Fountain Microbrewery Tasting Session

Fountain Microbrewery Tasting Session
21 Jurong Town Hall Road
#02-00 Snow City

https://fountain.com.sg/

This was an invited media review. I did not pay for the meal during the free hosted tasting session.
Attended with representatives from Her Pen And Fork, msginginly, Eat Dream Love, Doris Goh, Alan Woo, Epicurious Caniggia, and Chubby Botak Koala.

Sausage Platter (SGD $32)

Craft Beer Brewery With Tasty Dishes

(Ratings: On a scale of 1 to 10, with 1 = Worst and 10 = Best)
Overall: 7
Ambience & Setting: 7
Food & Beverage: 8
Service: 7
Value for Money: 7
Budget about SGD $42++ per person.


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Opening in November 2011 within the Snow City tourist attraction in Singapore, Fountain Microbrewery is a craft beer brewery and casual Western style gastropub. The focus here is on quality over quantity, despite the limited range of options on the menu, the available dishes and beverages at Fountain Microbrewery are tasty and well executed.

Fountain Microbrewery Signage

Fountain Microbrewery Signage

Ambience at Fountain Microbrewery is casual and relaxing. The interior seating is spacious and brightly lit with warm lighting, the high wooden tables accompanied by colourful and comfortable cushioned high chairs in green and orange hues. The exterior seating is great on cool days, though exposed to the elements. Big metal brewing vats line the back wall, drawing the eye with its gleaming metal polish.

Fountain Microbrewery Exterior

Fountain Microbrewery Interior

Service at Fountain Microbrewery is friendly and casual. Staff display decent product knowledge, briefly introducing each dish as they serve. I note they clean up quickly when diners are done. However, they oddly ignore guests who arrive; there's a noticable lack of greeting unless you know them personally. There was no indication that one of the side doors was closed either, leaving us standing outside wondering.

Seating Outdoors

Seating Indoors

Food at Fountain Microbrewery generally consists of Western style, Modern Singaporean cuisine, with finger food dominating. No surprise, considering they are a craft beer brewery; people come here for drinks. The quality of dishes is consistently above average for now, thanks to good quality control. Portions are either sized for individuals, or for communal group dining. Prices are comparable to other gastropubs, budget about SGD $42++ per person.

Beer Brewing Vats

Craft Beers

Craft Beers

The Beer White Wash Weizen (SGD $18) has a fresh and fruity feel, with a mild aroma that calls to mind the summer breeze.

Beer White Wash Weizen (SGD $18)

Beer White Wash Weizen

The Beer Fresh Start Lager (SGD $18) is cool and crisp, with a rich aroma of hops and fields.

Beer Fresh Start Lager (SGD $18)

Beer Fresh Start Lager

The Beer Deep Soul IPA (SGD $18) is strong and flavourful, with a bold aroma of fresh grains.

Beer Deep Soul IPA (SGD $18)

Beer Deep Soul IPA

The Beer Dark Spring Dunkel (SGD $18) is powerful and confident, with a deep aroma of toasted bread and stiff coffee.

Beer Dark Spring Dunkel (SGD $18)

Beer Dark Spring Dunkel

The Homemade Spiced Wings (SGD $14 Per Half-Dozen / $22 Per Dozen) are so spiced, so nice. The juicy tender chicken meat comes easily off the bone, and the Asian influenced seasoning gives it a lovely meaty spice savoury salty flavour. Tastes rather like a cross between prawn paste, buttermilk, and turmeric notes. Between the 2, I preferred the drumlets over the winglets. Served with a tangy sour sweet barbecue sauce. Good!

Homemade Spiced Wings (SGD $14 Per Half-Dozen / $22 Per Dozen)

Homemade Spiced Wings

We loved the Flame Grilled Calamari (SGD $16), with the calamari squid being large and bouncy and succulent in texture. Has a natural delicate sweet savoury flavour, with a hint of smoky aroma from the grill. But the star is the rich, house made sambal chili butter gravy, which imparts bold spicy savoury sweet flavour. Great for sharing. Highly recommended!

Flame Grilled Calamari (SGD $16)

Flame Grilled Calamari

Flame Grilled Calamari

The Salted Egg Prawn Pasta (SGD $20) will appeal to the young. The soft spaghetti pasta noodles, purposefully made soft to appeal to the masses, is generously coated in a thick rich salted egg yolk, cream, and curry leaves gravy. Coating every single strand liberally, the creamy gravy imparts a lovely salty savoury spice flavour to the dish. Several deshelled prawns / shrimp complete, with a bouncy juicy bite and lovely sweet savoury flavour. Overall, a filling dish that is heavy on the palate, and is best shared. Worth ordering!

Salted Egg Prawn Pasta (SGD $20)

Salted Egg Prawn Pasta

The Grilled Salmon (SGD $24) features a perfectly grilled, medium sized slab of salmon fish fillet. With a crispy skin that bursts with smoky salty oily flavour, and tender moist flaky flesh that has lovely sweet savoury smoky flavour, the salmon fish is so good. Served over a bed of tender juicy grilled vegetables (including bell peppers, eggplant / brinjal / aubergine, zucchini) with bold smoky vegetal sweet flavour. Completed with medium cut potato fries with decent starchy sweet salty flavour. Among the healthier menu options here. Good!

Grilled Salmon (SGD $24)

Grilled Salmon

Wow, the Fountain Signature Burger (SGD $24) looks incredibly appetizing. The fluffy soft toasted burger buns have a light grainy sweet smoky flavour. Sandwiched within is a medium thick slab of juicy minced wagyu beef patty, crisp lettuce, soft caramelised onions, and tender sauteed shiitake mushrooms. The result is a satisfying bite, with a burst of vegetal earthy sweet savoury salty meaty flavour. Messy, but so good. Highly recommended!

Fountain Signature Burger (SGD $24)

Fountain Signature Burger

The Fountain Platter (SGD $45) features a hearty medley of various meats. There's the house BBQ Pork Ribs; a half-slab of kurobuta pork ribs glazed with barbecue sauce, giving it a lovely tangy sour sweet savoury smoky flavour. The pork ribs are decently tender with a light chew, but still hold a little gamey taste. The Battered Fish Bites features soft tender dory fish coated in a light crisp batter, having a delicate mild sweet savoury flavour. The Grilled Pork Shabu Shabu are stringy with a moist chew, and have robust meaty savoury salty flavour, but tends towards being dry. Served over a bed of tender juicy grilled vegetables (including bell peppers, eggplant / brinjal / aubergine, zucchini) with bold smoky vegetal sweet flavour. Completed with a Trio Of Sauces - Tartar, Barbecue, Honey Mustard. Worth ordering!

Fountain Platter (SGD $45)

BBQ Pork Ribs

Battered Fish Bites

Grilled Pork Shabu Shabu

Trio Of Sauces - Tartar, Barbecue, Honey Mustard

Fountain Platter

The Sausage Platter (SGD $32) features a trio of yummy sausages, all with bouncy juicy snappy textures. There's the spicy Italian pork sausage with bold spicy savoury salty flavour, the garlic thyme pork sausage with herbal spice savoury sweet meaty flavour, and the smoked chicken cheese sausage with smoky cheesy salty savoury flavour. Served with crunchy pickled gherkins with bright tangy sour vegetal flavour, juicy pickled pearl onions with robust vegetal sour bitter sweet flavour, and caramelised white onion confit with smoky sweet savoury flavour. Completed with medium cut potato fries with decent starchy sweet salty flavour. Highly recommended!

Sausage Platter (SGD $32)

Sausage Platter

Sausage Platter

Enjoyed the chill dining experience at Fountain Microbrewery. No surprise they're usually fully packed on evenings and weekends, despite the remote location, as Fountain Microbrewery is one of those rare finds that combine relaxing ambience, friendly service, and tasty food and drinks, all at relatively affordable prices. Will be returning to Fountain Microbrewery for more!


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