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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9.2/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 9
Flavor 9
Texture 10
Overall 9
Poured from bottle thanks Jonathan Everett 2016 vintage nice golden color with a thin white head and nice lacing. Aromas of caramel honey vanilla light bourbon. Taste is well balanced honey vanilla bourbon well hidden abv. Wow so smooth.
Tried
from Bottle
on 07 Apr 2017
at 21:16
6.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Bottle from Systembolaget. A bit darker golden with a small head. Aroma of malt, bourbon, oak and toffee. The taste was similar but weaker. The finish was sweet. Not really worth 200 sek.
Tried
from Bottle
on 26 Feb 2017
at 08:47
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Refrigerated 2016 brown bomber poured into snifter. Clear golden with small white head. Aroma is caramel malt, medium body, medium carbonation, and little lacing. Taste is caramel malt.
Tried
on 28 Jan 2017
at 14:19
5.8/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Brown bottle, 650 ml, 2015 vintage, no. 001, from and with Philippe Boutin (merci!), savoured on June 23 2016; eye: golden, clear, no effervescence, no head, no lacing; nose: vanilla, slight fruity, slight alcohol, vanilla cookies; mouth: vanilla, slight fruity, slight alcohol, vanilla cookies, finale in vanilla with light presence of alcohol, medium body, average carbonation, mildly sweet, lightly alcoholic texture; overall: correct FRANÇAIS Bouteille brune, 650 ml, millésime 2015, no. 001, de et avec Philippe Boutin (merci!), savourée le 23 juin 2016; œil : dorée, limpide, pas d’effervescence, pas de mousse, pas de dentelle; nez : vanille, très léger fruité, très léger alcool, biscuits à la vanille; bouche : vanille, très léger fruité, très léger alcool, biscuits à la vanille, finale en vanille avec légère présence d’alcool, corps moyen, carbonatation moyenne, moyennement sucrée, texture légèrement alcoolique; en résumé : correct
Tried
from Bottle
on 22 Jan 2017
at 14:51
9/10
Tried
on 12 Jan 2017
at 19:19
8.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 9
Clear copper pour with a medium-height off-white head and visible carbonation rising to the top. Notes of bourbon, caramel, unripe bananas, toffee, candi sugar, vanilla, lavender (I was a bit surprised to identify this), light herbal hops, barrel and a lot of malt sugar. Medium body, smooth, velvety texture, a bit of alcohol burn in the back of the throat. Not as overwhelming as their other barrel-aged beers, but for a barrel-aged blonde ale it’s quite impressive how smooth and well-balanced this beer is.
Tried
from Can
on 12 Jan 2017
at 10:00
8.3/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottle bought through Systembolaget. Golden pour with a frothy offwhite head. Pale caramel, light roast cereal, vanilla, charred wood & bourbon nose. Light Japanese pear. Sweet & bitter taste. Round, viscous, full mouth. Tiny hot yet pleasantly balanced and easy to drink.
Tried
from Bottle
on 31 Dec 2016
at 09:47
8/10
Pale caramel, light roast cereal, vanilla, charred wood & bourbon nose. Light Japanese pear. Sweet & bitter taste. Round, visc, full mouth.
Tried
on 24 Dec 2016
at 00:58
7.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottle at craig’s. Pours clear golden orange, nose is caramel, toffee, honey, coconut, taste is sweet, chewy oak, coconut.
Tried
from Bottle
on 15 Dec 2016
at 14:47
7.3/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 9
bottle at home .. golden ambe r.. big white head ... soft custard vanilla fruit nose ... soft fruit ... ligth sweet floral fruit.. light lavander coconut .. soft fruit ... ligth custard... light lavendar ... long logn coconut fruit finish ... its odd and interesting .. but not sure im digging it
Tried
from Bottle
on 15 Dec 2016
at 14:47