Bravissimo
(has 1 batch)
Firestone Walker Brewing in Paso Robles, California, United States 🇺🇸
Brown Ale - Imperial Rotating|
Score
7.73
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Welcome to Bravissimo - the alpha edition of our signature barrel-aged Bravo brown ale. The journey of this beer began when we brewed a special high-gravity variant of Bravo at our Propagator R&D brewhouse in Venice, California. After a year of maturation in bourbon barrels at our Paso Robles brewery, this small-batch barleywine was blended back into a lot of traditional barrel-aged Bravo. The result is a richer, stickier rendition of this Firestone Walker classic. A beautiful barrel character permeates the finished beer, while Bravo's signature maple sap and chocolate flavors reach another level.
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8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Very malty sweet with modestly good barrel character but the underlying imperial brown ale does little for this beer it got the body to support a nice barrel and caramel character so therefore it’s not bad
Tried
on 09 May 2025
at 14:48
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7.5
Texture 7
Overall 7.5
Bottle shared at craft beer junction bermondsey tasting. Many thanks Colin. A clear reddish amber coloured pour with a. Loose halo of white head. Aroma is amber caramel, dark roast, liquorice, Warming alcohol. Coffee. Palate is semi sweet, oily mellow carbonation. Ok.
Tried
from Bottle
on 01 May 2025
at 21:31
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7.5
Flavor 7.5
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
9th April 2025
Bottleshare at CBJ, thanks to Cloin. A light haze on this amber beer, small pale cream colour head. Airy palate, smooth, a modest fine carbonation. Smooth malts, a decent creamy caramel sweetness. A little dried fruits. Some spice and peel bitterness on the back end. Mild spicy linger.
Bottleshare at CBJ, thanks to Cloin. A light haze on this amber beer, small pale cream colour head. Airy palate, smooth, a modest fine carbonation. Smooth malts, a decent creamy caramel sweetness. A little dried fruits. Some spice and peel bitterness on the back end. Mild spicy linger.
Tried
from Bottle
on 09 Apr 2025
at 20:25
7.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7.5
Flavor 7.5
Texture 7
Overall 7.5
Rich and sweet, toasted pine, caramel, ripening berries, good stuff.
Tried
from Bottle
on 09 Apr 2025
at 20:17
7.5/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 7.5
Flavor 8
Texture 7
Overall 7.5
Tried
from Bottle
on 09 Apr 2025
at 20:15
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottle at home. Pours ruby brown, nose is coconut, vanilla, hint of pineapple, roasted, malty, caramel, taste is sweet toffee, caramel, vanilla, coconut.
Tried
from Bottle
on 27 Nov 2024
at 18:33
8/10
Tried
on 27 Nov 2024
at 18:33
7/10
Magus, vanilje, karamell, linnaseline, natuke mõru ka, alks on viisakalt kaetud.
Tried
on 16 Nov 2024
at 18:51
8.2/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottle. Pours clear amber, medium beige head, good lacing. Aroma is malty, earthy, bourbon oak toffee. Flavor is medium plus sweet, light bitter, quite interesting. Merlinplus body. Nearly BIL
Tried
from Bottle
on 04 Nov 2023
at 05:31
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8
Bottle. Mahogany beer with a dark cream head. Bourbon and brown sugar aroma. Big bourbon and brown sugar flavor with vanilla. Medium-plus bodied. Bourbon and vanilla linger with brown sugar and caramel.
Tried
from Bottle
on 25 Sep 2023
at 16:51