Big Opal
Firestone Walker Brewing in Paso Robles, California, United States 🇺🇸
Barley Wine - Barley Regular|
Score
7.18
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madmitch76 (40452) reviewed Big Opal from Firestone Walker Brewing 15 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
September 2008
A hand labelled bottle brought to the Rake by the Matt Brynildson from FW. Big cheers to Matt for bringing and Rich and Mike (of the Rake) for sharing! The bottle was noted as ’Rye Barrel Wheat Wine’ - 11.0% abv. So this was the Opal the fed in to FW13 I guess. Sweet start, porty. A lovely strong beer with a lot of barleywine characteristics. Sweet rich strong beer with smooth everything.
BMan1113VR (8090) reviewed Big Opal from Firestone Walker Brewing 17 years ago
Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7
On tap at the Toronado. Listed as Firestone Opal Wheat Wine (13 or 14% if I remember). Pours a stunningly beautiful hazy deep reddish amber with a small, wispy off-white head. Aroma of prunes, plums, caramel and alcohol. Taste is a malty and pruney barely wine with some banana and clove elements from the wheat with a considerable amount of oxidation in the taste. A lot of alcohol in the taste makes this odd drink a bit hard to put down. Syrupy mouthfeel with small bubbles.
bb (18428) reviewed Big Opal from Firestone Walker Brewing 17 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8.5
Draft. Also just called Opal. It’s a wheatwine. Reddish amber beer with a light off-white head. Malty, wheat aroma. Wheat, malt flavor with light fruitiness, noticeable alcohol, and a bit of darker malt. Fuller bodied. Lingering alcohol, wheat, malt, spice, fruit. Starts to get some cocoa notes. Gets better and better.