Firestone Walker Brewing Velvet Merkin

Velvet Merkin

 

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

  Stout - Imperial Regular
Score
7.84
ABV: 8.5% IBU: 33 Ticks: 183
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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8.1/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 8.5
On tap at Firestone Walker Barrelworks. Pours black with beige head. Roasted malts, dark chocolate, bourbon, some raisins, vanilla, wood. Sweet with bitterness in finish. Smooth. Medium bodied.
Tried from Draft on 15 Aug 2017 at 05:16

7.5/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 6 Overall 8
Botella. of @BRW, Thanks you so much!! Cata. 22/07/2017
Color negro con una pequeña corona de espuma beige, aromas tostados con ligeras notas a cafe, el sabor es tostado con un cuerpo sedoso.
Tried on 25 Jul 2017 at 14:44

7/10
Botella 66 cl en Cimmeria 22..07.. 2017. (r516). color negro caoba oscuro con poca espuma beige. Aromas y sabores intensos maltas tostadas con grandes dosis de licores bourbon y buena sensación alcohólica desde el principio. Algunos cacaos y maltas tostadas torrefactos que acaban dejando suave amargo algo seco también tostado. Cuerpo medio a intenso bastante líquido con buena sensación alcohólica. Grandes recuerdos y notas de bourbon. Bastante buena para repetir sin duda alguna.
Tried on 22 Jul 2017 at 18:05

7.8/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 8
2015 bomber, generously shared by TJ on 5/28/17.
Dark, inky black, undetermined clarity with a small beige head showing no retention.
Tons of oatmeal-like cereal character in the nose alongside light bourbon, spice and of course, chocolate. But it’s not fudgey or intensely sweet (not even that sweet, at all) and the roast is restrained providing no ash or heavy char even. Vanilla, light soy and even lighter marshmallow is noted with cherry, plum, raisin and fig as it warms and breathes. Pretty tame, well-aged and cared-for beer without any of the excess that you often see in bigger, oak-aged beers of this style. No alcohol or flaw.
Surprisingly quite dry, with a massively chewy, oatmeal-like texture that provides a soft, comforting feel without all of the requisite sugar that usually comes with it. Milk chocolate, cherry, vanilla and mild, fruity roast all come through the middle, with low but engaging carbonation and spicy bourbon accents along the way. Soft, chocolate and oat finish with fruit and spice lingering gently. Very nice! Hard to imagine this comes from the same brewery as Parabola.
Tried on 15 Jul 2017 at 16:40

7.8/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 6 Overall 8
Deep brown color. Big vanilla oak, bourbon, sweet nose with a bit of chocolate. Lovely semi sweet mouth with bourbon, chocolate cake, oak. A bit thin body, warming bourbony finish. Nice stuff.
Tried on 02 Jun 2017 at 05:28

8.6/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 9 Flavor 8 Texture 10 Overall 8.5
Poured from bottle 2015 vintage Rate 1500 nice light chocolate color with a creamy mocha head. Aromas of oats chocolate coffee vanilla mild roasted malt. Taste is rich creamy perfectly balanced notes of chocolate coffee vanilla. Wow I could drink this every day.
Tried from Bottle on 28 May 2017 at 19:50

7.9/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 8.5
(On tap @ CBC 2016 Red Session, Copenhagen) Pours dark brown to black with a tan head. Aroma of chocolate, coffee, vanilla, moderately roasted malt, a little wood, quite some barrel character, sweet and creamy. Fairly sweet flavour as well, chocolate, toffee, sweet black coffee, vanilla, wood, slightly burnt, light bourbon, a bit creamy, hints of the oatmeal body, a little hint of booze. Finish has roasted malts, coffee, wood, semi-sweet chocolate, oatmeal, quite persistent. Medium bodied, oily and creamy, with soft carbonation. Does a good job drinking like it’s got a higher ABV, would be very easy to sip all evening.
Tried from Draft on 01 May 2017 at 16:50

5.9/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 4 Overall 6.5
Bottled:
Black with ruby edges. Small head. Sweet aroma with Bourbon, fudge, char coal and licorice. Flavour is Bourbon, fudge and licorice leading to a warming finish.
Tried from Bottle on 31 Mar 2017 at 13:28

8.5/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 9 Texture 8 Overall 9
Draught@CBC2016 Red Session. Black colour, small beigeish brown head. Aroma is toffee, fudge, alcohol, some wood and mild toasted notes. Flavour is liquorice, fudge, some vanilla, mild toasted notes too.
Tried on 31 Mar 2017 at 01:29

7/10
Dark black bod large foamy tan head. Roasty toffee arma. Toasty and roasty flav with nitro. Med light bod with low carb. 8/4/7/4/15 3.8
Tried on 23 Mar 2017 at 20:36