Faithfull Ale
Dogfish Head Craft Brewery in Milton, Delaware, United States 🇺🇸
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6.35
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Faithfull Ale is a celebration of Pearl Jam's 20th anniversary as a band and its extraordinary debut album, "Ten." In recognition of these milestones, this Belgian-style golden ale is delicately hopped to 20 IBUs and fruit-forward from 10 incremental additions of black currants over a one-hour boil. Faithfull clocks in at 7% ABV.
"To me, 'Ten' is the perfect example of a record-lover's-record. The whole thing rocks," says Dogfish Head President & Founder Sam Calagione. "As an off-centered brewery, we believe in celebrating the breadth of our whole portfolio and we feel an affinity for Pearl Jam a long-player band in a singles-obsessed world."
Faithfull Ale is the third beer in our Music Series, following our Miles Davis-inspired Bitches Brew and our beer tribute to blues man Robert Johnson, Hellhound On My Ale.
For more on the band and their 20th anniversary celebration, visit www.pearljam.com and www.pj20.com.
"To me, 'Ten' is the perfect example of a record-lover's-record. The whole thing rocks," says Dogfish Head President & Founder Sam Calagione. "As an off-centered brewery, we believe in celebrating the breadth of our whole portfolio and we feel an affinity for Pearl Jam a long-player band in a singles-obsessed world."
Faithfull Ale is the third beer in our Music Series, following our Miles Davis-inspired Bitches Brew and our beer tribute to blues man Robert Johnson, Hellhound On My Ale.
For more on the band and their 20th anniversary celebration, visit www.pearljam.com and www.pj20.com.
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6.3/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Bottle from Secret Santa. Blonde with a purple haze. Blackcurrant in the aroma. Malty sweetish, just a bit alcoholic and perfumed flavor with blackcurrant notes Sweetish, a bit sticky. Pearl Jam deserves a better tribute.
Tried
from Bottle
on 26 Aug 2019
at 12:06
2/10
Tried
on 15 May 2015
at 20:25
5.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Light orangish color with an off-white head with short duration. Aroma has notes of some fruits and honey hints. Flavor is slightly sweet with light maltiness and floral notes. Slightly sweet final with some honey notes.
Tried
on 24 Aug 2014
at 16:37
8.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 9
I shared this with my dad for his birthday last year.
We both had this poured into stemless snifters.
The appearance was a nice hazy golden yellow to orange color with a decent one finger white foamy head that dissipated within less than a minute. There was some light lacing sticking finely to the glass.
The smell had a nice blend of sweet Belgian spices well allocated within an amplified yeasty b readiness with some sugared fruits to round it out.
The taste was mainly sweet and spicey still allowing a nice light fruitiness to come out.
On the palate, it sits about a light to medium on the body with a pretty good sessionability about it.
Overall, wow, what a freaking nice beer that went extremely well with a peppercorn spiced NY Strip steak.
We both had this poured into stemless snifters.
The appearance was a nice hazy golden yellow to orange color with a decent one finger white foamy head that dissipated within less than a minute. There was some light lacing sticking finely to the glass.
The smell had a nice blend of sweet Belgian spices well allocated within an amplified yeasty b readiness with some sugared fruits to round it out.
The taste was mainly sweet and spicey still allowing a nice light fruitiness to come out.
On the palate, it sits about a light to medium on the body with a pretty good sessionability about it.
Overall, wow, what a freaking nice beer that went extremely well with a peppercorn spiced NY Strip steak.
Tried
on 11 Jun 2014
at 16:36
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 8
750ml shared at Madison tasting. Hazy golden tan body. Thin, oliy, steady off-white head. Smooth and refined, but a little overpriced to say the least..this beer should have been in sixpacks. Enjoyable enough, mellow currant tones, smooth golden malt. Some mild honey in the finish. Not quite World Class, but enjoyable.
Tried
on 12 Apr 2013
at 19:57
6.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Bottle as shown. Pours a cloudy yellow with a small off white head. The aroma is a strong fruity malt and yeast. Thin mouthfeel with a sweet fruit flavor and grain with a sweet finish. A good fruit beer from Dogfish Head.
Tried
from Bottle
on 20 Sep 2012
at 20:15
6.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottle. Pours a slightly hazy golden color with a small white head. Has a fruity malty berry black currant aroma. Fruity malty berry flavor with hints of caramel. Has a fruity malty slightly berry black currant finish with some bitterhints.
Tried
from Bottle
on 28 Aug 2012
at 07:12
5.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 5
Expensive 750mL pours clear dark gold with really no head at all. The aroma is sugary berry cotton candy with lagery notes around the edges. The taste is similar, sadly, with bold berry like sticky syrup covered cotton candy sweetness running into some berry skin tartness at the edges of the experience. The syrupy sugar sweetness just over does this. I just had the amazing currant infused Heart of Darkness mead which was simply stunning. This just comes up so short on the rich currant potential that is possible. Disappointing for sure.
Tried
from Can
on 01 Jul 2012
at 06:22
5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 4
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 4
Bottle - thanks to pellegjr. Honestly I had to have this more for the bottle than anything else. I still have my cassette tape and TEN was my first cd ever. Huge fan. A golden lager with currants... not expecting much here so I wasn’t let down. Pretty tame DFH, pretty tame. The currants were barely present and this came off as a pretty malty golden ale. While it’s cool to do a celebration ale and all I might have been better off never opening this one.
Tried
from Bottle
on 20 May 2012
at 19:28
6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Bottle: Poured a clear bright golden color ale with a large pure white foamy head. Aroma consists of light sweet malt base with note of currants and light fruity ester. Taste is an unbalanced mix between some lightly sweet malt notes with some currant notes and some weird cough syrup notes detectable in the background. Body is about average with good carbonation and no apparent alcohol. Another experience that is not a total hit.
Tried
from Bottle
on 07 May 2012
at 13:05