December 19th, 2014
31 Beers of December – Day 19: Fremont Bourbon Abominable
@Fremontbrewing @99bottles @ 99pours
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During the 31 days of December, we will be sharing our favorite regional/winter seasonals/holiday beers with the help from our fellow beer bloggers. We hope that you tune in every day, to hear our stories and share our holiday cheer.
Fremont Bourbon Abominable
Blogger: Tiffany Adamowski
Website: 99 Bottles – http://99bottles.net & 99 Pours – http://99pours.com
Twitter / Facebook / Instagram: @99bottlesbeer @pours / http://facebook.com/99bottles / http://instagram.com/99bottlesbeer
About Tiffany: I love man’s best friends: dogs and craft beer. I co-own a specialty beer store in Federal Way, Washington where my unofficial title is “beer pimp.” I have two dogs: Earl, a Golden Retriever, and Bishop, a Brittany Spaniel.
Beer: Fremont Bourbon Abominable
Brewery: Fremont Brewing, Seattle, WA
Website: http://fremontbrewing.com
Twitter: @fremontbrewing
Beer Details:
– Style: Barrel-Aged Strong Ale
– ABV: 11%
– Malts: 2-Row Pale, Crystal-120, Munich, Roast Barley, Carafa-2, Chocolate
– Hops: Columbus, Willamette, US Goldings
– Availability: Released annually each winter; extremely limited
Commercial Description:
Lovingly referred to by locals as the B-BOMB, this bourbon barrel-aged edition of our winter ale has a warming spicy aroma and rich carmelly notes of bourbon, wood and vanilla added to dark roasty chocolaty malt flavors and subtle hopping.The 2014 release of B-Bomb is aged in 12 & 15-year-old American Oak Whiskey barrels and is a blend of 24 & 12-month old barrel strength Abominable Ale. B-Bomb achieves distinct bourbon, oak, cacao, leather, and dark coffee notes from its extended barrel aging and barrel blending. Each barrel contributes a different note and combining each barrel to create a coherent tone is a distinct art and true pleasure. Please do enjoy this unique barrel-aged ale today, but know that B-Bomb will age gracefully for at least another 5 years. Don’t be afraid to be Abominable.
2012 Bronze Award, Wood & Barrel Aged Strong Beer, World Beer Cup
Why I selected Fremont Bourbon Abominable:
There are those beers that are released once a year; those beers that you think about throughout the year, thinking “I can’t wait ‘til it’s in season!” Fremont’s Bourbon Barrel-Aged Abominable (nicknamed “B-Bomb”) is one of those beers.
I’m known to nurse my beers, taking my own sweet time, which makes B-Bomb a perfect beer for me; it’ll take me nearly four hours to sip through this bomber.
B-Bomb is smooth, rich, and decadent. At 11%-ABV, it’s a beer that warms you from lips to toes, while coating your mouth with flavors of dark and milk chocolates, vanilla, leather, and sticky sweet bourbon. The stickiness and the full flavors leave me constantly licking my lips and pleasuring my taste buds.
It’s so sticky that my glass starts sparkling clean, but by the end of the bottle, the glass is ridden with sticky lip and finger prints. B-Bomb is dessert in a glass.
This year my first bottle was shared with the 99 Bottles’s staff, but this second bottle I enjoyed almost entirely to myself— with little Bishop trying to edge in a time or two.
About 99Bottles & 99Pours:
I keep two blogs— One for folks who shop at my beer store, 99 Bottles, which features beers, events and other information that craft beer lovers may find useful, and 99 Pours, my personal blog of what it’s like run a small business in the beer industry. If you want to see what beers I’m drinking and my thoughts on them, the best place to follow me is on Untappd. https://untappd.com/user/99bottles
About Fremont Brewing Co:
Fremont Brewing was born of our love for our home and history as well as the desire to prove that beer made with the finest local ingredients – organic when possible – is not the wave of the future but the doorway to beer’s history. Starting a brewery in the midst of the Great Recession is clearly an act of passion. We invite you to come along with us and enjoy that passion … Because Beer Matters.
Fremont Brewing is located in Seattle’s Fremont neighborhood, which is industrial and sleekly postmodern – home to artists, fisherpeople, tradespeople, technology geeks, and lots of beer lovers. And, for those who don’t know, Washington State is home to the second largest hop growing region in the world.
Founder/Owner Matt Lincecum is a long-time environmentalist, community organizer, and home brewer. But to make a living, he became an attorney and specialized in beverage and hospitality law. As fun as that sounds, Matt decided that instead of spending his time making other people’s dreams of owning a bar or restaurant or brewery come true, he should realize his own latent and undisclosed-to-his-wife desire to start a microbrewery.
Visit the brewery online at http://fremontbrewing.com