Helldorado
Firestone Walker Brewing in Paso Robles, California, United States 🇺🇸
Barley Wine - Barley Regular|
Score
7.72
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An Imperial Blonde Ale or Blonde Barley Wine; Helldorado has the lightest color of any of the beers in our barrel program but carries a great deal of interesting barrel character: vanilla, light char and amazing lavender-honey notes. Rich boozy honey liqueur character and loads of smooth sweet toasted malt to finish. The El Dorado hops dance in the background without playing a dominant role in the flavor profile. This beer gets better and better the longer it is in barrel.
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7.1/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
Bottle. Pours clear golden, medium creamy white head, dissipates slowly, nice lacing. Aroma is boozy, bourbon, oak, vanilla, toffee. Flavor is medium plus sweet, light bitter, boozy and bourbon. Medium body, soft mouthfeel. Too boozy.
Tried
from Bottle
on 03 Mar 2018
at 20:21
8.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Bottle, 355 ml, from Broadway Dive, NYC. Shared with Max and JFK10000. 2017 Vintage. Dark golden, small white head. Nuts, ripe fruit, bit spicy, warming. Sweet, some vanilla, wood. Smooth. Super drinkable for abv. Medium to full bodied.
Tried
from Bottle
at
Broadway Dive (Formerly: Dive Bar - 101st)
on 03 Mar 2018
at 10:50
7.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7
Tap at Ginger Man, Boston, cellar bar. Color is slightly cloudy orange with small white head. Aromas and flavors: Some sweetness, vanilla, some ripe fruits, hops and malts. Very interesting. Vanilla is pretty strong in this barley wine.
Tried
from Draft
on 01 Feb 2018
at 23:41
7/10
Hazy amb bod sml wht head. Floral herbal caramel arma. Caramel toffee floral herbal flav. Med full bod mod carb. 7/3/8/4/15 3.7
Tried
from Draft
on 27 Jan 2018
at 15:50
7.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Shared bomber. 2016 version. Pours a hazy golden hue with an off-white head. Aroma and taste of bourbon, honey, fruitcake, vanilla, oak, alcohol. Good.
Tried
on 28 Dec 2017
at 23:12
6.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Touch hazy, pale. Malts a bit sticky, light fruity peachy pear, but mostly thick sticky with alcohol finish.
Tried
on 26 Dec 2017
at 20:45
8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 10
Overall 8
A pour from the bottle from ES (thx, Jamey!) on Black Christmas V. Pours a hazy golden with a ehite head. Fruity, candies, bourbon. Just a bit hot. Very sweet. Good one.
Tried
from Bottle
on 09 Dec 2017
at 23:04
7.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 8
Bottle from chalameaux. Dark burnt orange. Small head. The aroma is dry with honey, pine and cereal like malt. The flavor. Lots of cereal, honey and pine. Slight grain alcohol and phenols. Sweet in the middle. Finish is lingering honey, dough, cinnamon and clove. Tasty brew!
Tried
from Bottle
on 25 Nov 2017
at 14:03
8/10
Tried
from Bottle
on 17 Nov 2017
at 20:48
8/10
Tried
on 06 Nov 2017
at 08:50