Firestone Walker Brewing Leo v. Ursus #1: Fortem

Leo v. Ursus #1: Fortem

 

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

  IPA - Imperial / Double Special Out of Production
Score
7.71
ABV: 8.2% IBU: 55 Ticks: 61
Fortem is a new-age imperial IPA that draws upon a range of influences, all while exhibiting DNA from our own forays into the IPA style. As such, it blends newer hop varieties from the Pacific Northwest and Hallertau, Germany along with pale malt, wheat malt and flaked oats for a full body and rounded mouthfeel. Fortem has been left unfiltered for a full hop impact.
 

Sign up to add a tick or review

Join Us


     Show



7.8/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 6 Overall 8
Poured from 16 fl oz can (canned on 04/04/17). Very lightly hazy golden yellow with full white head. Mild bready malt with grapefruit hops and mild pine and citrus hops. Medium body, alcohol mostly hidden. Solid beer overall.
Tried from Can on 13 Aug 2017 at 23:55

10/10
Tried on 02 Aug 2017 at 00:54

8.4/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 9 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 8.5
16 oz can from Country Club Liquors. Nose is papaya, pine, and orangey citrus. Hazy dark yellow gold with a medium lightly lacing off white head. Flavor is lightly bitter with lots of tropical fruitiness.
Tried from Can on 01 Aug 2017 at 14:22

8.9/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 9 Flavor 9 Texture 8 Overall 9.5
Imported from my RateBeer account as Firestone Walker Leo v. Ursus #1: Fortem (by Firestone Walker Brewing (Duvel-Moortgat)):
Aroma: 9/10, Appearance: 4/5, Taste: 9/10, Palate: 4/5, Overall: 19/20, MyTotalScore: 4.5/5

28/VI/17 - 1Pt can from a trade, shared @ home - BB: n/a, canned: III/24/17 (2017-956) Thanks to ajax25g for the trade!

Little cloudy orange beer, big creamy irregular off-white head, pretty stable, adhesive, leaving a nice lacing in the glass. aroma: pretty fruity, floral, resinous, bit funky, dank touch, grapefruit. MF: soft carbon, medium to full body. Taste: very very fruity, some sweet caramel malts, nice bitterness, grapefruit notes, bit dank, passion fruit. Aftertaste: little bitter, citrus, some orange peel, pineapple.
Tried from Can on 28 Jun 2017 at 17:15

7.4/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 7.5
Can at home, big thanks to Endo, 20/06/17. Very light haze on a golden orange pour with a well presented white head. Nose is orange pith, caramel malts, grapefruit, roasted grains, cantaloupe melon, citric tinged straw. Taste comprises bitter sweet citric shreds, pine needle, grapefruit zest, pithy citrics, tangerine, soft breads, light spice. Medium bodied, fine carbonation, semi drying close with semi aggressive hop bitterness and a rising boost. Decent well balanced DIPA with an old school lilt.
Tried from Can on 20 Jun 2017 at 13:23

7.8/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 9 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 8
Tap. Almost clear gold with a lasting white head. Lovely fruity aroma - like walking into a warm room filled with ripe fruit. Oranges, passionfruit, citrus blossoms, lime. Barely medium bodied. Clean. Gentle hayish and light biscuity malt just about support the fruit. Quite bitter at the end. Alcohol starts to show there too. Smells great but for me (still) great hops are not enough to make a great beer. 9473 15
Tried from Draft on 20 Jun 2017 at 11:40

7.4/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 8 Texture 6 Overall 8.5
Can at home watching Fargo. Rich golden pour frothy white head. Nose isntropical fruits. Tastes of pineapple, pine, caramel, oats, little apple sauce. Interesting brew pretty tasty.
Tried from Can on 15 Jun 2017 at 21:56

7.2/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 8 Texture 6 Overall 8
Can. Amber beer with a cream head. Tropical fruit aroma. Tropical fruit and light earth flavor with light grapefruit. Medium bodied. Good bitterness. Tropical fruit and light grapefruit lingers with light caramel.
Tried from Can on 14 Jun 2017 at 15:50

7.8/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 8
Draught at the Salty Pig, 5/15/17.
Lightly hazy, amber-golden body is topped by a fairly dense, white head showing moderate retention.
Juicy fruits in the nose range from mango to red grapefruit but fade in to a more spicy orange and lemon character, backed by light pine. But resin never hits and instead, caramel-tinged honey malts add gentle sweetness to balance nicely. Clean, no dough, no dirt, no resin, etc...It’s not a juice bomb, yet it displays no aggressivity of a West Coast IPA. Fairly estery but I wouldn’t say sharp, nor does it smell boozy even after warming.
Soft and malty texture displays a good deal of malt sweetness; maybe a little concerning at first. But the hops hit and provide a real bouquet of fruits. Kiwi, banana, orange, mango, grapefruit, lime, etc...it’s all here. Low but tight carbonation helps disperse the malt and brings some crispness to the finish. No alcohol whatsoever and no resin either. Interesting and unique-ish DIPA. Very unexpected surprise from these syrup-bomb brewers.
Tried on 09 Jun 2017 at 10:18