Fremont Brewing Company Ancient One - B-Bomb

Ancient One - B-Bomb

 

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

  Strong Ale Series Out of Production
Score
7.90
ABV: 14.0% IBU: 65 Ticks: 15
This year’s Ancient One B-bomb is a blend of 18 and 30-month B-bomb aged in 12 and 35-year old bourbon barrels. When we happened upon these rare, 35-year old bourbon barrels, we knew they would add an extra layer of intensity and complexity to B-bomb’s bourbon, oak, cacao, leather, and dark coffee notes. 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 Ancient B-bomb will age gracefully for at least another 5 years. Don’t Be Afraid To Be Abominable.

Down & Dirty: Pale, Chocolate, Roast, Carafa, Munich, and Dark Crystal malts with Columbus, Willamette, and Golding hops.
 

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7.4
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

Bottle at share. Near black pour, ring of beige head. Sweet aroma, chocolate Taste is sweet, alcohol burn, light chocolate. Lots of ABV, but not a lot backing it up.

Tried from Bottle on 24 Dec 2023 at 04:56


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

Bottle pour. Intense barrel notes, a bit smoother than Dark Star, slightly syrupy. Still great --- Beer merged from original tick of Ancient One B-bomb (2016) on 04 May 2023 at 16:31 - Score: 8. Original review text: Intense barrel notes, a bit smoother than Dark Star, slightly syrupy. Still great

Tried from Bottle on 08 May 2023 at 19:07


8

Nice and smooth

Tried from Bottle on 04 May 2023 at 16:31


9

Tried from Bottle on 24 Dec 2019 at 02:12


8.8
Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 9

Bottle @ Aaron Returns 2018! Pours black with a brown head. Aromas of sweet caramel, dark fruits, vanilla, licorice, toffee, light roast. Taste has lots of caramel, dark fruits, toffee, vanilla, licorice, leather, roast, booze.

Tried from Bottle on 06 Nov 2019 at 16:55


7.1
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

375ml bottle with two layers of wax, pours a dark black with some sticky, grey head. Nose has chocolate pudding, molasses, cinnamon, ancho, booze. Flavor is boozy, vanilla, cinnamon, chocolate covered raisin, caramel, coconut. Finishes hot with booze and spice. Drinks even heavier than 14%.

Tried from Bottle on 03 Dec 2017 at 19:10


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

Bottle 375ml. @ [ Radikal Whale slaying Tasting ] - Thessaloniki, Greece. [ As Fremont Ancient One - B-Bomb ].Clear dark black brown colour with a small to average, frothy, fair lacing, mostly diminishing, off-white head. Aroma is heavy malty, roasted, chocolate, coffee, buzzy, alcohol - bourbon. Flavor is heavy sweet and moderate to heavy bitter with a long duration, coffee, roasted, alcohol, bourbon, earthy, chocolate. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft. [20170429] 8-4-8-4-16

Tried from Bottle on 16 Jul 2017 at 09:59


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

375 ml bottle @ Radikal whale slaying, Thessaloniki. Dark brown almost black color with beige brown head. Malty aroma, light roasted, caramel, cocoa, dark dried fruits, vanilla, wood, alcohol. Heavy sweet and moderate bitter taste like aroma. Medium to full silky oily body with soft carbonation.

Tried from Bottle on 09 May 2017 at 15:45


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

Bottle at the radikal whale slaying. Thnx to Eric and Nikos. Pours black, small grey head. Smell is intensely boozy. Taste is full, complex, dark malts, some vanilla, mild chocolate notes. Nice.

Tried from Bottle on 29 Apr 2017 at 12:27