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New Fremont brew now on tap

Posted by Geeky Swedes on July 23rd, 2009

The Fremont Brewing Company just opened last week, and they’re already delivering to a dozen bars in town, including one in Ballard.

Fremont Brewing is the brainchild of a former attorney who is working hard to created a sustainable brewery. Right now The Dray is the only bar serving up the brewery’s new beer in Ballard, but they’ve been in talks with other nearby bars. For more, FremontUniverse.com took a tour of the new brewery.

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  • I live here
    Unfortunately, their spent grain has often been stored for days and weeks in open bins on the sidewalk of Albion Pl. Along with blocking the sidewalk, the spilled grain makes great rat food. The liquid runoff is allowed to enter the storm drain that empties into Lake Union. Not very good neighbors
  • Yikes, that's pretty bad. You'd think they'd want to avoid wrecking such a great PR move with such a lousy effect on the neighborhood. Have you complained to them?
  • chopper_74
    Sweet news.
    And from beer to Martha Stewart...nice posts!
  • Nice. I especially like their idea of making use of spent grain. I homebrew, and I always end up dumping lots of spent grain, even though I make dog biscuits out of a lot of it.

    Looks like their tasting room is right off the Burke-Gilman. Between them and Gilligan's, I'm feeling a bike pub crawl coming on.
  • bernie
    Can you share your spent-grain dog biscuit recipe?
    Thanks.
  • I shared it up above, but you'd probably have just as much luck with this:
    http://www.homebrewtalk.com/f39/spent-grain-mak...
  • NormFox
    Brewers have been reusing spent grain for years. When I worked at Pyramid 10+ years ago all of our spent grain wound up as hog feed.
  • ethel
    Oooh, you ought to make bread with it!
  • Monkeypilot
    My wife makes spent-grain bread and pretzels from the leftovers of my homebrewing.

    I'll have to try the dog biscuits too!
  • 4 cups spent grains (wet), 4 cups flour, 1 cup peanut butter, and an egg or two. Mix up, spread on a cookie sheet, score with a knife, bake for 20 minutes at 425 or so, then dry them out in the oven all night at about 250. Good for humans and dogs.
  • bernie
    Passing on a hearty "thank you" from both of our dogs.
  • Monkeypilot
    Awesome! Thanks!
  • Here's a variation, with a lot less flour. I think I'll try less flour next time:
    http://www.homebrewtalk.com/f39/spent-grain-mak...
  • Your dog will probably like them better than you will...
  • Monkeypilot
    LOL :-)
  • Sounds dangerous and amusing. Can I take pictures? ;-)
  • East to west: Redhook (optional), Big Time, Fremont Brewing, Gilligan's, Maritime. And that's just the breweries. Truly, we live in a magical city.
  • Monkeypilot
    Don't forget Hale's! Right on the trail!
  • Yeah -- I can't imagine how Hale's slipped my mind.
  • NoraBell
    Where is Gilligans? I've heard their name before.
    And, yes, it is a magical (hick-up!) city.
  • It's right behind Hale's (which I completely forgot about -- one more for the pub crawl):

    http://www.gilligansbrewingcompany.com/

    They're only open during the hours listed on their "Events" calendar. They get completely slammed with bicyclist traffic in the evenings these days.

    Unfortunately their lease is up in September.
  • NoraBell
    Damn. Just when I find out about a place the lease is up. Well, I'll find it and do enough drinking to help save it. :-)
    Thanks, Gurple!
  • Wasn't it Benjamin Franklin who said, "Beer is God's way of telling us that he has a sense of humor and likes to see us make fools of ourselves."
  • NormFox
    Don't know about that one but Franklin supposedly did say that "Beer is proof that God loves us and wants us to be happy"
  • Oh yeah, that's it. I always get that wrong!
  • chopper_74
    Beer, getting ugly folks laid for centuries...
  • NoraBell
    So do I, Silver. Then I just order another beer and it doesn't bother me anymore. ;-)
  • I resemble that remark...
  • SeaSpider
    Awesome! I really don't think it's possible to have too many breweries. Coffee shops? Yes. Sushi joints? Yes. Pretentious clothing stores? Yes. Breweries? Hell no!!!
  • lovetheparkingchange
    if only there were a bike trail to Fremont....no I will not let it go!
  • NoraBell
    Yet another reason to haunt The Dray. :-)
    Though look forward to the day they introduce something lighter, like a pilsner. Fremont blog says they just have an Ale and an IPA at the moment.
  • TTTCOTTH
    In order to be a partner in their effort of sustainability I will gladly return the unused portion of their beer, once it has passed through my kidneys.
  • Edog
    Light Beer for light weight! I can drink after an afternoon of drinking, never stop to lift the leg, and keep on packing it away!

    Bow Wow, Burp Gurgle, Bow Wow!
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