The Architect (Firestone Walker Collab)
Alma Mader Brewing in Kansas City, Missouri, United States πΊπΈ
Collab with: Firestone Walker BrewingIPA - West Coast Regular
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6.84
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ππ©π¦ π΄π’π¨π¦ πΈπ©π° π₯πͺπ₯π―βπ΅ π§π°πππ°πΈ π΅π©π¦ π£ππΆπ¦π±π³πͺπ―π΅ β π΅π©π¦πΊ πΈπ³π°π΅π¦ πͺπ΅. Having Matt Brynildson from Firestone Walker in our brewery to brew a West Coast IPA together was an absolute honor. For nearly three decades, Firestone Walker has been a trailblazer and a genuine beacon for the entire craft brewing industry β and getting to brew with them was something we won't forget. We anchored the recipe in a true Firestone grain bill, fermented with lager yeast, and built the hot side around a blend of Simcoe, Mosaic, Riwaka, Krush Cryo, and Mosaic Incognito. The smell coming off the fermenter throughout the process was something else and we could barely wait to get to the dry hop! For that, we landed on Simcoe, Nelson Sauvin, Mosaic Cryo, and Krush Cryo. We're fairly convinced that Krush Cryo and Nelson Sauvin is one of those combinations that's just straight-up magicβ¦and woweee this beer is awesome. The beer has a dank undertone, but it's bright β passionfruit, clean citrus, stonefruit, a hint of pine. It's everything a West Coast IPA should be.
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7.3/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 7
Overall 8
16 oz can purchased at Alma Mader brewing in Kansas City, Missouri as part of the Alma Mader 7th Anniversary 6 pack. The pour is a chill haze, golden yellow with a foamy white head that falls quickly. The aroma is bright resin, dank, onion, with some floral and honey malt. The taste is the caramel honey malt, floral, then moves to the resin dankness along with a dry mineral and resin ending with softly sweet alcohol. The palate is medium bodied with soft natural carbonation and the resin mineral dank bitter finish. Alcohol faintly present in the finish. Something about the yeast or the bitterness definitely reminds me of Firestone Walker. Nice one.
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Alma Mader Brewing
on 17 Apr 2026
at 22:33