The First (1st) Nail
(has 1 batch)
Fremont Brewing Company in Seattle, Washington, United States 🇺🇸
Stout - Imperial Regular|
Score
7.58
|
|
We first brewed this beast to honor the Pine Box boys and their iconic Seattle beer nirvana. We liked it too much to let it go away, so The First Nail returns. An oatmeal stout of epic proportions with brewer’s licorice, smoked barley and aged on cinnamon bark. The Nail pounds your palate, challenges your perception of all that you’ve known of beer and leaves you wanting ... another sip. "A fine beer may be judged with only one sip, but it’s better to be thouroughly sure" -VWP.
Sign up to add a tick or review
7.5/10
—
Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8
Wax-dipped bomber. Pours abyss black with a medium tan head with great retention. Aroma is cinnamon, licorice, chocolate, earth. Taste is the same, pretty damn harsh, but nice flavor. Full oily palate. Tasty but extreme to a fault. I now know it’s possible for a beer to have too much flavor. Strong and very hard to drink.
Tried
on 25 May 2015
at 05:38
7.8/10
—
Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8
Due to artificial coloured illumination, appearance not estimable, arbitrary 4/5 Sweet, treacle, soy sauce, (cigar)tobacco perfume. Very sweet chocolate, cherries in chocolate, maltsyrup (in a good way), liquorice. Very slick, viscous, full-bodied, warming. Impressive, goes beyond the usual stout-like features. Thanks people for sharing!
Tried
on 25 May 2015
at 04:45
9.3/10
—
Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 9
Texture 10
Overall 10
Thanks for sharing! Sampled 650 ml. bottled @ Leuven Innovation Beer Festival. Black, little bubbles. Nose is he cinnamon, sweet oily syrup, warming, spirit barrel, thick chocolate malts, syrup,… Thick cinnamon, warming, syrup, chocolate, vanilla, sugar, creamy molasses, faint lquorish,… Very creamy & satisfying pleasant stout. Nice brew.
Tried
from Bottle
on 24 May 2015
at 16:02
8.1/10
—
Appearance 6
Aroma 9
Flavor 9
Texture 6
Overall 8.5
Imported from my RateBeer account as Fremont The First (1st) Nail (by Fremont Brewing Company):
Aroma: 9/10, Appearance: 3/5, Taste: 9/10, Palate: 3/5, Overall: 17/20, MyTotalScore: 4.1/5
24/V/15 - 1Pt. 6Fl. Oz. bottle @ LIBF (Leuven) - BB: n/a (2015-699) Thanks to the Belgian (and Dutch, and...) RB crew for sharing today's beers!
Clear deep purple brown beer, no head. Aroma: lots and lots of cinnamon, sweet, ginger bread, very spicy, caramel, bit sugary. MF: no carbon, full body. Taste: lots of cinnamon, caramel, spicy gingerbread, sugary. Aftertaste: more cinnamon, little bitter, alcohol, sugary, ginger bread.
Aroma: 9/10, Appearance: 3/5, Taste: 9/10, Palate: 3/5, Overall: 17/20, MyTotalScore: 4.1/5
24/V/15 - 1Pt. 6Fl. Oz. bottle @ LIBF (Leuven) - BB: n/a (2015-699) Thanks to the Belgian (and Dutch, and...) RB crew for sharing today's beers!
Clear deep purple brown beer, no head. Aroma: lots and lots of cinnamon, sweet, ginger bread, very spicy, caramel, bit sugary. MF: no carbon, full body. Taste: lots of cinnamon, caramel, spicy gingerbread, sugary. Aftertaste: more cinnamon, little bitter, alcohol, sugary, ginger bread.
Tried
from Bottle
on 24 May 2015
at 14:04
5.5/10
—
Appearance 8
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5
Draft pour at the brewery. Pours a cola like black color with a tan head. Strange aroma, with vanilla, licorice, and some vegetal sides to it. A lot of licorice in the flavor. More of a vegetable/spice beer than an imperial stout to me. A little tough to drink, but has some positive qualities about it. Hope.to give this another chance someday, but disappointed for now.
Tried
from Draft
on 17 Feb 2015
at 21:03
8.4/10
—
Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Bottle @ What the Funk Denver 2014. Black appearance with a brown head. Absolutely delicious nose. Cinnamon, dark chocolate, fudge, and roast in the nose. Somewhat sweet and a bit boozy but truly delicious flavor. Tons of fudge and cinnamon. Really reminds me of Abraxas without the chilies. One of my favorite beers of the festival.
Tried
from Bottle
on 11 Apr 2014
at 21:53