Pacific Gravity
Firestone Walker Brewing in Paso Robles, California, United States 🇺🇸
Weizen - Weizenbock Special Out of Production|
Score
7.33
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Barrel Aged Weizenbock brewed in collaboration with the Pacific Gravity Homebrew Club.Flavors of sweet vanilla and bourbon mingle with banana and clove in this barrel-aged German-style weizenbock. Brewed with wheat, pilsner, Munich, and highly-kilned melanoidin malts for a solid base, PGW has just a touch of hop balance, letting the banana and clove character of our traditional Bavarian wheat beer yeast strain take center stage. Eleven months spent resting in retired charred American oak bourbon barrels adds a layer of complexity reminiscent of Bananas Foster.
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7.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Bottle shared by Levi, thanks! Pours a near clear deep copper with a copper head that dissipates to the edges. Aroma has strong wheat and bourbon with light dark grains and banana. Flavor has bourbon, banana and wheat with a touch of light dark grains.
Tried
from Bottle
on 14 Apr 2017
at 20:10
6.8/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 6
Tap at the barrel works. Pours hazy Amber, large beige head, nice residual and lacing. Aroma is super malty, sweet, dark sugars, kind of a malt liquor nose, apple, wheat, toffee, grain. Flavor is very sweet, light bitter, kind of crazy. Full body. Ummm
Tried
from Draft
on 10 Apr 2017
at 18:07
8.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 9
22 ounce bottle into tulip glass, bottled on 11/1/2016. Pours lightly hazy deep orange/amber/copper color with a 1 finger fairly dense off white head with good retention, that reduces to a thin cap that lingers. Nice spotty soapy lacing clings on the glass, with a fair amount of streaming carbonation retaining the cap. Aromas of big raisin, plum, caramel, brown sugar, banana, peppercorn, clove, pear, apple, vanilla, brown bread, bourbon, and toasted oak; with lighter notes of coconut, toffee, maple syrup, bubblegum, and yeast/oak/toasted earthiness. Damn nice aromas with great balance and complexity of fruity/spicy yeast, dark/bready malt, and bourbon barrel notes; with great strength. Taste of big raisin, plum, caramel, brown sugar, banana, peppercorn, clove, pear, apple, vanilla, brown bread, bourbon, and toasted oak; with lighter notes of coconut, toffee, maple syrup, bubblegum, and yeast/oak/toasted earthiness. Light-moderate peppery yeast and bourbon/oak spiciness on the finish; with lingering notes of raisin, plum, caramel, brown sugar, banana, peppercorn, clove, pear, apple, vanilla, brown bread, bourbon, toasted oak, light bubblegum/toffee, and yeast/oak/toasted earthiness on the finish for a while. Incredible complexity, robustness, and balance of fruity/spicy yeast, dark/bready malt, and bourbon barrel flavors; with an awesome malt/spiciness balance, and zero cloying flavors after the finish. Light dryness from yeast/oak spiciness, lightly increasing through the glass. Medium carbonation and medium-full body; with a very smooth, moderately creamy/bready, and lightly silky/sticky/tannic balanced mouthfeel that is great. Minimal warming alcohol for 9.2%, with zero barrel booziness. Overall this is an incredible weizenbock! All around fantastic complexity, robustness, and balance of fruity/spicy yeast, dark/bready malt, and bourbon barrel flavors; very smooth and easy to sip on for the big ABV. Awesome classic style complexity, with pretty much perfect barrel balance. Never boozy or overly tannic. Hits the advertised bananas foster flavors really well. A highly enjoyable offering.
Tried
from Bottle
on 03 Apr 2017
at 20:32
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
4 oz pour on draft at Firestone Walker’s Taproom in Paso Robles. Slightly hazy golden orange with off-white head. Aromas of coconut, oak, caramel, malt, light booze. Tastes of caramel, toffee, malt. Medium body with a dry finish.
Tried
from Draft
on 05 Feb 2017
at 02:37
8.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 9
Draft at the Firestone XX Release. Nose is light banana, white bread, vanilla, and woody notes. Murky yellow with a small yellow tinged head. Flavor is bready, mildly sweet, and fruity. Wish they’d bottle this and make it a regular brew!
Tried
from Draft
on 29 Oct 2016
at 22:29