21 (XXI) Anniversary Ale
Firestone Walker Brewing in Paso Robles, California, United States 🇺🇸
Strong Ale - American Series Out of Production|
Score
7.99
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Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8.5 | Flavor - 8.5 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 8.5
Bottle shared with Johnny. Opaque dark brown color, red hue coming through, small off-white head. Aroma is malts, barrel influence clearly there, bourbon I guess? Flavor is malts, bourbon, vanilla, light raisins, sticky brown malts. A little bit thinner than I had expected, maybe cause it's got a couple of years on it, but it's still pretty amazingly good.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7
Draft from union public house. Pours brownish black. Malts, fruits and booze. Good balance.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5
6 year old bottle. Pours a very dark brown colour and a beige creamy head with a small layer retention. Aroma's: bourbon, vanilla, toffee/fudge, some red fruit. Reronasalit's sweet bourbon, wood, some roast and bitterness. Flavour is sweet and light bitter. Medium bodied. Alcohol is warming but not sharp. Finishes with light (roasty) bitterness.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 10 | Overall - 8.5
(Bottle) Dark brown colour with frothy, beige head. Malty, vinous nose with caramel, roasted malt, treacle, oak wood, prunes, raisins, dried figs, chocolate and a touch of nutmeg. Malty, vinous taste with notes of chocolate, caramel, treacle, oak wood, whiskey, dried fruit, nutmeg, cinnamon and a balanced spicy bitterness in a fairly vinous finish. Full body, quite sweet. Quite soft, velvety and rounded mouthfeel. Really well balanced for its strength. Great beer!
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
Poured from 355 mL bottle. Dark brown with small beige head. Dark stone fruit, raisin, woody.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5
On tap at As Is. Pours black. Caramel, bourbon, red fruit, biscuit, vanilla, cardamom, toffee, rum cask, milk chocolate. Nice full body. Excellent.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 9
Bottle at home in Hackney - picked up in San Diego during Dave’s stag weekend. Haven’t had a beer like this in a long time. Pours deep, deep brown with a lasting, creamy beige head. Big sweet flavour with with enough for it to stand on, lots of molasses, dark fruits, nips of cocoa, caramel, barrel, brown bread, general rich malts. Full bodied, oily and chewy, with fine carbonation. Warming finish, lightly sticky, gorgeous layered malt character, more dark cheers, toffee, dates, figs, toast, plums, raisins. Just a hint of roast in the aftertaste. Superb.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 10 | Overall - 8.5
Bottle pour from The City, Seabrook. Appearance is black (dark ruby red with light source directly behind) with trace sparkle at the edges of the glass, finger-width ephemeral, fizzy, light brown head with no lacing. Aroma is moderately strong, slightly bourbon dominant over caramel, pumpernickel bread and dark fruit. Taste is strong caramel, bourbon, rum, late pumpernickel bread and hints of chocolate. Mouthfeel is medium bodied with silky smooth texture, initial hit of lively carbonation but then soft-to-average the rest of the way through, lovely alcohol warmth deep in the esophagus and finish as taste. Overall, the care with which this was curated comes through. Aroma and flavors are strong with decent complexity and play harmoniously, complementing each other and alternating turns on center stage. Nice complexity to the mouthfeel. Might be a tad sweet. Really nice.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 10 | Overall - 8.5
Bottled. Deep brown color, still normal carbonation. Aroma shows soft rum, soft bourbon, soft chocolate. Flavor shows mellow rum throughout with chocolate, nuts, raisin, and a touch of bourbon. Alcohol is hidden with a slight warming after the sip. Rum shows a pretty big presence but this is still really good.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
Bottle. Pours clear ruby mahogany, small beige head, dissipates fairly quickly decent lacing. Aroma is dates, bourbon, toffee, cherry, vinous leather. Flavor is medium plus sweet, medium bitter. Full body.