Parabajava
Firestone Walker Brewing in Paso Robles, California, United States 🇺🇸
Stout - Pastry / Flavoured - Imperial Regular|
Score
8.15
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Our classic bourbon barrel-aged Parabola infused with heirloom Ethiopia Misty Valley coffee beans, freshly roasted by our friends and neighbors at Spearhead Coffee. Parabola's notoriously dark, roasted, bourbon-barrel character is perfectly accentuated by the Misty Valley coffee's distinctive blueberry and milk chocolate notes.
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8.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8.5
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 9
Bomber bottle via trade, thanks Arturo, vintage 2016.
Brune foncée voire noire, col épais crémeux blanc-cassé.
Arôme est dank - malt et barrel goodness, grillé, café encore bien présent avec de superbes effluves de Bourbon et d'une pointe de vanille;
Palais est profond, axé sur le malté, grillé, pointe de chaleur, le tout restant super buvable, note fine de chocolat avec ajout fin de baies rouges. En retrait un caractère complexe de café-moka avec une certaine douceur de Bourbon et de boisé ajoutant un léger côté vanille; Sublime.
Brune foncée voire noire, col épais crémeux blanc-cassé.
Arôme est dank - malt et barrel goodness, grillé, café encore bien présent avec de superbes effluves de Bourbon et d'une pointe de vanille;
Palais est profond, axé sur le malté, grillé, pointe de chaleur, le tout restant super buvable, note fine de chocolat avec ajout fin de baies rouges. En retrait un caractère complexe de café-moka avec une certaine douceur de Bourbon et de boisé ajoutant un léger côté vanille; Sublime.
Tried
from Bottle
on 17 Mar 2020
at 15:37
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Bottle. Nose is coffee, caramel, chocolate. Flavor is grapes, coffee, sweet toffee, wine, green pepper, molasses. A bit all over the place but nice.
Tried
from Bottle
on 16 Mar 2020
at 06:00
8.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 6
Overall 8.5
7/III/20 - 1Pt. 6Fl. Oz. bottle @ 1st Official Brewver Meeting / Belgian Beer Geek Winter Gathering (2020), BB: n/a, 2016 ed. (2020-218) Thanks to sebletitje for sharing the bottle!
Clear dark red brown beer, small creamy beige head, unstable, non adhesive. Aroma: sweet, lots of chocolate, bit malty, some coffee, bit sugary, some oxidation notes, nice stuff. MF: ok carbon, medium body. Taste: sweet, lots of chocolate, bit sweet, caramel, nice, alcohol, more chocolate, little bitter, bit malty. Aftertaste: bit hoppy, roasted, chocolate, bit sweet, caramel, very nice stuff.
Clear dark red brown beer, small creamy beige head, unstable, non adhesive. Aroma: sweet, lots of chocolate, bit malty, some coffee, bit sugary, some oxidation notes, nice stuff. MF: ok carbon, medium body. Taste: sweet, lots of chocolate, bit sweet, caramel, nice, alcohol, more chocolate, little bitter, bit malty. Aftertaste: bit hoppy, roasted, chocolate, bit sweet, caramel, very nice stuff.
Tried
from Bottle
on 07 Mar 2020
at 14:00
8.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
12 oz bottle from the Firestone Brewery Store. Nose is vanilla, roast, coffee, and bourbon with a hint of smoke. Black with a medium, cinnamon tan head. Flavor is vanilla creamed, toasty coffee with a dash of bourbon. Nice!
Tried
from Bottle
on 16 Feb 2020
at 22:02
8.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8.5
Flavor 8.5
Texture 9
Overall 8.5
Pours a deep dark brown (not quite black) colour and a dense light brown head with reasonable retention. Aroma's of coffee, bourbon, roasted malts, sweet. Retronasal it's sweet, bourbon, vanilla, mild coffee. Flavour isabove moderate sweet with light coffee sourness and roast. Alcohol is warming. Full bodied. Long finish, roasty and moderate bitter.
Tried
from Draft
at
Firestone Walker Brewing Company (Taproom, Visitors Center, Brewery Store)
on 26 Dec 2019
at 07:55
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 9
Tap @ MBCC 2017. Pours dark brown blackish with a small brown head. How did they turn parabola brown? Oh well. Aromas of coffee, dark fruits, roasted malts, bread. Taste has lots of fruity coffee, malty bready, roast, dark fruits. Prefer regular parabola to this.
Tried
from Draft
on 06 Nov 2019
at 16:54
6.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
How: Draught.
Where: MBCC 2019.
Appearance: Dark brown colour with a small tan head.
Aroma: Roasted malt, caramel, dried fruit, chocolate, coffee.
Body: Full body, low carbonation.
Flavour: Roasted malt, chocolate, caramel, fruit, coffee.
Where: MBCC 2019.
Appearance: Dark brown colour with a small tan head.
Aroma: Roasted malt, caramel, dried fruit, chocolate, coffee.
Body: Full body, low carbonation.
Flavour: Roasted malt, chocolate, caramel, fruit, coffee.
Tried
on 26 Jul 2019
at 11:25
8.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Tap @ Mikkeller Beer Celebration, Copenhagen , 2019. Pours black with a creamy head and lacings. Chocolate, coffee and wood. Tasty and warming. Intense. Quite tough but good flavors. Full bodied.
Tried
from Draft
on 21 May 2019
at 15:28
8.3/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 9
Tap at MBCC. Pours black-dark brown. Aroma and flavor are sweet, chocolate, coffee, roast, malt, booze. Overall: great.
Tried
from Draft
on 19 May 2019
at 16:49
8/10
Tried
on 13 May 2019
at 11:45