Walker's Reserve
Firestone Walker Brewing in Paso Robles, California, United States 🇺🇸
Porter Special Out of Production|
Score
7.36
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7.8/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7
Bottled. Deep heavy brown pour with big long settling beige head. Taste is roasted malts and coffee beans with alight hop finisher. Good
Tried
from Bottle
on 20 May 2025
at 01:07
8/10
Tried
from Bottle
on 13 Dec 2024
at 18:45
8/10
Tried
on 14 Jul 2015
at 07:00
7.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Refrigerated brown bomber from blutt59, March 27, 2013, poured into a snifter. Black with dark brown highlights and medium/small beige head. Aroma is roasty, medium body, medium carbonation, and some thin small-bubble lacing. Taste is dark malt, roasty, coffee, some caramel, and herbal hops.
Tried
on 21 Oct 2014
at 17:36
6.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Bottled 650 ml, at rlgk + Aniela tasting, USA comes to Göteborg 2014, on October 18, 2014. Bottled 12/02/13.Thanks to rlgk + Aniela!Clear dark brown color, small teal to tan head. Sweet, malty, grainy scent. Malty, dry, harsh, bitter taste. Bitter, grainy aftertaste, some dry wall. Medium to fizzy mouthfeel, dry medium bitterness that is harsh like.
Tried
from Bottle
on 19 Oct 2014
at 10:38
7.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Clear dark brown color with a tan head. Coffee, vanilla, mild roasted, mild fruity and chocolate aroma. Really nice. Medium + body. A bit fizzy carbonation. Fine bitterness. Chocolate, raisins, coffee and toffee flavor. Unusual but nice porter.
[Bottle at rlgk plaza]
[Bottle at rlgk plaza]
Tried
from Bottle
on 18 Oct 2014
at 07:06
6.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottle courtesy of rlgk. Pours dark brown with a rather small frothy and bubbly offwhite head that leaves some spotty trace on the glass while dissipating. Smell is slightly malty with toasted malts, caramel, coffee, hay, soil and minerals. Taste is tiny sweet, tiny bitter and slightly malty with roasted malts, cereal, caramel, moist soil and hay. Mouthfeel is watery, tiny roasted astringent and light bodied. finish is bitter and slightly malty with roasted malts, coffee, minerals, soil and hay. Quite bland… --- Beer merged from original tick of Firestone Walker's Reserve Porter on 18 Oct 2014 at 15:36 - Score: 6
Tried
from Bottle
on 18 Oct 2014
at 06:34
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Bottle at Craig’s. Pours black. nose is roast chocolate, taste is sweet chocolate, light fruit.
Tried
from Bottle
on 26 Aug 2014
at 12:29
7.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Bottle. Pours a cloudy amber with medium beige head that lasts. The aroma is roast chocolate, vanilla. Thin mouthfeel with a sweet roasted malt, dark chocolate, caramel, and nutty finish. Good.
Tried
from Bottle
on 21 Jul 2014
at 13:51
7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Reviewed from notes.
This was poured into a pint glass and a snifter. There was barely any difference in both glasses for the smell and the appearance.
The appearance was basically black in color and it had a nice one finger white to off white foamy head that dissipated within about a minute. There was some light speckled foamy lacing that ended up sliding down into the beer after a while.
The smell had a decent amount of light to medium bitter arrangement of milk and dark chocolates that allow a nice roasty bitter coffee under my nose.
The taste had a nice roasty to sweet blend blessing my taste buds and allowing a nice gentle dry finish.
On the palate, this one sat about a medium on the body with a decent sessionability about it. The carbonation was semi - sharp and good to me.
Overall, this was a pretty good beer I’d have again.
This was poured into a pint glass and a snifter. There was barely any difference in both glasses for the smell and the appearance.
The appearance was basically black in color and it had a nice one finger white to off white foamy head that dissipated within about a minute. There was some light speckled foamy lacing that ended up sliding down into the beer after a while.
The smell had a decent amount of light to medium bitter arrangement of milk and dark chocolates that allow a nice roasty bitter coffee under my nose.
The taste had a nice roasty to sweet blend blessing my taste buds and allowing a nice gentle dry finish.
On the palate, this one sat about a medium on the body with a decent sessionability about it. The carbonation was semi - sharp and good to me.
Overall, this was a pretty good beer I’d have again.
Tried
on 27 Jun 2014
at 10:47