Firestone Walker Brewing Parabola - Amburana

Parabola - Amburana

 

Firestone Walker Brewing in Paso Robles, California, United States 🇺🇸

  Stout - Imperial Special Out of Production
Score
8.03
ABV: 14.6% IBU: 55 Ticks: 44
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
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8

How: Draught.
Where: MBCC 2021.
Appearance: Black colour with a small beige head.
Aroma: Roasted malt, chocolate, caramel, spices, bourbon.
Body: Full body, low carbonation.
Flavour: Roasted malt, chocolate, spices, caramel, coconut, bourbon, alcohol.

Tried from Draft on 20 May 2022 at 18:31


8
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8

0.355 l bottle from 'Speciaalbierpakket', 2021 vintage, cellared for almost a year. Pitch black with a thin, frothy, quickly collapsing, light brown head. Sweetish-malty, gently roasty aroma of vanilla, dark chocolate, coffee, hazelnut and a touch of bourbon. Fairly sweet, malty, quite roasty taste of praline, hazelnut, coffee, vanilla, some bourbon and light dark fruits, followed by a long, quite roasty-bitter, gently earthy, slightly boozy and a little woody finish. Medium to full body, smooth and slightly effervescent mouthfeel, soft carbonation. Again super intense, even a little hot, but also with very nice barrel-aging flavours.

Tried from Bottle on 14 Mar 2022 at 18:32


8.6
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5

Panda 🐼 at home thanks to Colin. An oily dark brown black coloured pour with a small mid tan cap. Aroma is cakey malts, fragrant oak, cedar, sticky brown sugars, fig, raisin . Flavour is composed of medium sweet, brown sugars, bounty bar, coconut, cakey malts, cedar spices, firm bitterness. Palate is medium sweet, boozy, warming alcohol, mellow carbonation, oily texture. Lovely depth.

Tried on 28 Feb 2022 at 22:09



8.6
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 10 | Overall - 8.5

Bottle at home, from HOTM online, 17/02/22. Black with a good sized lasting tan cap. Nose is sweet malts, oak, chocolate, bourbon, light spice trace, coconut shavings. Taste comprises chocolate, coconut, balanced bourbon rip, spice, dried fruits, raisins, mellow roast, toffee fudge. Full bodied, fine massaging carbonation, semi drying close with a balanced rising boost. Top notch BA impy stoot.

Tried from Bottle on 17 Feb 2022 at 23:35


6.9
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5

Bottle @ Bickle ‘s Homecoming, Ratebeer Odense. Pours Black with a small creamy head. Roast, Wood, sweet caramel, Rye and.. tonka. Woody and vinous. Dry and warming - slight boozy alcohol.

Tried from Bottle on 09 Feb 2022 at 21:09


7

Kochsgade Outlaws Gathering February 2022. Black with a lasting off-white head. Roasted aroma with chocolate and liquorice, vanilla and a touch of cinnamon. Sweet, roasted and boozy flavour with plenty of vanilla and cinnamon.

Tried on 09 Feb 2022 at 21:09


7.2
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8

Svart med minimalt skum. Söt doft med kokos, kola, träkol och alkohol. Sötklibbig smak med kokos, lakrits, kola, amerikansk whiskey och alkohol som värmer på slutet.

Tried on 05 Feb 2022 at 18:45


7.4

Really nice base. The bourbon barrel is mild but spot on. A bit sweet underneath to be great, but i guess their going for a bit more vanilla. Medium bitterness too balance. Big and complex. Beer temple Amsterdam

Tried on 29 Jan 2022 at 12:50


8.9
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 10 | Overall - 8.5

Bottle (2021). Dark brown, coffee foam. Aroma: spicy, wood, caramel, chocolate, cinnamon, chocolate and a touch of coffee, vanilla and bourbon, waffles, strong. Taste: sweet, cinnamon, wood, chocolate, black cherry, liquor, coffee, warm, great brew.

Tried from Bottle on 23 Jan 2022 at 14:09