Firestone Walker Brewing Double DBA

Double DBA

 

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

  Barley Wine - Barley Special Out of Production
Score
7.78
ABV: 12.0% IBU: 29 Ticks: 106
The 2014 Double DBA imperial special bitter is Firestone Walker’s flagship DBA brewed at double strength, using twice the amount of malts and hops. As with the regular DBA, the 2014 Double DBA was partially fermented in a union of new American oak barrels. After fermentation, the beer was racked and returned to the union barrels as well as bourbon barrels, where it aged for one year. The barrel mix for the 2014 Double DBA included vessels from Woodford Reserve, Elijah Craig and Four Roses.
 

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7.8
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7

Bottled. Brown dark wood pour. White head. Toffee bourbon smell. Strong nalts. Booze and sweetness. Pretty good but very liqueur fish.

Tried from Bottle on 20 May 2025 at 01:14


7.8
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8

Poured from 650mL bottle (2012 vintage) @ Black Valentines. Clear-ish copper with small beige head. Caramel, toffee, some boozy oak barrel. Quite nice.

Tried from Bottle on 13 Feb 2022 at 02:09


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Tried on 01 Sep 2018 at 14:31


8.2
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 9

2013 vintage 22oz bottle pours out copper amber topped with a sand head. Nose is nice sweet caramel toffee malts some pineapple notes. Tatse is more of the nice sweet malts pineapple presents and a wood end.

Tried from Bottle on 15 Apr 2018 at 21:47


7.9
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 10 | Overall - 7.5

A pour from the bottle from ES (thx, Jamey!) on Black Christmas V. Pours a hazy golden with a white head. Aroma is fruity bourbon. Same taste. Very nice.

Tried from Bottle on 10 Dec 2017 at 00:54


7.5
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8

Bottle, shared at Northern Monk. Deepest, ruby red. Foamy, beige head. Nose has oaky vanilla. Toffee apple. Baked apple. Big on the caramel, with notes of wafer and ripe vine fruit. Taste is sweet and oaky, with some boozy bitterness. Full on mouthfeel. Rich and sweet. Bit of booze to finish. Standard stuff.

Tried from Bottle on 27 Jul 2017 at 17:24


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

66cl Bottle sample at Potjepalooza. Hazy amber colour, off-white head. Aroma is quite sweet, vanilla, sweet malts, sticky, dried apricots, raisins, oak, caramel/toffee. Flavour follows, quite sweet and sticky, toffee, raisin, apricot, oak, alcohol, vanilla. Medium to full bodied. Nice, but a bit too sweet for me.

Tried from Bottle on 07 Jun 2017 at 06:09


8.8
Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8

Bottle, shared @ Potjepalooza. pours amber, unfiltered, hazy, wit a white head. aroma is pretty sweet, dark fruit, coffee, caramel, toffee, nice taste of alcohol, pretty sweet, quite alcoholic, caramel, toffee, raisins, oak, full, lovely taste, bourbon, full body, very nice. --- Beer merged from original tick of Double DBA on 24 May 2018 at 15:38 - Score: 8

Tried from Bottle on 05 Jun 2017 at 07:43


7.4
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

Bottle @ Potjepalooza, 10 cl sample. Almost clear amber color, short frothy head. Aroma of toffee, caramel and toasted malts, bit orange marmalade. Soft sweetness, toffee, marmalade. Drinks way too easy for a 12% beer.

Tried from Bottle on 04 Jun 2017 at 12:08


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

Bottle, shared @ Potjepalooza. Clear amber color. Light beige head, quickly receding. Aroma’s: toffee, red fruit, sweet. Retronasal it’s sweet, caramel, fruity. Flavor is above moderate sweet, fruity. Above medium bodied. Caramellish and fruity finish.

Tried from Bottle on 03 Jun 2017 at 11:26