Introducing Action-Reaction. A collaboration, between Fremont Brewing Company and New Belgium Brewing, two years in the making.
Like so many collaborations in the beer industry, it starts during a conversation. These days, that conversation occurs not sitting at a table but an internet video call or email. But this one’s special because it involved two exciting breweries both with a breadth of experience in barrel-aging. But all this wouldn’t have occurred without a chance meeting between Joe Kirpes, a Sales Representative from Fremont Brewing Company and New Belgium, at the “Treefort Music & Beer Festival”.
Back in 2019, as the music played and the imbibers swayed, Joe and New Belgium discussed how Seattle’s Fremont Brewing Company and Fort Collins’ New Belgium Brewing Company could make a beer together. The result is a blended sour made from one part Fremont B-Bomb and one part New Belgium’s Sour Lager, Oscar. Introducing Action-Reaction.
image sourced from Fremont Brewing Company
We started with Fremont’s B-Bomb, a bourbon barrel-aged imperial winter ale. This was it! The aromas completely engulf you in toffee, chocolate, vanilla, bourbon and barrel char. Add to that our Oscar dark sour lager, and boom: A beer that starts intensely sweet and thick, warm and boozy with a perfect balance of sourness and does not let up. It’s not for the faint of heart, but if you need an inside sweater this winter season, it fits quite well.” Said New Belgium’s Lauren Limbach, Wood Cellar Director and Blender
Chances are, you’ve seen this beer on the shelf at local bottle shops and grocery stores.
Distributed by New Belgium Brewing Company, the beer got an early release wherever New Belgium’s beer was sold. But Fremont realizes that not everyone shops where New Belgium beers are sold, so they are selling some at their brewery.
Starting on January 28th, Fremont Brewing Company is selling a select amount of Action-Reaction online from 12 pm until its sold out. With a scheduled pickup of January 30th, you’re invited to judge for yourself what a Nitro Barrel-aged Sour Stout means to you.
For more information, visit https://www.newbelgium.com/beer/action-reaction/ as Fremont Brewing Company currently has no information on their website.
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About Fremont Brewing:
We are an independent, family-owned, award-winning craft brewery founded in 2009 to brew small-batch artisan beers made with the best local ingredients we can find…Because Beer Matters! Fremont Brewing is known for its barrel-aged beers including B-Bomb Imperial Winter Ale, The Rusty Nail, an Imperial Stout with Licorice and Cinnamon Bark and Bourbon Barrel Aged Dark Star Imperial Oatmeal Stout. Fremont’s year-round offerings include Lush IPA®, Golden Pilsner, Interurban® IPA, Sky Kraken Hazy Pale Ale, Dark Star Imperial Oatmeal Stout and creative one-off beers, such as its Head Full of Dynomite Hazy IPA Series and the Field to Ferment fresh hop series. Fremont Brewing…Because Beer Matters! www.fremontbrewing.com
About New Belgium Brewing
New Belgium Brewing is recognized as a leader in sustainability and social responsibility. Founded in 1991 in Fort Collins, Colorado, the company expanded to Asheville, North Carolina in 2016 and Denver, Colorado in 2018 and is now the 4th largest craft brewery in the U.S. Dedicated to proving that business can be a force for good, New Belgium is a Certified B Corp and was the first brewery to join 1% for the Planet. The brewery has donated over $26 million to charitable causes since 1991. New Belgium is famous for its flagship beer, Fat Tire Amber Ale, along with year-round favorites like Voodoo Ranger IPA, Mural Agua Fresca Cerveza, and La Folie Sour Brown Ale; as well as an award-winning wood-aged sour program and innovative limited release beers. To learn more about the full product lineup and New Belgium’s Human Powered Business model, visit NewBelgium.com
