Fading Light
Foundation Brewing Company
- From:
- Foundation Brewing Company
- Maine, United States
- Style:
- Wild Ale
- ABV:
- 8.5%
- Score:
- 89
- Avg:
- 3.98 | pDev: 7.54%
- Ratings:
- | reviews: 4
- Status:
- Retired
- Rated:
- Mar 18, 2021
- Added:
- Feb 23, 2016
- Wants:
- 1
- Gots:
- 4
SCORE
89
Very Good
89
Very Good
Fading Light is a dark ale, layered with caramel and toasted malts, and aged for over a year with Brettanomyces. Flavors of dark fruit blend with notes of coffee and chocolate over a rich, earthy background. We hope you will raise a glass with us, celebrating the cycle of the sun’s fading light and the promise of its return.
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Rated by hopley from Massachusetts
4.42/5 rDev +11.1%
look: 5 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.5
4.42/5 rDev +11.1%
look: 5 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.5
2015 bottle, drank out of a tapered wineglass in March, 2021.
Mar 18, 2021
Reviewed by sublime_IGM from Vermont
3.89/5 rDev -2.3%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4
3.89/5 rDev -2.3%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4
Fading Light -- 500 ml
Bottled: December 6th, 2015
Look: Dark amber, fairly opaque although you can see through a little. Not a particularly prominent head.
Smell: Smells similar to a Belgian ale. Aroma not that strong, couldn’t really pick up on that much. Maybe a hint of chocolate.
Taste: way more complex than the smell. Strong yeasty aftertaste / swallow. The yeast fizzles at the back of your tongue for a number of moments. Mild sourness throughout the beer sip. Decent amount of funkness present in the beer. The yeast / earthy flavors are definitely the dominant players in this one. The beer sizzles while in your mouth. This intensifies as you swallow and slowly dissipates into a refreshing bitter finish. Not the normal hoppy bitterness that you may expect from and IPA, totally different. Very earthy.
Overall this beer is definitely an enjoyable different brew. I didn't really pick up on the dark fruit or chocolate nodes that they mentioned I should've. The yeasty earthy flavors were way more noticeable. If you like earthy bitterness or yeast, than definitely pick it up. I’m not sure I could drink this beer 5 nights in a row, but it’s worth picking up for a try.
Jan 19, 2017Bottled: December 6th, 2015
Look: Dark amber, fairly opaque although you can see through a little. Not a particularly prominent head.
Smell: Smells similar to a Belgian ale. Aroma not that strong, couldn’t really pick up on that much. Maybe a hint of chocolate.
Taste: way more complex than the smell. Strong yeasty aftertaste / swallow. The yeast fizzles at the back of your tongue for a number of moments. Mild sourness throughout the beer sip. Decent amount of funkness present in the beer. The yeast / earthy flavors are definitely the dominant players in this one. The beer sizzles while in your mouth. This intensifies as you swallow and slowly dissipates into a refreshing bitter finish. Not the normal hoppy bitterness that you may expect from and IPA, totally different. Very earthy.
Overall this beer is definitely an enjoyable different brew. I didn't really pick up on the dark fruit or chocolate nodes that they mentioned I should've. The yeasty earthy flavors were way more noticeable. If you like earthy bitterness or yeast, than definitely pick it up. I’m not sure I could drink this beer 5 nights in a row, but it’s worth picking up for a try.
Reviewed by Newbeergeek1 from Maine
4.01/5 rDev +0.8%
look: 4.25 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.25
4.01/5 rDev +0.8%
look: 4.25 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.25
Lucked out into two bottles from a friend. Dark pour, nice head but didn't last long and left some lacing. Overall taste was somewhat different than what I am used to from Foundation. LOTS of tastes going on for me. Hard to describe. Overall I am glad I scored two bottles. Can't wait to share the other one with friends. Hope they make some more.
Aug 21, 2016
Reviewed by Lonborgski from Maine
4.24/5 rDev +6.5%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.25
4.24/5 rDev +6.5%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.25
From 500 ml bottle purchased at brewery.
Deep dark brown color, creamy tan head.
Light brett smell with a hint of alcohol.
Balanced taste of caramel, maybe molasses, some brett, sour funk.
Feel has a bit of the Foundation tang, but not overpowering.
Overall, this is a slow sipping, full bodied winter beer.
Jul 09, 2016Deep dark brown color, creamy tan head.
Light brett smell with a hint of alcohol.
Balanced taste of caramel, maybe molasses, some brett, sour funk.
Feel has a bit of the Foundation tang, but not overpowering.
Overall, this is a slow sipping, full bodied winter beer.
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