DBA (Double Barrel Ale)
Firestone Walker Brewing in Paso Robles, California, United States 🇺🇸
Bitter - ESB / Strong Bitter Regular|
Score
6.65
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DBA—a.k.a. Double Barrel Ale—is the trailblazing flagship beer that started it all for us back in 1996. Partially fermented in our patented Firestone Union oak-‐barrel brewing system, DBA quickly took the Central Coast by storm and set the pace for future beers to come. Today, DBA is regarded as a California classic, and stands as an iconic tribute to traditional cask-‐fermented English ales. Pale malts create a smooth middle with ribbons of caramel, English toffee and toasted oak.
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6.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7
355ml bottle @ The Oak Barrel. Poured deep golden color with a thin white head. Malty, light bready, light fruity aroma. Flavor has light citrusy hops, floral notes, malts and light dusty. Crisp, refreshing.
Tried
from Bottle
on 10 May 2018
at 02:48
6.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
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Sample from bottle @ Bergen Craft Beer. Pours clear dark golden, with a big creamy, off white head. Aroma is hoppy notes of apricots and orange peel, as well as vanilla, toffee and bread. Medium body, with average carbonation. Flavour is hoppy notes of orange peel and apricots, as well malts with bread, toffee and vanilla.
Sample from bottle @ Bergen Craft Beer. Pours clear dark golden, with a big creamy, off white head. Aroma is hoppy notes of apricots and orange peel, as well as vanilla, toffee and bread. Medium body, with average carbonation. Flavour is hoppy notes of orange peel and apricots, as well malts with bread, toffee and vanilla.
Tried
from Bottle
on 06 May 2018
at 16:27
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
A light copper colour, a head is big and blond. Aroma is fresh, citrus, some dry woodness, simple. Taste has surprisingly fresh citrus, some biscuits and toffee-wood, quite mild bitterness but still enough, quite dry. Almost medium bodied. This beer shows that it's possible to brew a fresh beer from the brittish incredients.
Tried
on 12 Apr 2018
at 15:39
6.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 6
(Bottle) Pours clear coppery amber with small off-white head. Malty aroma with hints of veg. Medium body, well carbonated, giving smooth mouthfeel with hints of stickiness. Taste is malty with grassy and tea notes, with plenty of bitterness in the finish. Pleasant enough, but a bit odd.
Tried
from Bottle
on 17 Feb 2018
at 12:50
4.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 4
Flavor 3
Texture 6
Overall 3
02.02.2018, tap @ Bergen International Whisky & Beer Festival:
Nice creamy longlasting head, clear light amber color. Aroma is slightly dry sour-ish spiced, weeds, worth, wet hay, grass, minerals, oak, cereal, caramel, toast, spices, butterscotch, paper. Taste is slightly dry mineraly, weeds, wet hay, minerals, alcohol, oak, grass, worth, paper, bark. Medium bitterness, watery and harsh mineraly mouthfeel. What the crap?!
Nice creamy longlasting head, clear light amber color. Aroma is slightly dry sour-ish spiced, weeds, worth, wet hay, grass, minerals, oak, cereal, caramel, toast, spices, butterscotch, paper. Taste is slightly dry mineraly, weeds, wet hay, minerals, alcohol, oak, grass, worth, paper, bark. Medium bitterness, watery and harsh mineraly mouthfeel. What the crap?!
Tried
from Draft
on 02 Feb 2018
at 19:15