It's possible this is on the other side of the aging hump but you can't tell. Lots of coffee, so smooth. Bourbon/caramel and no alcohol harshness. Just about perfect.

Very smoothed out, just on the edge of getting raw on the alcohol side, but this is still so nice. A little more smoky, tiny bit tart, bourbon finish.

This beer is a lot, in a 2013 this would have been an unprecedent experience kind of "a lot". Lightly smokey, very sweet.

Juicy and lightly fruity; apricot and citrus. Mild cereal finish.

Thick, milky, light coffee. A bit too sweet, maybe. Finshes somwhere clean but with a sense of evaporated milk.

Musty but good

Light, chocolate, caramel. Really excellent. Enough barrel to show itself but not in your face.

Came on a little strong for my mood today.

I found this strangely subdued in flavor; not sure if it was the beer or if it was me. It still tasted very good - light molasses and plummy flavors fading into malt. And it's certainly been a while since I had a B-Bomb, but I just expected it to be more flamboyant, especially this young.

Quite sweet. Molasses, fruit, caramel finish. Grows on you as you drink it.

I mean, by this point you pretty much know what you're getting with this.

Really solid. The finish lingers nicely with toasty notes.

Sweet, malty, smooth. Hints of roast but it’s just really pleasant. The maple is certainly not as overt as it could have been (but that’s probably to its benefit).

I mean, yeaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhh

Sweet, a little smoky, lots of cinnamon straight up with a bit of an interesting twist that I think is the licorice. Finished a little tacky but it tastes thicker than it actually is. Definitely a dessert beer.

Kind of the platonic ideal of what I would like a double IPA to be. Forward hops, stonefruit, alpha bitterness, but it dissipates very fast and leaves you with a clean finish.

A streak of solid ratings. Never going to say no to a new Fremont stout that I've never seen before. Light textured stout with a lot of roast. Coffee. Creamy finish. Now that I read the description, though, can't say I really tasted any of that.

Very good. I wish I could remember more.

Sweet and port-like, strong in flavor all-around and pretty much what you might expect based on the description. You can taste the barleywine underneath but the barrel is pretty dominant here. Save this one for dessert.

So. I’m trying not to let the earlier IPA color this but a little fatigue is setting in. Dark and brooding, the way this sort of thing should be.

Intense, sweet, definitely cherries. Could deifnitely stand to mellow out with some aging.

Weird, but it'll do. Starts smooth, with candy-bar like coconut smoothness. The cinnamon is just barely in the background as a hint, but over time there's a harsh bitterness that builds up that seems like it might be coming from the spice. Overall, I'm not convinced there's any reason to mess with the old coconut variant.

Rummy molasses smell. I can't get over how flawless the taste is with this beer and how consistently great it is from year to year. Nothing that shouldn't be there and enough of what should be.

'Ol reliable. Nothing over the top, nothing too syrupy, too sweet, too alcohol-y, too malty, too whatever. A great way to ring in the new year.

I very much prefer this on CO2 but obviously still excellent

Delicious, as usual. I wish I'd taken more notes at the time, though.

Far too malty for my taste. Not what I typically go for in an IPA.

Espresso chocolate smell. Sweet burbony body omg so good.

Delicious, caramel, sweet, lightly fruity. I liked this a lot better than what I remember of the Brew 3000, but the difference may be because it was on draft.

Fresh hop smell and clean peppy taste. Just enough cereal flavor to carry things along.

Still doesn’t taste like peach.

This is good. Not sure I’m picking up the peach. Also, peach body lotion is a sign of poor character.

I really thought I liked the Ol' Greg, but this one took the same basic flavor profile and knocked it out of the park. More subtle up front and brighter all around.

SO SWEET.

Smooth, sweet, thick. Primary flavor is molasses, brown sugar. Hints of spice though I would not say licorice is overt.

Extremely sweet on nitro, like an alcoholic chocolate shake. Maple is slightly less prominent in this presentation, and the sweetness is a bit intense. Not as good as bottled by a fair bit.

Drank most of it before I remembered to take a picture. Fresh, citrus, pine, intensely flavored. Pithy, prickly finish.

Oatmeal sweetness, roast coffee, thin body, fairly ideal porter. No idea if this is actually made with oats.

Estery Belgian pale with a dry Brett finish. Light banana, grape, hint of white pepper and clove. Avoids overt hoppy or bitter flavors for the most part, just a kiss at the end. Finishes clean.

Still great, buttery, smooth, rich. Bourbon has become very-well integrated. Might have been a little too strong for lunchtime, but I'll never turn this down if it's available.

Two Kraken short of a triple Kraken

At first glance this is really good; a piney, hoppy IPA with a funky/cereal finish. After a while the resin builds up in pungency and it gets a little less great, but it's still a strong offering from Fremont.

Right. Thick. But not quite sold on the coconut.

Noticeably smoothed out after a year of aging, this was more of a creamy-sweet-but-not-at-all-cloying coconut candy beer. If you’re going to do a coconut beer, there is a way to do it dark, and a way to do it sweet. This is the apotheosis of the latter.

A little sad that they didn’t have this on nitro anymore, but this was remarkable nonetheless. Boozy, bourbony, sweet and delicious. Tiny bit raw around the edges from being young.

Unexpectedly dominant guava juice flavor in this hazy IPA. Could be that my palate was a bit burnt by the KBS, but this worked really well.

I don't have the non-fresh hop version to compare this with, but this seems more bitter and less fruity than I remember. Touch of dry resin. After some food this did taste smoother though.

Well, they're not lying. This is sour, and it tastes like cucumber and lemongrass. It's only mildly sour, but since the other flavors are not sweet at all, it'll pucker you a little bit. It at least will not make you think of savory Vietnamese food. It's not bad at all.

Smelled unpromising, like any number of spiced holiday stouts, but this is how you integrate spice into beer. Just enough cinnamon, ginger, whatever, to deliver the impression but the main attraction is a solid, smooth, light porter.

An excellent coffee porter, nutty and just on the edge of savory. Appreciated that this wasn't on the sweet side. Smooth and balanced.

Slightly more bitter than the other one, and less juicy. Less great overall.

Hazy, opaque, grapefruit. Not too sour, not too bitter. Juicy!

Grapey fruit flavors; otherwise, this is a Czech pilsner, grassy, bitter and bright.

Resinous, dark amber. Lots of juniper. Bitter.

Definitely better than the Field to Ferment. Similar opening, slightly more round and grapey, but with a much smoother finish. Good malt and a bit of buttery funk.

Super fragrant, pungent hop-fruity opening. Finish is higher alpha than I wanted, so I couldn't love this. But luckily, this wasn't the only beer I had.

Light and fresh.

Intense, syrup-thick and sweet, like a reductuon. Every other feature of this beer is very smooth out. A profound experience, even though it's too concentrated to easily enjoy.

Well, this was pretty much as awesome as you'd expect. Definitely smoothed down, although so were the holiday spices. Still, a very well-integrated, delicious glass.

And basically perfect, coffee edition.

Um, basically perfect, as usual.

Buttery helles lager notes with a sunny, citrus hop character on top. Very refreshing.

Dry opening, but with a very pleasant, cereal Kolsch follow through. There is a mild dry hop sheen on the very surface of the beer that gives it a more complex flavor, but it is overall, a light, summery beer.

I liked it.

I kind of like this it reminds me of a Summer shandy. With a very watery bitter lemon juice flavor running through the center.

This was a Malt & Vine tenth anniversary beer; clean fragrant wheat opening, with the wheat funk coming across as sweet, vaguely fruity and with a phantom smokiness. Not sure what the infusion was but there was a dry, slightly bitter fragrant citrus quality there... Buddha's Hand? Pommelo? Really tasty.

Best way to age an excellent beer without temptation is to forget you ever bought it! More than a year plus over the past tasting, this was still very much as I remembered, based on the notes. Still very sweet, still very much kissed with liquor, but malty and smooth and somehow balanced over all that. Still a winner, and glad that I have one left to boot!

Aftermath of the 2016 Big Wood Festival. I can't even remember.

The best of the three I've tried so far, and very different. Forward bitterness, but fades into some buttery diacetyl notes. Finish is a lot milder than the other two varieties. On the whole though, while it's better, it doesn't taste quite as fresh, and that keeps it from being excellent.

More enjoyable than the last time, although it still didn't match my memory of the Simcoe version. Finish is still a little too much alpha for me to really love.

Fragrant, round citrus opening, like a Mandarin orange or something, on par with other Fremont fresh hop offerings. However, the finish was a little too alpha for me and built up rather acridly over time. I need to seek out this year's Cowiche Canyon offerings.

Thick, black, and delicious.

I'm just not particularly impressed by this porter... It's not bad, but it's nothing special.

Hoppy, light-bodied pilsner with a fairly bitter finish. Good, lightly toasted cereal flavor.

Felt a tiny bit over-roasted and sour after the Oakshire. Putting Fremont as the loser is an unusual experience for me.

Super-fragrant, clean tropical fruit opening, reminiscent of other excellent Fremont IPAs. This one stands out with stronger toasted barley flavors. Very clean finish, with any bitterness coming from the malt, I think. I should grab a couple more of these before they disappear.

A little syrupy today for my taste but I'm kinda all over the place today

Cinnamon stands out, but the coffee is very subtle. Oaky, bourbony. Good.

Slight smoke, but much less than I would have expected. Really, the Islay influence was subtle. Lots of toffee up front and otherwise the super-refined BBomb experience that you'd expect. Delicious.

A little too sweet, strong cinamon flavors. Some coconut as well?

Sweet, bourbon, cinnamon, smooth, creamy. Adjectives.

Light smokiness, medium strong hops, roasted nuts.

Much more bitter with some woody flavors. I'm also getting some hints of marijuana in the smell?

Very citrusy and fresh. Not very bitter. Floral.

Of the two, this was a little spicier on the nose and more woody, resinous on the tongue. Similar to the citra / simcoe, but not nearly as fruity (as one might guess). Finish is a bit oiler, a bit more woody-bitter. Still very nice, but not quite as good as the first.

Rounded citrus hop flavor, kind of like Asian chewing gum (but in a good way). The flavor is just really, really appealing and unlike the hop presence in nearly any other beer I've tried. Just the barest hint of bitterness on the finish, and no oily resin sheen.

Delicious roasted coffee flavors. Nice sweetness.

Sweeter for sure than when had after the Brew 1000. And more... well, perfect. YUM.

A really delicious fresh hop ale, with tons of pine and fruit in the opening. Avoids feeling like an all essential-oil and resin and no body beer, although it is still pretty thin. But it's hard to fault the flavors that are there when they're so good.

Tastes dry and bitter after the brew 1000. Still pretty good

Really good, but do not drink this directly after the Brew 1000. The contrast in sweetness leaves this tasting a bit tart and ashy. A few minutes separation set everything right again, though. However - it does seem like this is getting less sweet each year. Am I imagining this?

Very smooth, sweet, buttery, dark fruit flavors. Boozy.

You know, this was so sweet -- sweet with malt, with whiskey, with toffee, but totally perfect in that context. Just a superbly constructed beer.

Wow.. Newly minted fresh hop snob because of this brew. Just the right amount of hop to it, crisp flavor profile.

Randall infused with strawberry, coconut and vanilla beans.

Randall infused with lime, orange and grapefruit.

A delight. Aged very well. Pulled in a more mellow bourbon flavor with hints of cinnamon and light fruit. Vintage from 2011.

Somewhere between a pale ale and a kölsch, with a bit of fruity, yeasty tang and what seems like fragrant dry-hopping, closing with cereal sweetness and pilsner-like bitterness.

It doesn't taste as syrupy to me two months old, but the feeling of concentrated hop resin is still here in force. Bitter and dank and best drunk slightly warmer, I think.

Hoppy foretaste, with lots of fruit and fragrant oils, with sweet malt but not too rich on the cereal. Finishes light. I imagine this is dry-hopped? Nice but not as good as my memory of last time.

Odd tin note at the front. Sweet on the finish.

I don't know if it immediately tastes like pineapple or coconut, but this beer is definitely pina-colada-ish in that vague, "I kind of remember partying in college" kind of way. Vaguely hoppy tropical fruit merges into a faintly nutty flavor that turns into a funky yeast nuttiness to finish. All that and you don't forget it's an IPA either.Have to admit, I liked it.

Not the typical flavor profile of a imperial. Fruity, sharp, and finishes malty. Still, well done. Very enjoyable.

Certainly the thickest beer I can remember drinking. There's a lot going on in this. First of all it's very sweet, almost syrupy. Strong roasted, malt flavors with more tamed licorice ones. Could not really taste the smoked barley though.

So thick and pungently sweet, a stout in the mold of a World Wide or maybe a non-barrel aged Berserker. Lots of molasses and spice: the anise there as a hint, the cinnamon more explicit. It's really good, but so in-your-face that some aging would probably much improve this.

Complex cinnamon flavor, rich cereal sweetness.

Strong pine notes on the front. Sweet brown sugar throughout. Heavy but tasty.

Delightful fruity IPA. Lovely pineapple notes at the front. Finishes smooth and crisp. Thank god I have another bottle!