Firestone Walker Brewing Dark Ray

Dark Ray

 

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

  Stout - Pastry / Flavoured - Imperial Special Out of Production
Score
7.76
ABV: 11.6% IBU: 40 Ticks: 14
-BREWMASTER'S COLLECTIVE EXCLUSIVE- “This is the very first Brewmaster's Reserve beer and something I’ve been thinking about blending for some time. We selected barrels of one-year-aged Parabola and two-year-aged Velvet Merkin, then added locally sourced Madagascar Vanilla beans, cocoa nibs, and coconut. In the end, we created a 'liquid Mounds bar' – the closest thing to a pastry stout Firestone Walker has made." -Brewmaster Matt Brynildson

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Tried from Bottle on 04 Oct 2025 at 22:34


7.4
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 7.5 | Flavor - 7.5 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 7.5

aroma has lots of chocolate, cocoa, some sweet caramel, some toffee, some sweet malts.
flavor is malts, dried dark fruits, toffee, faint salty note, raisins, slightly roasted malts, toasted malts, malty bitterness into the end. quite complex barley wine style strong ale - the adjuncts work well, does not come off as artificial.

Tried from Bottle from Kihoskh on 05 Aug 2025 at 23:54


8

Intense sweet and toasted malty with notes of dark dried fruit, caramel and toffee sweetness, medium body, vanilla and bourbon into the warming sweet malty close. Beautiful.

Tried from Draft on 26 Mar 2025 at 06:40


6.8
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

[10/22/2021] Sample at Mikkeller Beer Celebration Copenhagen 2021. Yellow session. Very dark brown to black. Black, caramel, nuts, chocolate, sweet.

Tried on 12 Nov 2021 at 11:10


8.1
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5

Tap@MBCC Yellow session - dark brown with a beige head. Intense sweet and toasted malty with notes of dark dried fruit, caramel and toffee sweetness, medium body, vanilla and bourbon into the warming sweet malty close. Beautiful.

Tried from Draft on 29 Oct 2021 at 07:28


7.9
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5

Tap at MBCC2021, Copenhagen. Colour is clear brown with very small head. Aromas and flavours: Ripe fruits, vanilla, some alcohol... pretty nice.

Tried from Draft on 28 Oct 2021 at 06:03


7.5
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8

Tap @MBCC 2021, Yellow Session. Very dark brown, beige head. Malt, caramel, wood and vanilla aroma, bourbon too. Malty flavour, woody, vanilla and choc.

Tried from Draft on 27 Oct 2021 at 19:51


8.2
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8

Draught @ MBCC 2021. Smooth, slightly roasty and caramely with some bourbon, toffee, syrup, vanilla, coffee and chocolate. Pretty good and balanced

Tried on 25 Oct 2021 at 14:17



7.6
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5


Draught @ MBCC '21 [ Yellow Session 🍻 ]. - Mikkeller Beer Copenhagen Celebration 2021, Øksnehallen, Halmtorvet 11, 1700 København V, Danmark.

[ As Firestone Walker Dark Ray ].
ABV: 11.6%. Clear dark brown amber colour with a average, frothy, good lacing, mostly lasting, off-white to beige head. Aroma is moderate malty, roasted - toasted, cocoa, coconut, spicy, dark malt, rich. Flavor is moderate to heavy sweet and light to moderate bitter with a long duration, roasted - toasted, cocoa, spicy, coconut, dark malt, rich, malty, barrel - vanilla. Body is medium to medium full, texture is oily, carbonation is soft, finish feel is warming and light alcoholic. [20211022]
7-4-8-4-15

Tried on 22 Oct 2021 at 19:40