Faction Brewing
Microbrewery
in
Alameda,
California,
United States 🇺🇸
Associated Venue: Faction Brewing
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6.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Draft. Golden beer with a cream head. Light summer fruit aroma with light herbal notes. Summer fruit and light herbal flavor. Medium bodied. Good bitterness. Summer fruit and light herbal notes linger with light spice.
Tried
from Draft
on 11 Nov 2022
at 18:12
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Poured from an undated 16 oz can. Aroma is hop forward with lots of passion fruit, orange, tropical citrus and stone fruit with light dank, pine and onion notes. Light cracker malt notes and hints of alcohol. Pours a slightly hazy, pale, golden straw color with a medium large, thick, pillowy, white head that recedes to a small film that lingers. Light lacing and faint legs. Flavor is slightly sweet with light cracker malt notes. Moderate bitterness and hints of alcohol. Medium light citrus and floral hop notes with light dank and stone fruit notes. Mouthfeel is medium light bodied with medium carbonation. Low astringency and low alcohol warmth. Overall, an alright pale ale but something is a bit off in this one. I'm not sure if it's the hop profile or off fermentation notes, but it's a bit odd. The mouthfeel and malt profile is light and easy drinking.
Tried
from Can
on 08 Oct 2022
at 03:53
6.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Can. Amber beer with a cream head. Grapefruit aroma. Grapefruit and light malt flavor with light summer fruit and light spice. Medium bodied. Good bitterness. Grapefruit and light malt linger with light summer fruit, light spice, and light herbal notes.
Tried
from Can
on 07 Jul 2022
at 22:24
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 8
Draft. Amber beer with a cream head. Tropical fruit and summer fruit aroma. Tropical fruit and grapefruit flavor with light pine. Medium bodied. Good bitterness. Tropical fruit and grapefruit linger with pine.
Tried
from Draft
on 06 Jul 2022
at 22:32
6.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7
Draft. Golden beer with an off-white head. Light sweet malt aroma. Malt and grass flavor with light mineral notes. Medium bodied. Malt and grass linger with light mineral notes.
Tried
from Draft
on 04 Jul 2022
at 20:18
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Draft. Straw beer with a cream head. Light malt aroma. Corn and malt flavor. Medium bodied. Corn and malt linger with light mineral notes.
Tried
from Draft
on 03 Jul 2022
at 18:12
7.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7
16oz can pours a clear dark gold with some creamy, white head. Nose is nice, and certainly reminiscent of spring. Flowers, some green grass, a little garlic scape, some light citrus. Flavor has a light grist followed by some citrus and soap and patchouli, flowers still, grass too. It's a little less dank in the mouth, but that's really my only complaint. Finishes dry, bitter, super drinkable. A nice bite.
Tried
from Can
on 12 May 2022
at 21:03
6.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
16oz can pours a clear gold with some creamy white hear. Nose has simple grist, honey, some sun tea, then grassy and orange notes. Flavors of dandelion and honey and grist, floral, light hand soap. Finishes dry, bitter, really easy to drink. 7 4 7 3 13
Tried
from Can
on 11 May 2022
at 10:49
7.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8
Draft. Amber beer with a cream head. Summer fruit and grapefruit aroma. Summer fruit and light grapefruit flavor. Medium bodied. Good bitterness. Summer fruit and light grapefruit linger with light tropical fruit.
Tried
from Draft
on 25 Mar 2022
at 21:55
8.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
On tap at Apex, pours a deep dark brown / near-black with a small tan head. Aroma brings out lots of bourbon barrels, dark dried fruits, and caramel. Flavour is very sweet, with loads of caramel, dark dried fruits and bourbon. Very very sweet, but at least there's some great depth here. The booze is hidden beneath the sugar. Tasty.
Tried
from Draft
on 21 Feb 2022
at 18:49