleasing soft hop aroma.

On tasting, it's anything but soft. The hop profile produces a strong piney bitterness. There is just enough (just) of a malt presence to support it.

Mouth closer to full than medium. Finish a powerful pine bitterness.

Overall, aggressive but very enjoyable hop forward beer. A credit to the brewer that can produce a strong bitterness without it being harsh.

 

 

 

Yay! Another FH offering that is clear about its hop varietals. This pours a light golden hazy beer with a solid head. Smells of woodsy pine and hemlock. Taste is clean hops up front and proud of it, slightly dry with only a hint of malt. Lingering finish and no off notes. We've not had the others in this series and at this late date not likely to find them, but we're happy to get this. Look forward to repeating the experience next year.

 

 

draught
Radiant light orange with golden overtones, in appearance. Slight aroma of tangerine peel and malt. Mild IPA hop bite with mellow citrus peel taste.

The aroma is the best feature, with apricot, cut alfalfa, and juniper. Seriously bitter from the start, though clean and pungent. It's also quite acidic for the modest sensation of maltiness. Just slightly sweet to start and then endlessly sharp.

This seems hopped more to the IPA level, if there is still any distinction from the Pale Ale. Flavors are very robust and the aromatics are sensational. With the astringent aftertaste, though, it's one for the hard-core hop fiend. From the 22 oz bottle purchased at Haggen Market in Burlington.

 

 

 

Brilliant, clear, golden body; fine carbonation bubbles slowly rising; thick, sculpted head. Low-key aroma; some faint citrus, newly mowed grass. Excellent mild malt base in the flavor, biscuit; spicy hop character, some pine resin; fine hop bitterness. Medium body; crisp with some light coarseness; warm; excellent and soothing dryness.

This beer brings some great looks and mouthfeel to the game. The aroma is really subdued but the taste is nicely balanced with some nice complexity rolled into the package. A fine and enjoyable pale ale.

 

 

12 ounce can into tulip glass, canned on 9/10/2019. Pours slightly hazy medium golden amber color with a 1-2 finger fairly dense and fluffy off white head with great retention, that reduces to a small cap that lingering. Nice dense spotty foamy lacing clings on the glass, with a light amount of streaming carbonation. Aromas of big red grapefruit, tangerine, lemon, peach, pear, pineapple, apricot, passion fruit, mango, honeydew melon, berries, citrus peel/rind, wood, peppercorn, pine, cracker, white bread dough, lightly toasted biscuit, and herbal/floral/grassy earthiness. Damn nice aromas with great complexity and balance of citrus/fruity/tropical/fairly earthy hops and pale malt notes; with big strength. Taste of big red grapefruit, tangerine, lemon, peach, pear, pineapple, apricot, passion fruit, mango, honeydew melon, berries, citrus peel/rind, wood, peppercorn, pine, cracker, white bread dough, lightly toasted biscuit, and herbal/floral/grassy earthiness. Light-moderate pine, citrus peel/rind, herbal, floral, woody, grassy, peppery bitterness on the finish. Lingering notes of red grapefruit, tangerine, lemon, peach, pear, pineapple, apricot, passion fruit, mango, honeydew melon, berries, citrus peel/rind, wood, peppercorn, pine, cracker, white bread dough, lightly toasted biscuit, and herbal/floral/grassy earthiness on the finish for a good bit. Excellent complexity, robustness, and balance of citrus/fruity/tropical/fairly earthy hops and pale malt flavors; with a great malt/bitterness balance, and no astringent hop flavors after the finish. Medium carbonation and body; with a very smooth, moderately creamy/bready/grainy/sticky, and fairly crisp/resinous/rindy balanced mouthfeel that is great. Zero warming alcohol for 6%. Overall this is an excellent wet hopped American pale ale. All around great complexity, robustness, and balance of citrus/fruity/tropical/fairly earthy hops and pale malt flavors; very smooth, easy, and fairly crisp to drink with the mellowly bitter/resinous/drying finish; nicely soft feel and not aggressive. Awesome Centennial/Simcoe profile. Very vibrant and fairly juicy/dank/earthy hops; with a great clean pale malt backbone. Mild residual sweetness with crisp resin dryness. A very enjoyable offering, and impressive style example as expected. Loved the classic hop profile as expected.

22oz, 2019 bottling, Centennial + Simcoe®. Fresh, green aromas as soon as I open the bottle. In between freshly cut grass and fruit punch, if that makes any sense. Flavor starts out as a well controlled, balanced pale ale, with a vegetal hop cone flavor, but then waxy bitterness pulls through. There's actually a bitter aftertaste here, which could be tolerable in an IPA, but is entirely unexpected in an APA, fresh hops or not. I'm conflicted because I love what Fremont is doing with this series, but ultimately that bitterness just lets that beer down.

I had just a taste of this year's Citra + Amarillo and I remember thinking it was just ok. Certainly better than I'm liking this.