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Faultline Brewing #2

Walnut Creek, California, United States

(Closed)

1536 Cypress Street
Walnut Creek CA 94596
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Notes

Visited: September 4, 1997

Opened: 1996

Closed: 2000

Contributor: Diane Crawford

Refillable bottles available for take-out, or you can bring your own container and they'll charge you by the ounce. This Faultline location stopped brewing their own in mid-2000, but the restaurant remained open for some time.

Updated: January 27, 2009

Beer List

Alt Bier

German-Style Brown Ale/Düsseldorf-Style Altbier
- Date: September 4, 1997 (#2161)
  
  Package: draught
  
  Place: at the brewery
  
  Score: 13 points
  
  Overall Impression
  Red-brown, flat, a bit of haze, thick head. Very clean aroma. Thick, odd sweetness, vaguely like molasses, maybe. Hop flavor shows up late, but not bitter at all. Weird. Sticky at the end.

Best Bitter

(Special) Best Bitter

Date: September 4, 1997 (#2158)

Package: nitrogenated

Place: at the brewery

Score: 18 points

Overall Impression
Golden brown, flat, enormous tight head. Spicy-herbal aroma. Real chewy, bitter beer. "Satisfying" describes it completely. "Fantastic" would describe a cask-conditioned version...this one's served from a nitro-tap.

Burton Pale Ale

English-Style (Extra Special) Strong Bitter

Date: September 4, 1997 (#2159)

Package: draught

Place: at the brewery

Score: 16½ points

Overall Impression
Brown-amber, flat, good head. Spicy nose, like black pepper. Smooth, quite spicy and bitter, with a real pleasant clean finish.

Date: September 4, 1997 (#2156)

Package: draught

Place: at the brewery

Score: 15½ points

Overall Impression
Just a little darker than the Kölsch, almost no carbonation, good head. Pretty clean aroma. Good body, nice green Cascade hop flavor, good balance. Refreshing beer.

Date: September 4, 1997 (#2157)

Package: draught

Place: at the brewery

Score: 17 points

Overall Impression
Yellow opaque, OK head. Maybe a hint of banana aroma. (Damn allergies. Can't smell a thing.) Big, smooth, high carbonation, blast of sweet bananas, with cloves at the end.

Date: February 28, 1998 (#2421)

Package: real ale

Place: Magnolia Pub and Brewery, San Francisco CA

Score: 14 points

Overall Impression
Orange amber, good head. Some maltiness in the aroma. Thick, sweetish, OK bitter balance. Pretty smooth.

Date: September 4, 1997 (#2162)

Package: draught

Place: at the brewery

Score: 15½ points

Overall Impression
Amber, low carbonation, OK head. Citrusy-fruity nose. Big fruity bitter hops...start, finish, and beyond.

Date: September 4, 1997 (#2155)

Package: draught

Place: at the brewery

Score: 15 points

Overall Impression
Golden, moderate carbonation, nice head. Aroma a little malty. Nice malty beer, a little fruity, rather sweet.

Date: September 4, 1997 (#2160)

Package: draught

Place: at the brewery

Score: 15 points

Overall Impression
Brown-amber, flat, good head. Herbal aroma. Good body, sweet, with a blast of bitterness that is just not quite in-balance. Still, it's a good beer.

Date: September 4, 1997 (#2163)

Package: draught

Place: at the brewery

Score: 15 points

Overall Impression
Black, big brown head. Roasty smell, a little spicy. Pretty smooth, very bitter, with a lot of roastiness late.