15 (XV) Anniversary Ale
Firestone Walker Brewing in Paso Robles, California, United States 🇺🇸
Strong Ale Series Out of Production|
Score
7.82
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Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 10 | Overall - 9
Bottle at RBGT. Pours dark brown, yet a bit lighter than 12, 13, 14. More vanilla, less barrel. Better balance, but still a boozy warming sipper. Long caramel palate. A very pleasant sipper indeed.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5
22oz bottle pours out a hazy cola brown color topped with a small head. Nose is lots and lots of layers of barrels sweets toffee caramel pit fruit booze. Taste is more of the complex nose pit fruit barrel vanilla.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
Poured from bottle thanks Jonathan. 2011 bottle date with a nice dark color. Aromas of toffee caramel dark fruit molasses. Taste is still awesome raison fig oak. Wow.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
Bottle at tasting. Dark color. Aroma of malt, vanilla, raisin, whisky and ripe fruit. Flavor of rich vanilla, malt, toffee, raisiny ripe fruit and some booze. Tastes like a barley wine or red port. Feels like it has been aged a little too long, still very good though.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
22oz bottle pours a hazy brown with some cloudy, white head. Nose has brown sugar, bread crust, mild spice, fruit cake. Flavor is malty and sweet, brown sugar, dates, raisins, clove. Full bodied, boozy finish.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
Bottle at the main DC December Gathering. Poured a dark brown color with a light tan head. Aroma was lots of malts, molasses. Boozy notes. Lots of toffee, vanilla notes. Roasted malts. Chocolate finish.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5
Bottle at the DC December Gathering #2. Dark brown with beige head. Aromas of bourbon, caramel, dark fruit, booze. Tastes of dark fruit, caramel, bourbon, booze. Medium-full body with a dry finish. May be past prime.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 9
Bottle. Pours very dark, almost black. Small layer of foam. Smell has notes of bourbon. Taste is nice and intense bourbon, over dark malts and an oak-intensified taste. Very nice ! High on bourbon, intense but rather balanced.