Firestone Walker Brewing DBA (Double Barrel Ale)

DBA (Double Barrel Ale)

 

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

  Bitter - ESB / Strong Bitter Regular
Score
6.65
ABV: 5.0% IBU: 30 Ticks: 220
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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6.1/10 — Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
Canned from Wegmans. Copper coloured, caramel, light citric, malty. Easy drinkable.
Tried from Can on 12 Jan 2018 at 15:06

6.6/10 — Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 7.5
Flasche 0,355l: Bernstein, leicht rotstichig, klar, kräftiger stabiler mittelporiger Schaum; frische + würzige Nase, deutliche Süße, Malz, etwas Malzzucker, etwas Karamell, Hopfennoten, leichte Zitrusnoten, helle Früchte, leichte Säure, dezente Fassaromen; frischer + würziger Körper, Malz, Getreide, etwas Karamell, kräftige Röstaromen, cremig, kräftige Kohlensäure, Hopfen, leichte trockene Säure, angenehme würzig-trockene Bitterkeit; angenehmer trocken-würziger Nachgang
Tried on 27 Nov 2017 at 07:40

5/10
Tried from Draft on 16 Nov 2017 at 10:34

5.8/10 — Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 5
Fles van Beer Republic. Subtiel, toffee, licht bitter. Typische smaak van Brits bier, dus dat is dan goed gelukt --- Beer merged from original tick of DBA (Double Barrel Ale) on 20 Aug 2017 at 20:32 - Score: 5. Original review text: Subtiel, toffee, licht bitter. Typische smaak van Brits bier, dus dat is dan goed gelukt
Tried on 09 Nov 2017 at 09:11

7.5/10 — Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 6
Bottle from Rudat. Smooth fresh beginning. Malty, smooth and easy to drink. Moderate bitterness, nice caramelly hints, very dry and sessionable. Nice English-style Ale.
Tried from Bottle on 29 Oct 2017 at 17:14

6.9/10 — Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 6 Texture 8 Overall 6.5
Bottle. Light amber color, slightly yellowish foam. Aroma: pear flavor, fruit, flowers, sweet malt. Sweetish taste, raisins, barberry, lollipops, clean.
Tried from Bottle on 17 Oct 2017 at 13:17

6/10 — Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6
Bottle at SBWF. Copper colour, not much head. Caramel, light wood in the nose. Light-bodied. Malts, some caramel, some British hops. Meh.
Tried from Bottle on 05 Oct 2017 at 12:45

6.4/10 — Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
Imported from my RateBeer account as Firestone Walker Double Barrel Ale (DBA) (by Firestone Walker Brewing (Duvel-Moortgat)):
Aroma: 7/10, Appearance: 3/5, Taste: 6/10, Palate: 3/5, Overall: 13/20, MyTotalScore: 3.2/5

2/X/17 - 12Fl. Oz. can @ home - BB: n/a (2017-1745) Thanks to ElManana+1 for sharing the can!

Clear red to amber beer, creamy irregular beige head, unstable, bit adhesive. Aroma: malty, caramel, grains, some hay. MF: lively carbon, medium body. Taste: very malty, grains, hoppy, very bitter, somewhat fruity. Aftertaste: hoppy, bit sweet, malty, metallic touch, grains, hay, pretty bitter, some chocolate, very bitter finish.
Tried from Can on 02 Oct 2017 at 18:12

6.6/10 — Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
Draught @ Spitfire. Piney and sweet with notes of toffee, marzipan and grass. A rather messy yet interesting ESB.
Tried on 06 Sep 2017 at 03:39

7.1/10 — Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7.5
Draught at Spitfire. Pours amber with a white head. Sweet taste of knäckebröd, orange peel and caramel malt.
Tried on 05 Sep 2017 at 11:37