Firestone Walker Brewing Velvet Merkin

Velvet Merkin

 

Firestone Walker Brewing in Paso Robles, California, United States 🇺🇸

  Stout - Oatmeal Regular
Score
7.85
ABV: 8.5% IBU: 33 Ticks: 181
Our decadent Oatmeal Stout lovingly aged in Bourbon barrels. Beautiful chocolate, espresso and vanilla-bourbon aromas hold your nose hostage. Rich dark chocolate truffle, bourbon and espresso create a dangerously smooth and incredibly drinkable barrel aged Oatmeal Stout. Hoarding tendencies may occur.
 

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7.4

Lovely in their style, clearly their american yeast and house taste. Not oatmeal just a nice stout. BeerTemple ams

Tried from Can on 03 Nov 2023 at 22:51


8

Dark black body medium foamy tan head. Bready toasty toffee flavor. Bready roast ash toffee flavor. Medium body moderate carbonation. 8/4/8/4/16 4.0

Tried from Bottle on 08 Jul 2022 at 20:59


6.2
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6

Draft/Fest. A- Cocoa, roasty. A- Dark brown color, dark liquid, brown head. T- Coffee, cocoa, nutty. P- Medium body, average texture, average carbonation, balanced finish. O- Surprisingly one dimensional in my opinion. Really expected some more flavors to come through. But I also felt Velvet Merlin was a bit underwhelming.

Tried from Draft on 27 Feb 2022 at 19:43



8.4
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5

(Bottle, vintage 2016) Dark brown colour, almost black, with frothy beige head. Malty, roasted nose with notes of dark chocolate, bourbon, vanilla, coconut, wood, dark bread and a touch of coffee. Malty, roasted taste with dark chocolate, coffee, dark bread, bourbon, oak wood, coconut, vanilla, dark fruit, prunes, and a balanced cacao bitterness in the finish. Almost full body, with a certain sweetness. Smooth and velvety mouthfeel. Tasty and well made imperial oatmeal stout with a good bourbon barrel character. Really well balanced. Great beer.

Tried from Bottle on 30 Dec 2021 at 21:48


6

14,99€ @ Schneiders Köln

Tried on 15 Nov 2021 at 22:38


7.4
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5

Bottle from Weihenweizen: pours black with beige head. Aroma is dark fruit, chocolate, hints of coffee. Taste is smooth, lightly sweet. Given the comparative low abv it is definitely on the lighter end. Tasty.

Tried from Bottle on 25 Oct 2021 at 14:34


7.5
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8

Creamy tan head stayed on a dark brown body. Malt, bourbon & raisin aroma. Medium to full, soft & fluffy with a cloying back. Liquorice, malt, vanilla, cereal, coffee, chocolate & raisin tastes. Cracking beer.

Tried on 22 Oct 2021 at 20:59


6.8
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

Bottle sample at a tasting at Yoav's place. Dark brown. Chocolate, nuts, sweet, vanilla, oak, bourbon, a bit of oxidation.

Tried from Bottle on 16 Oct 2021 at 16:01


8.1
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

35,5 cl bottle @ home Blind tasting: 2017, 2018 and 2019. My guess on this was 2018. Aroma has coffee, bourbon and vanilla. Also oat. Feels rather rich. Alcohol is present. Flavour has artifical candy, bourbon, vanilla tones, some licorice. Pleasant but perhaps even a bit boring. Alcohol almost not present at all on first sip but occurs afterwards. Smooth. 9-4-8-4-40.

Tried from Bottle on 01 Oct 2021 at 18:04