Faction Brewing

Microbrewery in Alameda, California, United States 🇺🇸
Associated Venue: Faction Brewing

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2501 Monarch St, Alameda, CA, 94501, United States

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7.2/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 8 Texture 6 Overall 8
Draft. Amber beer with a cream head. Light tart aroma with grapefruit. Brett and grapefruit flavor with summer fruit. Medium bodied. Good bitterness. Brett and grapefruit linger with summer fruit.
Tried from Draft on 12 Jul 2014 at 10:03

6.9/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7.5
Draft. Amber beer with a cream head. Grapefruit and pine aroma. Light cereal and grapefruit flavor with summer fruit and pine. Medium bodied. Good bitterness. Summer fruit and grapefruit linger with light cereal and light pine.
Tried from Draft on 12 Jul 2014 at 10:01

8.1/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 10 Overall 7.5
Tap. Clear golden, small white head, good lacing. Aroma is really nice and tropical, Passionfruit, mango, a nice dankness, cat piss, a touch of yeast. Flavor is light sweet, light bitter, quite tropical, fruity, dank, some pine. Not harsh at all. Light to medium body, average carbonation. Really tasty, particularly impressive if it is really a sub 5% beer.
Tried from Draft on 28 Jun 2014 at 13:03

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Tap @Faction. Pours crystal clear orange with a small off-white head that dissipates quickly leaving decent lacing. Aroma is Alpine-esque (a good thing), citrus, dank leaves, passionfruit, pine, mango, sex. Flavor is light sweet, light bitter, dank, not harsh. Medium body. No Brett here, and as I recall, the board stated that the Faction version did NOT have Brett, while the Anchorage version did.
Tried from Draft on 11 Jun 2014 at 14:52

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Tap @Faction. Pours clear chestnut, small tan head that dissipates quickly with some lacing. Aroma is pot, pine, roasty, citrus, more pot, roasted malts. Flavor is light sweet, light bitter, not harsh. Medium body with a bit of acidity. Lingering bitter finish. Nice.
Tried from Draft on 11 Jun 2014 at 14:48

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Tap. Pours hazy golden with a small white head that dissipates quickly with some lacing on the glass. Aroma is green apple, pear, yeast, pepper. Flavor is spicy pear, pepper, jolly rancher, grass. Medium sweet, light bitter, spicy, apples. Lightish body and a bit acidic.
Tried from Draft on 11 Jun 2014 at 14:46

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Sample at Culmination Fest: Poured a dark brown almost black with a beige head. Aroma was strong malts, coffee, and chocolate. Taste was similar with malts, light coffee, and a smooth milky chocolate finish.
Tried on 29 May 2014 at 20:59

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Draft at Culmination Fest: Poured a copper orange with white head. Aroma was very fruity, hops, and citrus. Taste was strong citrus and hops with a tongue drying finish.
Tried from Draft on 26 May 2014 at 19:46

6.9/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7.5
On tap at Steins. Pours opaque with brownish-red highlights. Minimal head dissipates quickly. Overt roast and moderate cocoa aroma. Taste is heavy roast and slight ash. Moderate alcohol warmth. Finishes slightly dry.
Tried from Draft on 25 May 2014 at 19:47

6.4/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 6 Texture 4 Overall 7.5
Orange gold, clear, small white head, sticky. Lots of caramel malt, pineapple tangerine hops, no booze surprisingly, floral. Quite sweet, good hop flavor but it’s a bit dominated by all of that malt sugar, finishes sweet and malty, pleasant malt flavor but it’s just not how I like my DIPAs. Slick, heavy feel, no booze but a lot of sugar.
Tried on 21 May 2014 at 17:04