Helldorado
Firestone Walker Brewing in Paso Robles, California, United States 🇺🇸
Barley Wine - Barley Regular|
Score
7.68
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Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 17
On tap at the ChurchKey. A rich mahogany body with a fluffy white head. Nice nose with dark fruit, malt, caramel, oak and a touch of citrus. A challenging BW considering it is the English variety. Taste profile includes caramel malt, citrus fruit and a touch of fruit rind and a touch of booze. Vanilla, oak , honey, berries and bourbon blend in nicely. Smooth mouth feel, medium body with medium carbonation. A slightly dry finish.
SHIG (13882) reviewed Helldorado (2015) from Firestone Walker Brewing 6 months ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 6
Bottle: Poured a orange copper with a white ring head. Aroma is boosty, perfumed, hops. Taste is alcohol, burns, almost hoppy.
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 7.5 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5
My first chance to sample Helldorado on its own, not as part of a blend in the brewery's anniversary ales. A draft pour at Aces and Ales in LV last week. I've no idea on the age of the keg, the bar keeps a deep inventory of many desirable beers. Amber going to red in color, little or no head. I tasted syrup, grain, orange peel and malt. Okay but not a barley wine at the level I anticipated.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8.5 | Flavor - 8.5 | Texture - 9 | Overall - 8.5
Bottle thnx to Sam ! 2016 vintage, drank 2025. Pours clear blonde, small white head. Scent immidiately shows oak, even from a distance. Concentrated maltyness, barleywine / TIPA (but without the hoppy intensity) very ripe fruits, caramel, whiff of bourbon ( vanilla, oak, bit booze). Off to a good start ! Taste is very smooth. Spirits and barrel greatly co-operates with the beer, rather than being a boozy cover . Maltyness is very present, with honey, bread, and some caramel. And yes , even a bit hoppy (still!) . Aged blonde, but in the very best way desireable. Alcohol is heavy, but balanced. As always, firestone and BA - it's a rare to top combination.
oh6gdx (51139) reviewed Helldorado from Firestone Walker Brewing 1 year ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
Bottled. Golden colour with a mediumsized white foamy head. Aroma is caramel, somebiscuits, toffee, coconut, mild raisins and alcohol too. Flavour is sweet malty sweetness, some alcool, coconut, vanilla, some dates, raisins and plum. A bit on the sweet side, but still nice, when sipping it.
Clarkvv (16523) reviewed Helldorado from Firestone Walker Brewing 1 year ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 9
2017 bottle from Chalumeaux, drunk 6/6/24. Clear amber. White head sits at cover. Bourbon, oak, rich, fruity yeast and sweet malt. Oranges, biscuits, vanilla and rich bourbon. Not boozey. Soft, malty, juicy, oaky, honey-rich, lots of caramel. Seems like almost no oxidation somehow. Lingering mellow oak, bourbon, rich malt. This is 7 frickin years old!
Svesse (15730) reviewed Helldorado from Firestone Walker Brewing 2 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 10 | Overall - 8.5
(Bottle, vintage 2017, 12.8%) Hazy amber colour with frothy, off-white head. Fruity, hoppy nose with notes of orange peel, apricots, resin, pine needles, oak wood and vanilla. Malty, hoppy taste with dried fruit, apricots, orange peel, vanilla, oak wood, toffee, resin, pine needles, honey and a boozy and warming finish with a balanced resiny bitterness. Full body, with a certain sweetness. Strong and warming, still in excellent balance. Great beer!
Gripweed57 (8744) reviewed Helldorado from Firestone Walker Brewing 2 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
12 ounce bottle. 2017 Vintage. Cloudy, orange gold color. Brief beige head leads to a small ring. Big boozy aroma hints at orange pith, vanilla and oak. First sip yields big oaky notes. Very little carbonation. Bittersweet malty flavor leans toward vanilla, bourbon, warming alcohol, Demerara sugar and orange peel. Dry, peppery finish.
Stuu (34525) ticked Helldorado (2017) from Firestone Walker Brewing 2 years ago
