Double DBA
Firestone Walker Brewing in Paso Robles, California, United States 🇺🇸
Strong Ale - English Special Out of Production|
Score
7.78
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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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5.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
[5/4/13] Draught at Copenhagen Beer Celebration 2013. Hazy amber. Malty and alcoholic aroma with caramel and some fruitiness. Sweet malty alcoholic flavor, caramelly and a bit fruity. Medium-bodied.
Tried
on 12 May 2013
at 05:24
7.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Bottle @ CBC. Clear dark amber with small off-white head. Aroma is malt, caramel, hop, little toasted, little toffee and a little oak. Flavour is malt, caramel, little vanilla, medium sweet, little toasted, little toffee and a little bourbon.
Tried
from Bottle
on 12 May 2013
at 05:08
7.3/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 8
Bottle at the Copenhagen Beer Celebration 2013. Poured a bright copper colour with a round glass hugging head and a thick oily consistency. The aroma is rich fruit, toffee and caramel. The flavour is weak bitter, sweet, oaky and with some slightly rich alcohol burn on the palate. This is a truly superb beer which seems like a beer on a whole new level.
Tried
from Bottle
on 12 May 2013
at 01:39
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Draught at CBC 2013, cons 2013-05-04 Copenhagen AR: plum, wee tropical fruits AP: amber plum F: fizzy, sugary, plum cake, dry, salty
Tried
on 10 May 2013
at 01:07
7.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 8
Sample @ CBC. Nice head with good duration. Color is amber. Aroma and taste are caramel, fruits, flowers, candy sugar, malt and hops.
Tried
from Can
on 08 May 2013
at 15:11
9.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 10
Flavor 10
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Flaska på CBC 2013. Ett fantastiskt öl. Smak och doft av humle, ekfat, honung, karamell, hostmedicin, godis med toner av vanilj. Välbalanserat, lagom sött barley wine.
Tried
on 07 May 2013
at 06:22
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Sampled draught at CBC, blue session, Saturday afternoon May 4, 2013.Clear copper color, yellow head. Sweet, malty, alcohol scent. Sweet, malty, vanilla taste. Smooth mouthfeel, medium bitterness.
Tried
on 06 May 2013
at 10:57
8.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 9
Sampled at CBC 2013. Clear red-amber color, small non lacing, mostly to fully diminishing off-white head. Aroma is light to moderately malty, caramel, (over)ripe fruits, sweetness and lightly alcohol. Taste malts, caramel, overripe fruits, alcohol, wood. Full body, medium to full carbonation. Long lingering alcoholic sweetish aftertaste, warming alcohol. Lovely beer.
Tried
on 06 May 2013
at 08:24
9.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 10
Flavor 9
Texture 10
Overall 8.5
Sample från flaska på CBC 2013. Ett riktigt komplex och välbalanserat godisöl. Fylld av smaker av vanilj, karamell, fat, bourbon, gammaldags karameller, lite hostmedicin. En av mina favoriter på festivalen.
Tried
on 06 May 2013
at 03:44
7.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottle sampled at CBC 2013. Pours clear orange with an off white head. Aroma of bourbon, vanilla, caramel, biscuit and malt. Flavor is heavy sweet and light bitter. Full bodied with soft carbonation.
Tried
from Bottle
on 06 May 2013
at 01:46