Parabola - Amburana
Firestone Walker Brewing in Paso Robles, California, United States 🇺🇸
Stout - Imperial Special Out of Production|
Score
8.03
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A small‑batch Parabola aged for 12 months in premium eight‑year‑old bourbon barrels, then circulated with spirals of Brazilian Amburana hardwood to impart exotic hints of vanilla and baking spice.
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8.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
18th January 2022
Opaque dark brown beer with a good tan head. Airy soft palate, reasonable fine carbonation. The fluffy dark malts deliver a good chocolate, chocolate cake takes the lead but there are nice touches of dark chocolate and milk chocolate and a trace of chocolate fudge. Smooth fruity bourbon comes through on the back end and integrates well. The strange wood Amburana provides that sweet perfumey vibe and becomes a little more obvious as the beer warms. The soft finish reveals some bitterness that tastes like it BBA derived. A smooth and sophisticated affair that disappeared in a jiffy.
Opaque dark brown beer with a good tan head. Airy soft palate, reasonable fine carbonation. The fluffy dark malts deliver a good chocolate, chocolate cake takes the lead but there are nice touches of dark chocolate and milk chocolate and a trace of chocolate fudge. Smooth fruity bourbon comes through on the back end and integrates well. The strange wood Amburana provides that sweet perfumey vibe and becomes a little more obvious as the beer warms. The soft finish reveals some bitterness that tastes like it BBA derived. A smooth and sophisticated affair that disappeared in a jiffy.
Tried
on 18 Jan 2022
at 23:11
8/10
Medium body, oily, sweet and boozy. Plenty of cinnamon, spices (cassia bark?), vanilla. Very nice.
Tried
from Bottle
on 27 Nov 2021
at 21:08
8.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 10
Overall 9
Bottle, 330 ml shared with Max, Miro B and Zec at my 10k tasting. Black with beige head. Roasty, chocolate, cocoa, spicy, nice bitter finish. Smooth texture. Medium to full bodied.
Tried
from Bottle
on 26 Nov 2021
at 21:54
7.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Tap @MBCC 2021, Green Session. Black, beige head. Coffee and roast aroma, cocoa, light bourbon. Spicy flavour, like chili and cinnamon, chocolate and bitter coffee.
Tried
from Draft
on 26 Nov 2021
at 08:42
8.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Bottle Amburana 2021, 14.6%. Very dark brown with small beige head. Aroma is roasted malt, chocolate, caramel, barrel, vanilla, bourbon and wood. Flavour is roasted malt, chocolate, caramel, vanilla, warming, wood, bourbon, sweet and medium bitter.
Tried
from Bottle
on 21 Nov 2021
at 22:32
7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
[10/23/2021] Sample at Mikkeller Beer Celebration Copenhagen 2021. Green session. Black. Roast, wood, spicy, coffee, chocolate, sweet and bitter.
Tried
on 12 Nov 2021
at 13:26
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
MBCC. Black with a beige head. Aroma is sweet, roasted malt, coffee, vanilla and bourbon. Flavor is extremely sweet and moderate bitter. Dry and moderate bitter finish with heavy alcohol. Oily and boozy. 231021
Tried
on 23 Oct 2021
at 15:12
8.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Bottle at Craig's. Pours black, nose is huge coconut, snowballs, chocolate, wood, roasted, taste is similar, a lot of wood spice, bitter.
Tried
from Bottle
on 04 Oct 2021
at 14:35
8/10
bottle at home... dark black... thin tan lacing... soft sweet cinamon coconut chocolate roast malts nose... dark bitter chocolate roast malts... heavy coconut chocolate... snowball.. quite boozy
Tried
from Bottle
on 04 Oct 2021
at 14:33
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottle thanks to cgarvieuk. Appearance - deep brown to black and opaque. Thin tan head. Nose - dark and creamy chocolate. Dates and wood. Coconut from the barrel. Taste - booze and wood. Creamy chocolate and hazelnuts. Chocolate liqueur. Ferrero Roche. Palate - full bodied, rich and very sweet. Overall - good but very sweet.
Tried
from Bottle
on 04 Oct 2021
at 14:30