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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8.3/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8.5
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Pours black and a brown head with pretty good retention and some lacing. Aroma's of chocolate, dried fruit. Retronasal the fruit is more pronounced, with boozy alcohol, chocolate, a bit woody. Flavour is above moderate sweet with a firm bitterness on the back of the tongue. Medium to full bodied. Rather strong alcoholfeel, warming. Long finish with charcoal, quite bitter.
Tried
from Bottle
from
Sterk Avondverkoop
on 20 Aug 2021
at 20:40
8/10
Best scherp. Drop.
Tried
from Bottle
on 09 Jul 2021
at 18:49
8.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 10
Texture 10
Overall 8.5
Bottle picked up from Beer Republic webshop nr Breda, Netherlands. Consumed in Frank (camper) in Mittenwald, camping nr railway station, Friday 25th June 2021. Pours black with a beige head. Super soft mouthfeel, really indulgent, coconut, bitter and roasty, some liquorice, bourbon always in the background, really thick in the mouth, dark chocolate. This is another incredible beer from Firestone Walker
Tried
from Bottle
on 25 Jun 2021
at 20:33
9.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 10
Flavor 10
Texture 10
Overall 9
On tap at Firestone Walker, pours black with a small tan head. Aroma is gorgeous, with loads of wood, roasted malt, a bit of liqueur, and light cocoa. Flavour is decadent and complex, with a wonderfully rich wood character, beautiful roast, some dark fruits, and a touch of spirit. Boozy but in a perfect way. Complex and layered. Sublime.
Tried
from Draft
on 20 Jun 2021
at 06:46
8/10
Black with light tan head. Sweet deep roasted chocolate malts, cinnamon, coconut, deep roasted boozy bbq crusts. Happy post nucleair armageddon motherdrunker 😵💫😵
Tried
from Bottle
on 20 Jun 2021
at 01:20
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 7.5
Texture 7
Overall 8
Bottle thanks to sjogro. Black with tan head. Cinnamon, lots of roasted malts, bourbon, spicy wood, cognac, vanilla, chocolate. Solid sweet, boozy bitter. Over medium bodied with a bit dry alcoholic finish. This is really nice, but also very alcoholic. Not as good as classic Parabola.
Tried
from Bottle
on 19 Jun 2021
at 23:16
8.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 8
355ml bottle. Sweetish, roasty and spicy with some stingy woody notes, cinnamon, salty licorice, oak, vanilla, toffee, syrup and bourbon. Hints of toffee, butter and coffee, some chocolate and mole sauce. Quite different compared to the regular Parabola, but still quite tasty.
Tried
from Bottle
on 21 May 2021
at 19:07
8/10
Magus, kaneeline, röstine, šokolaadine, puit, kuiv, vaadine, burboonine. Hea. 4.1
Tried
from Bottle
on 14 May 2021
at 20:34
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottle. Color: Almost black, thin light brown head. Aroma: Roasted malt, spicy Amburana wood. Taste: Medium to over medium sweet, moderate going to over moderate bitterness, dark roasted malt, molasses, Bourbon notes, toffee / fudge, combined with quite strong Amburana: spicy, cinnamon, vanilla, wood, perfumy. Sticky. Warming and long lasting spicy finish. Like other Amburana beers I've had, the Amburana wood is fairly prominent, yet also nicely balanced. Full body, below average carbonation. Nice slow sipper, although I think one Amburana beer once in a while is enough.
Tried
from Bottle
on 09 May 2021
at 19:01
8/10
Tried
from Bottle
on 06 May 2021
at 21:05