Bravo
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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7.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8
Tap @ MBCC 2017. Aroma has caramel, dark fruits, light hoppy, malty. Taste has caramel, light chocolatey notes, bread, malt, hops.
Tried
from Draft
on 06 Nov 2019
at 16:55
7.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8
Third on tap at Brewdog, Bristol. Pours opaque dark brown with a cream head. Aroma: caramel malts, toffee, dark fruits, oaky bourbon barrel. Taste: moderate sweet & bitter, caramel, toffee, booze, dried fruits, mellow bourbon barrel. Medium bodied with tight carbonation. Tasty, it's like an imperial browwn ale
Tried
from Draft
on 29 Aug 2019
at 20:55
8.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 9
2017er Version, getrunken August 2019: Das ist ein ganz ganz feines Bier. Sehr cremig, malzig, Rosinen, süffig süß, gefährlich gut trinkbar, zum reinlegen lecker. Länger Abgang, Holzfass, Bourbon. Geil!
Tried
on 04 Aug 2019
at 17:30
8.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Flaska från SB, vintage 2017. Mörk men kristallklar kopparfärgad mahogny med ljusbeige krona. Rejäl arom full av bourbondränkta russin, fikon, kolaremmar, tobak, jäst, kokos och vanilj. Stor kropp, rejält åtstramad av fatkaraktären. Smaken också den åtstramad i förhållande till arom. Rejäl fatkaraktär där värmande bourbon utgör förgrunden med tydlig hetta. Mjuknar till något när den varit i glaset en stund, men bourbonfaten spelar fortfarande huvudrollen med övermogna äpplen, råg och romrussin som uppbackning. Överlag ganska rå och åtstramad av fatlagringen. Kanske föredrar exempelvis Stickee Monkee över denna, men kan gilla råheten och överlag är det fortfarande väldigt gott.
Tried
on 10 Jul 2019
at 21:46
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
21.12.3018, 12 oz bottle (2017 vintage) @ home:
Nice slightly bubbly-creamy mediumlasting head. Aroma is slightly sweet, dark sugar, mild bourbon, dark malts, caramel, raisins, oak, bark, hay, fruit stones, chocolate. Taste is slightly sweet boozy, dark sugar, bourbon, oak, old rope, dark malts, raisins, fruit stones, caramel, licorice, bark, cocoa. Medium to longlasting bitterness, slightly sweet boozy mouthfeel. Nice.
Nice slightly bubbly-creamy mediumlasting head. Aroma is slightly sweet, dark sugar, mild bourbon, dark malts, caramel, raisins, oak, bark, hay, fruit stones, chocolate. Taste is slightly sweet boozy, dark sugar, bourbon, oak, old rope, dark malts, raisins, fruit stones, caramel, licorice, bark, cocoa. Medium to longlasting bitterness, slightly sweet boozy mouthfeel. Nice.
Tried
from Bottle
on 21 Dec 2018
at 19:38
7.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8
Draught, 2017 Vintage Small brownish rim left, deep redbrown beer. Some Bourbon, lots of cookies - both old and Petit Beurre. Fusels, alcoholfumes. In the taste, Bourbon², chocolate malts, again cookies (though more Café Glacée). An extra sweetness (the dextrose??), difficult to relate. Veyr slick, viscously bodied, alcoholheat, sticky. More than interesting, but again very sweet - seems to be a constant in FW beers.
Tried
on 10 Nov 2018
at 07:14
7/10
Malo orzechow, nieco beczki w sensie burbona a nie wanilii, karmel, w sumie to slodkie, chlalne, dibre ale nic specjalnego
Tried
from Bottle
at
Powiśle
on 29 Oct 2018
at 23:11
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
bottle thanks to @Zlotta, thanks Jan, pours reddish brown with a licht head., aroma of caramel, butterscotch, malts, Taste of dark fruits, raisins, butterscotch, caramel, brown sugar,alcohol, vanilla, plums, bourbon, average body, granular. --- Beer merged from original tick of Bravo on 21 Oct 2018 at 17:58 - Score: 8. Original review text: 2017 edt, chestnut reddish brown with a small head, bourbon, butterscotch, caramel, malts, grain, dark fruits, prune, raisins, nice supper
Tried
from Bottle
on 27 Oct 2018
at 09:36
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
0.355 l bottle from 'Braufactum', 2017 vintage, bottled in December 2016. Clear, deep ruby with a thin, frothy, slowly diminishing, off-white head. Sweetish-malty, gently fruity aroma of molasses, caramel, raisins, prunes and vanilla. Medium sweet, slightly bitter, malty, moderately fruity taste of molasses, caramel, raisins, vanilla, bourbon and a touch of chocolate, followed by a long, gently bitter, fairly warming and quite boozy finish. Medium to full body, gently effervescent mouthfeel, average carbonation. Nice sipper, just a little too hot and too much effervescence for such beer.
Tried
from Bottle
on 18 Oct 2018
at 19:26
8.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Poured from 12oz bottle 2017 vintage reddish brown with a tan head. Aroma is toffee vanilla oak bourbon. Notes change as the beer warms in the glass. Taste is toffee vanilla bourbon oak. Hard to believe this is 13%!
Tried
from Bottle
on 22 Sep 2018
at 23:02