15 (XV) Anniversary Ale
Firestone Walker Brewing in Paso Robles, California, United States 🇺🇸
Strong Ale - American Series Out of Production|
Score
7.82
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76% Barley Wine style beers, 19% Stout and 5% Imperial IPA. XV introduces our new blonde barley wine Helldorado with flavors of lavender honey liqueur. DDBA delivers its signature American toasted oak, English caramel toffee and light leather nuances. 2010 vintage Stickee Monkee folds in brown sugar, maple, cinnamon, ginger and ripe figs. Parabola brings the familiar flavors of roasted dark cocoa, and chocolate covered cherries. Velvet Merkin carries silky milk chocolate, toasted coconut and creamy textures. Good Foot and Bravo add assertive barley wine warmth and lush barrel derived vanilla bean notes. The game changer this year is the addition of Double Jack to the blend. At just 5% its massive dry hop character brings citrus zest, tangerine and mango aromas making this a completely new beer.
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7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
22 oz. bottle, thanks to Ratman. Pours black, with a small, beige head. The aroma is cloves, butter toffee, mild coffee, vanilla, toasted oak, and cardamom. Sweet and malty, with a mellow bitterness. A bit boozy. Heavy, chewy, and bready. Beautiful and decadent.
Tried
from Bottle
on 29 Sep 2023
at 20:41
6.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7
Early rating from Beer Buddy app
Tried
on 25 Jan 2022
at 02:22
8.3/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 9
Flavor 9
Texture 6
Overall 9
Bottle, thanks Jonno. Aroma is sticky, toffee, bourbon barrel, booze! Taste is good, bourbon, dark fruit, black treacle, stickiness. Long long finish. Nice.
Tried
from Bottle
on 09 Sep 2019
at 16:02
9/10
Backlog
Tried
on 01 Sep 2018
at 14:30
8/10
--- Beer merged from original tick of Firestone 15 (XV) Anniversary Ale on 22 Oct 2017 at 17:48 - Score: 8. Original review text: LCI
Tried
on 08 Nov 2017
at 06:11
7.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8
sample from bottle @ZZT 2017 at Benzai's, shared by ElManana, pours dark brown with a khaki head. aroma of caramel, brown sugar, grain, figs, bourbon, Taste of grain, rye, caramel, toffee, sweet malts, alcoholic, bourbon, dried fruits, a bit over the top for a barley wine-ish style, full body, still ok --- Beer merged from original tick of Firestone 15 (XV) Anniversary Ale on 15 May 2018 at 20:38 - Score: 7
Tried
from Bottle
on 23 Oct 2017
at 06:40
7.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottle shared at ZZT. Almost clear dark brown with small beige head. Lots of bourbon, toffee, dried herbs, light grass. Lots of sweet malts, alcohol, walnuts. Oxidized dried prunes, raisins. Marzipan, more alcohol. Over medium sweet and bitter. Almost full bodied.
Tried
from Bottle
on 21 Oct 2017
at 14:02
7.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Bottle @ ZZT Fall 2017. Brown colour with small beige head. Smells sweet, malty, barleywine, chocolate. Tastes sweet, malty, raisins, barleywine. Full body, soft carbo.
Tried
from Bottle
on 21 Oct 2017
at 14:01
7.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 9
From bottle shared at Ratebeer Best awards and bottle-share. Dark brown to black color with off white head. Malty aroma, bread, caramel, chocolate, dark dried fruits, raisins, plums, honey, vanilla, wood, alcohol. Sweet and bitter taste. medium oily body with soft carbonation.
Tried
from Bottle
on 09 Mar 2017
at 14:57
7.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
[1/29/17] Bottle/Can/Crowler/Growler at the RateBeer award ceremony bottle share at Flamingo Hotel in Santa Rosa. Brown. Vanilla, dark fruits, cookies, malt, caramel, sweet, rounded mouthfeel.
Tried
from Bottle
on 21 Feb 2017
at 17:33