Fremont Brewing Company
(short notes)
Fremont, California
Beers reviewed December 24 1996 at brewpub.
| Mission Wheat | American Wheat Ale | * * 1/2 |
| Filtered beer, served with a lemon. Fairly innocuous, standard American Wheat. Empty aroma, dry finish, wheaty middle. |
| California Amber Ale | American Amber Ale | * * * 1/2 |
| Hopped with Clusters and Cascades. Appropriate crystal note, good well balanced Amber, remniscient of Red Tail (only better). |
| Kolsch | American-brewed Kolsch | * * 1/2 |
| Dry overall, malty middle, some diacetyl! Innapprorpiate for style, but there is a slight winey finish. |
| Great Full Red | ?? | * * * 1/2 |
| Malty aroma, with earthy hopping (Fuggle?). Malt dominates, perhaps Vienna? Not a crystal character. Hoppiness subdued overall. Perhaps an attempt at an English Bitter? |
| ESB | ESB | * * * 1/2 |
| Very nice. Good hoppy character with a bit of ooomph bitterness. Bitterness lingers. Too hoppy for an ESB perhaps. |
| Porter | Porter | * * * * |
| Excellent roasty/coffee aroma. Nice malty/slightly roasty flavor. Excellent brown porter overall! |