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Firestone Walker Brewing in Paso Robles, California, United States 🇺🇸
Brown Ale - Imperial Special Out of Production|
Score
7.70
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The first beer brewed for the barrel aging program and has been brewed every year since. Originally named after an experimental variety of hops but now brewed with US grown Fuggles which are earthy and resinous. A lean, simple barley wine brewed to showcase barrel flavors with massive bourbon barrel notes that morph as the beer warms in the glass.
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8.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 10
Overall 8.5
(Bottle, vintage 2017) Cloudy brown colour with frothy tan head. Malty, roasty, hoppy nose with caramel, rye bread, chocolate, resin, orange peel and a touch of alcohol. Malty, roasted taste with notes of caramel, crisp-bread, chocolate, bourbon, vanilla, oak wood, resin, dried orange peel, a touch of dill and a vinous and warming finish with a balanced resiny bitterness. Full body, quite sweet. Really tasty and complex with lots of layers: toasty malt, bourbon wood, resiny hops. Great beer.
Tried
from Bottle
on 10 Apr 2022
at 18:34
7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 10
Flavor 5
Texture 8
Overall 6
Aus der Flasche (bbe 23.03.2022) im 2022-03 getrunken. Diese Ale startet mit einer beeindruckenden Aromen der Bourbon Fassreifung. Dazu kommt eine Karamell und Malznote. Am Gaumen erinnert es mit seiner Bitterkeit an einen klassischen American Strong Ale. Durch diese Bitterkeit am Gaumen verliert die Ale leider den wunderbaren Eindruck aus der Nase. Aber es bleibt doch aber immer noch ein sehr gutes Ale.
Tried
from Can
on 26 Mar 2022
at 16:09
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottle. Pours a clear brown with a small white head. Aroma is intense vanilla and bourbon, caramel, malt. Big body. Flavour is malty, quite sweet, loads and loads of vanilla, oak, caramel, molasses, biscuit malt. Crazy barrel notes here, this is so full on vanilla and oak, the original brown ale is somewhat lost. Nevertheless an amazing beer if one likes barrel aged beers.
Tried
from Bottle
on 06 Jan 2022
at 01:18
8.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 10
Overall 9
2017 vintage bottle. How have I not rated this yet? Murky copper colored pour, a few bubbles. Boozy aroma, dark malts. Taste is sweet and nutty followed by a rising burn. Some raisiny elements also. Superb!
Tried
from Bottle
on 15 Mar 2021
at 02:42
7.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Amber, clear with a minimal head. A wooden barrel aroma with some caramel and fruit. Sweet with a warm wooden barrels, malt and fruit end. Like. Vintage 2018, bb. for many years. From Vinmonopolet Tromsø 11.2018
Tried
on 23 Jan 2021
at 23:31
7.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
355ml bottle. Cloudy, minimally redd-ish, chestnut colour with small, frothy, half-way lasting, minimally lacing, off-white to beige head. Sweet-ish, nutty malty aroma, notes of hazelnut, some Brazil nut, nougat, a touch of tobacco, whiffs of Bourbon, vanilla, resinous and fruity hoppy hints of dried fruit, resin. Taste is initially sweet-ish, nutty malty, later more and more caramel malty, initial hints of hazelnut and nougat give way to toffee, caramel, vanilla, and well integrated, warming alcoholic Bourbon layers, some dried fruit, resin, fig, a slightly dry, oaky counterpart antagonises the sweetness. Oily to viscous texture, smooth and soft, minimally cloying palate, minimally coarse carbonation. Rich and passably complex, would appeal to me more with less booze.
Tried
from Bottle
on 03 Jun 2020
at 21:58
8/10
Magus, mõru, karamell, tamm, alks, vaat, konjaki laadne asi. Väga hea tasakaal. Väga väga hea.
Tried
from Bottle
on 17 Apr 2020
at 23:08
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
How: Bottle, 2017 vintage.
Where: Had at home.
Appearance: Dark amber colour with a small off-white head.
Aroma: Caramel, malt, bourbon, vanilla, alcohol.
Body: Medium to full body, low carbonation.
Flavour: Malt, caramel, alcohol, bourbon, dried fruit, vanilla.
Where: Had at home.
Appearance: Dark amber colour with a small off-white head.
Aroma: Caramel, malt, bourbon, vanilla, alcohol.
Body: Medium to full body, low carbonation.
Flavour: Malt, caramel, alcohol, bourbon, dried fruit, vanilla.
Tried
from Bottle
on 19 Mar 2020
at 12:14
6.1/10
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Appearance 2
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 4
Overall 6.5
Boozy aroma of dates and pecans, possibly bourbon. Cloudy brown , chunks of sediment, snow global, headless. Dates, caramel, horehound.Woody finish. Full body, easy carbonation, hot.
Tried
from Can
on 15 Feb 2020
at 17:56
7.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottle thanks to wombat23. Aged two years down in the cellar and opened on Thanksgiving 2019. Brown with a frothy head that soon fades. Aroma full of whiskey, oak and toffee. Taste is mildly sweet. Boozy, whiskey-filled finish—a touch raw at the end but still quite pleasant. Body to the heavy side of medium. Probably too much barrel for my normal taste but this worked well after a heavy meal.
Tried
from Bottle
on 29 Nov 2019
at 18:39