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Firestone Walker Brewing in Paso Robles, California, United States 🇺🇸
Collab with: WeldWerks Brewing CompanyStout - Pastry / Flavoured - Imperial Series Out of Production
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Score
7.45
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We put our money on the table with the brewers over at Weldworks from Greeley, CO, to create a mole-inspired beer with hints of heat and smoke from Ancho chilies, balanced spice from a dash of Saigon cinnamon, and bursting with notes of dark chocolate. The result is a beer brimming with aromas of cinnamon toast, dark chocolate malt, and Mexican mocha, balanced by its full body and just a hint of spiciness.
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8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottle at home, 2023 edition. Pours black, nose is chocolate, cinnamon, dusty, vanilla, capsicum, taste is sweet toffee, chocolate, chilli, cloying spice. The cinnamon overpowers here.8
Tried
on 23 Apr 2026
at 07:40
8.3/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8.5
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
2023 bottle drunk 10/13/25.
Clear, dark. Small, tan head. Moderate retention.
Rich nose with good homogenization of adjuncts and malt. You get the cinnamon, but it's not dominant or aggressive. Lots of rich malt with light fudge and plentiful, mildly spicy bourbon. Doesn't seem too sweet and it isn't boozey.
Lightly-to-moderately sweet, probably a bit more perceived sweetness than actual sugar here, on account of the soft, round adjuncts. Cacao is rich and wonderfully-done, while the cinnamon, just like in the nose, is tasteful and doesn't dominate or overdry the palate. Barrel is certainly there, with light lead and spice and a lingering warmth. But the beer seems to be more about the malt and adjunct interplay. Tasteful all-around and good attenuation with no booze noted. Not a syrupy, alcoholic monster, yet still intensely-flavored with excellent barrel character. Looks like the additional age has helped this one.
Clear, dark. Small, tan head. Moderate retention.
Rich nose with good homogenization of adjuncts and malt. You get the cinnamon, but it's not dominant or aggressive. Lots of rich malt with light fudge and plentiful, mildly spicy bourbon. Doesn't seem too sweet and it isn't boozey.
Lightly-to-moderately sweet, probably a bit more perceived sweetness than actual sugar here, on account of the soft, round adjuncts. Cacao is rich and wonderfully-done, while the cinnamon, just like in the nose, is tasteful and doesn't dominate or overdry the palate. Barrel is certainly there, with light lead and spice and a lingering warmth. But the beer seems to be more about the malt and adjunct interplay. Tasteful all-around and good attenuation with no booze noted. Not a syrupy, alcoholic monster, yet still intensely-flavored with excellent barrel character. Looks like the additional age has helped this one.
Tried
from Bottle
from Tavour
on 13 Oct 2025
at 18:53
7.6/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Bottle. Pours un clear chestnut, small beige head, good lacing. Aroma is cinnamon, vanilla, cocoa, chili pepper. Flavor is light plus sweet, light plus bitter. Merlin body
Tried
from Bottle
on 15 Jun 2024
at 03:24
8.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 9
Capped 355 from the brewery. Pours dark brn/blk with a tan smear. Aroma of chocolate, dark malt and chilies. Full bodied. Flavor is Bourbon, dark malt, chocolate and chilies. Not dry. Heat and chilies stand in for bitter. Mole it is. It's hot but very approachable.
Tried
on 05 Aug 2023
at 01:45