Early in the 21st century, a vision was born. A dream to unite the land of brews, bring harmony to all who pledged their strength… and make some damn good beer. They who had the vision started the journey and thus began the story… nay… the legend of Bombastic Brewing.
Bombastic Brewing began in 2016. Inspired by the scale of Sierra Nevada, the “gypsy” model of Mikkeller, the business model of early Sam Adams, and the opportunity to make a positive impact in the world through craft beer, Russell Mann sold his retail beer business and set out to create an interesting craft brewery, built in a different model: Partner Brewing.
He took on two co-founders, and being thwarted from Partner Brewing by Johnny Law, Bombastic pivoted and started brewing on a 30, then 50 gallon system in a garage-style facility by the airport. Bombastic would roll open the big garage doors every Saturday to welcome the brave craft beer enthusiasts who showed up and had a great time, buying out every release.
16 oz can from Boise Coop. Black pour with a small, spotty brown head. Aroma is chocolate and coffee with some roasty malts. Taste mirrors the aroma with some very subtle banana flavors thrown in.
16 oz from a four pack. Aroma is dark bread, cake spices like clove, nutmeg, cinnamon, vanilla. Pours black with a small tan head with decent retention. Taste is slightly sweet, lightly bitter and savory with cake spice and bready flavors. Good stuff.
16oz can pours out black topped with a tan head. Nose is chocolate maple sweetness some ash coffee kick. Taste is more of the chocolate maple some ash and coffee.
16 oz from a four pack from the brewery. Aroma is dark bread, cigar ash, wet stone, coffee, light banana, hint of maple syrup. Pours black with a two finger dark tan head with excellent retention. Taste is moderately sweet and savory with a nice bitter edge balancing it out; ends slightly dry. The maple syrup comes through a lot more in flavor and the banana is more of an accent than the star of the show. This is a great beer that's not too sweet with a nice healthy bitterness to rein it in.
16oz can pours out dark brown topped with a small tan head. Nose is nice sweet chocolate vanilla. Taste is more of the nice sweet chocolate vanilla coffee.
Can. Pours near black with an earthy deep brown head that dissipates to the edges. Aroma has earthy dark grains and vanilla with a decent amount of chocolate supporting. Flavor is chocolate forward with light roast, some vanilla and a bit of dark grains.
Can from Tavour. Pours dark brown with a slight creamy tan head. Aroma of extremely nice coffee with some chocolate aspects. Arguably some smooth burnt malt comes through. Full bodied; silky/slick mouthfeel. Flavor is a fabulous mix of coffee, chocolate and smooth burnt malt. Not really very dry. Burnt malt bitter. Heat hits the brain, but not the mouth/throat. Wow. Excellent.
16 oz from a four pack bought at the brewery. Aroma is coffee, vanilla, mildly roasty, chocolate. Taste is light to moderately sweet with a nice bitter hoppy edge. The coffee and vanilla both come through nicely. Somewhat soft carbonation. Pretty tasty.