Fremont Brewing Company B-Bomb

B-Bomb

 

Fremont Brewing Company in Seattle, Washington, United States 🇺🇸

  Strong Ale - American Rotating
Score
8.15
ABV: 14.0% IBU: - Ticks: 159
Bourbon Barrel Aged Imperial Winter Ale

This year’s release of B-Bomb is aged in 8–12-year-old American Oak bourbon barrels and is a blend of 9, 12, and 24-month old barrel-aged Winter Ale. B-Bomb achieves distinct bourbon, oak, cacao, leather, toffee, 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.

Down & Dirty: 2-Row Pale, Crystal-120, Munich, Roast Barley, Carafa-2, and Chocolate malts with Columbus, Willamette, and US Goldings hops.

FORMERLY KNOWN AS BOURBON ABOMINABLE
 

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Tried on 14 May 2022 at 12:02


7.8
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8

Bottle (2020 edition) pour from Valley Beverage, Sherman Oaks. It's an opaque black with finger-width tan head with poor retention, decent viscosity and no lacing. Aroma is strong bourbon, caramel and dark fruits. Woody character as it sits. Taste is strong caramel and dark fruits, over bourbon and mild chocolate. Mouthfeel is light-to-medium bodied with thin, smooth texture, soft carbonation, esophageal warmth and finish as taste. Overall, bourbon is not overblown, which is a plus, and good balance but was expecting a bit more.

Tried from Bottle on 07 May 2022 at 02:19


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Tried on 14 Feb 2022 at 01:19


8.1
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5

Poured from 650mL bottle (2021 vintage) @ Black Valentines. Bourbon, oak, chocolate, vanilla. Really nice.

Tried from Bottle on 13 Feb 2022 at 00:00


8.6
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5

4/I/22 - 1Pt. 6Fl. Oz. bottle as a gift, shared @ ElManana+1’s place, BB: n/a, 2013 edition (2022-22)

Clear dark brown beer, small creamy beige head, unstable, non adhesive. Aroma: nice roast, bit oxidized, spicy, dusty, wood, whisky, vanilla. MF: ok carbon, medium to full body. Taste: nice, lots of alcohol, good roast, bit sweet, chocolate, bitter, alcohol, sweet, lovely. Aftertaste: more alcohol, vanilla, bit sourish, roastd, bitter, dark chocolate, coffee, good stuff, some soy sauce, more whisky.

Tried from Bottle on 04 Jan 2022 at 19:30


9

Aroma is amazing, bourbon, chocolate, vanilla, typical lovely us white oak, some leather, cacao nibs, toffee, great stuff… this complexity can’t be found in European beers.. 💪🏻 well it’s a 4.4 or 4.3 btw…

Tried from Bottle on 21 Oct 2021 at 19:49


9

Super smooth, slightly buttery, bourbon notes

Tried from Bottle on 14 Aug 2021 at 18:21


8.4
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5

Bottle at the 'Should have been at Pig's Ear' tasting, from Beerdome online, 04/12/20. Pitch black with a solid tan cap. Nose is big roast, chocolate melt, coconut, charr, spice, dark malts, cinnamon, toffee fudge. Taste comprises dark malts, mellow roast, chocolate, light coconut shavings, dried fruits, molasses, figs, spice, modest barrel tones. Full bodied, fine carbonation, semi drying close with a balanced rising boost. Solid work.

Tried from Bottle on 10 May 2021 at 08:57


8

Zoet, chocolade, flinke bourbon, heerlijk boozy, zacht, roasty, genieten.

Tried from Bottle on 21 Feb 2021 at 19:14


7.8
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 9

From weihenweizen: pours dark brown with a pretty beige head. Aroma is bourbon, wood, vanilla, cake batter. Taste is boozy, somewhat bitter, woody. The barrel is doing a lot of work here but it is not soaking the beer too much. Spice, vanilla and burn. Nice stuff. This is a 2017 bottle FYI.

Tried from Bottle on 27 Dec 2020 at 01:39