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Fremont Brewing Company

(review from April 2024) Wonderfully well balanced, tasty 2x NE ipa with good mouthfeel; light haze; a complex, subtle melony/fruityish-kinda/very understated tropical flavor; low hoppiness & an incredibly smooth fooler of an 8%er that drinks like less. Oats & wheat add softness.

 

 

 

 

Great if you like hazy IPA’s. Easy drinking with strong stonefruit and tropical fruit, and some malt flavors (toasted grain, etc), though not too sweet and with a high gravity. Intense, heavy mouthfeel. Among my favorite Hazys I’ve had.

2024-04-28
32oz crowler poured in a large stein. Crowler was filled 5 days ago, when I ordered it online. Picked it up at the brewery today.

Pours a mostly clear amber-gold, with a big chunky head and lots of carbonation. Smell is citrus zest, citrus rind, light crackery malts, some floral notes. Lemon is probably dominant.

Taste is a little boozy, lots of pine bitter, moderate sweetness, crackeriness is gone. Orange blossoms and cut leaves.

Mouthfeel is on the heavy side of medium, slightly chewy, not sticky, maybe could use a bit more carbonation (but, it has been in a crowler for five days). Overall, pretty good.

Pour is a golden amber, unfiltered and slightly hazy. Head is light but persistant; solid lacing. Nose is present, but faintly floral and lightly dank. So far, so good. Taste is hoppy and flavorful, no bitterness and modest finish. Lots of tastes, picking up a bit of fruit and herbal in the finish. Mouthfeel is good, the 8% ABV is definitely present. All together, a serviceable DIPA and quite drinkable, just lacks the oomph to but it into the top toptier.

16oz tallboy can purchased at Huckleberry's, in Spokane, WA, for $4.99. According to the stamp on the bottom of the can, this was canned on February 28, 2024.

Poured into a pseudo-IPA glass, this was a quite hazy, but not opaque, golden amber color, with a big, pillowy off-white head. Lots of lace.

Initially, the nose seemed dominated by orangey citrus fruit-like aromas. As it warmed, I could also pick out scents that reminded me of melon and pineapple.

Similar to the nose in the taste up front, but there's a backing that reminds me of vanilla, and there's a bit of a peach-like flavor as well. Finishes fairly soft.

Medium bodied, with a fairly creamy mouth feel.

As hazy DIPAs go, this isn't a bad one. I'd definitely hit it again.

 

hazy tarnished gold with a small lasting white head. Aromas of straw, pineapple, orange and light pine. Palate was light bodied and crisp with a dry finish. Flavors of straw, pineapple and light fruitiness with a crisp dry lingering bitter finish.

From a 4-pack picked up at Growlers on Main in Polson, MT
16oz can poured into a Monkless tulip

P gold/orange with a slight haze; 2f foamy white head; heavy lace left behind; med active carbonation
N med aroma of melon and stone fruit
T stone fruit, fleshy peach with some zing, and citrus over caramel malt; some dank resiny notes in the finish, pleasant
Mf med to med-full bodied w/ med-high to high carb; a touch sticky; works well with the profile
O a pleasant DIPA for sure; profile is fairly assertive for a hazy (ventures a bit into WC territory, imo), but I'm not complaining at all; would have again

Review date: 04.01.24
Can date: 02.28.24

 

Fresh 16oz can pours hazy gold into a nonic...huge, fluffy off-white head caps the brew. This is a new offering, a collab with Weldwerks, so my expectations are high. Strong notes of stone fruit, pineapple, and melon, earthy throughout with a light vanilla presence as well. Familiar cereal background from the oats and wheat, mild bitterness, medium-bodied. There is something about Idaho 7 beers I don't tend to enjoy the most, but this one was easily the best I've tried, at least that I know of.