Fair Isle Brewing

Commercial Brewery | Seattle, WA, United States of America

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Affiliated Venues

Fair Isle Brewing (Seattle, WA, United States of America)

Beers

Overall average: 80 (logged 17 times)
Fair Isle / Bottleworks / Full Throttle Ardi: 92 (logged 1 time)
Saison / Farmhouse Ale
Fair Isle / Bottleworks Naledi: 83 (logged 1 time)
Saison / Farmhouse Ale
Fair Isle Alexandra: 83 (logged 2 times)
Saison / Farmhouse Ale
Fair Isle Andes: 83 (logged 1 time)
Saison / Farmhouse Ale
Fair Isle Baker: 83 (logged 1 time)
Saison / Farmhouse Ale
Fair Isle Bobbi: 83 (logged 1 time)
Saison / Farmhouse Ale
Fair Isle Fyn: 75 (logged 1 time)
Wild Ale
Fair Isle Gabriel: 75 (logged 2 times)
Saison / Farmhouse Ale
Fair Isle Hanami: 83 (logged 1 time)
Saison / Farmhouse Ale
Fair Isle Isabelle: 92 (logged 1 time)
Saison / Farmhouse Ale
Fair Isle Méi Zi: 92 (logged 1 time)
Saison / Farmhouse Ale
Fair Isle Montgomery: 75 (logged 1 time)
Wild Ale
Fair Isle Rankin: 50 (logged 1 time)
Stout
Fair Isle Salacia: 67 (logged 1 time)
Saison / Farmhouse Ale

Collaborations

Fair Isle / Otherlands Nikolai (collaboration): 83 (logged 1 time)
Saison / Farmhouse Ale

Logs for beers from this brewery

Indeterminate sour flavor, mellowed with buttery funk. But really nice.
Can
Fair Isle Rankin (Batch No. 3)
Wasn't a huge fan - hits you with a ton of whisky up front and the aging is on the sour side. It's not quite as "turned" tasting as I've encountered at places like Big Block, but this isn't really my favorite kind of stout.
Bottle at Odin Lounge
A consdierable increase in funk from the Alexandra and has none of the lightness or mellowness that tempered the tartness. This is much more one-note and I can't exactly claim to have detected hints of the sea.
Bottle at Odin Lounge
Fair Isle Alexandra (Batch No. 1)
A light, slightly tangy saison with a scent of grape and a mellow, lightly bitter grassy fragrance that is tea-like and subtle. Very nice and light.
Bottle at Odin Lounge
Floral, light, smells tart but isn't really. Definitely up the alley of what you'd expect from a hoppy sour. Bit of a bitter backbone from the hops.
Fair Isle Alexandra (Batch no. 1)
Lightly sour, dry and bitter. Light citrus notes.
Light plum with a grapefruit finish. Sweet cereal funk.
Funky and tart, vinous. Carries on all the way through.
Really unusual: definitely tart, dark, but with a light sense of mint through the flavor.
Like a really good ginger beer, except this is actually a beer! Slightly sweet, lots of ginger, dry lime tartness. Fair Isle continues to impress.
Hoppy, funky, sour. Quite dry. Finishes clean. I liked it but didn't have too much of it.
Somewhere between blueberry and raspberry, notably floral, no funk. Medium tart, very clean finish.
Dry, champagne-like. Dries out on the tongue which is probably from the tea. Delicious.
Bottle at Odin Lounge
Really, really good. Clean, dry mouthfeel with bright strawberry-like flavors, hints of florality, and a tart-to-clean finish. Had to buy a bottle of the Hanami afterwards, which looks related (but sencha based).
Fair Isle Bobbi (Batch no. 3)
Dry and fizzy, initial tartness mellows into a brett-funky, vinous flavor. The finish is almost uncannily clean. I would call this extremely tasty although maybe just adjacent to my ideal.
Bottle
Fair Isle Isabelle (Batch no. 1)
This was a super interesting beer, and I was at the collaboration winery so it was a natural choice. This is syrah-dominant -- basically it's wine, but lightened by the beer and given a moderate effervescence. The overall effect is a red champagne, airy but still dry and tannic, hints of raspberry. Felt perfect for a Valentine's dinner.