PaRyebola (2024)

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

Stout - Imperial Special

Score

7.78

ABV: 15.2%

IBU: 53

Ticks: 6

Our iconic Parabola Barrel-Aged Stout soars to new heights with PaRyebola—a uniquely high-ABV release saturated with rye whiskey character. The journey of this beer began when we inherited a coveted selection of small 30-gallon Kentucky Straight Rye Whiskey barrels from FEW Spirits. In a stroke of good fortune, these barrels landed with more than a few shots of residual spirits still sloshing around inside. We immediately loaded them full of our classic Parabola base beer and let them work their magic for an extended maturation period of 18 months. Needless to say, the rye whiskey vibes are strong in PaRyebola which combines Parabola’s signature flavors of black cherry, dark chocolate and roast coffee with hints of earthy grains and clove spice.

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8.6

poisoneddwarf (5469) reviewed PaRyebola (2024) from Firestone Walker Brewing 2 months ago

Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 9.5 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 9.5

12 oz bottle from the BA Big Beer box. Aroma is chocolaty, woody, raisin, molasses, whiskey, vanilla. Pours very dark brown to black with a thin collapsing beige head. Taste is bittersweet with lots of rye spice. High ABV is fairly well hidden; tastes like it could be in the 9% range. The rye adds so much to this. Phenomenal!

Tried from Bottle from Half Time on 01 Jan 2026 at 03:43

8.8

Irishboy (4674) reviewed PaRyebola (2024) from Firestone Walker Brewing 4 months ago

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

Two entries for this (Paryebola & PaRyebola (2024) but the first one was entered fire by Bhensonb and there’s only been one batch) 12oz bottle from Firestone Paso Robles Brewery Store my 8th bottle according to Untppd. Nose is chocolate, vanilla, rye, and whiskey with no adjuncts. Black with a big tan head. Flavor is lightly sweet and smoky. Excellent stuff. --- Beer merged from original tick of Paryebola on 05 Oct 2025 at 21:41 - Score: Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 9. Original review text: Two entries for this (Paryebola & PaRyebola (2024) but the first one was entered fire by Bhensonb and there’s only been one batch) 12oz bottle from Firestone Paso Robles Brewery Store my 8th bottle according to Untppd. Nose is chocolate, vanilla, rye, and whiskey with no adjuncts. Black with a big tan head. Flavor is lightly sweet and smoky. Excellent stuff.

Tried from Bottle at Firestone Walker Brewing Company (Taproom, Visitors Center, Brewery Store) on 11 Oct 2025 at 21:38

8.2

Bytemesis (16229) reviewed PaRyebola (2024) from Firestone Walker Brewing 1 year ago

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 10 | Overall - 8

Bottle. Pours clear mahogany, small off white head, decent lacing. Aroma is rye whiskey, oak, cocoa. Flavor is light plus sweet, light plus bitter. Medium body

Tried from Bottle on 25 Oct 2024 at 03:00

Mrf33n3y (6651) ticked PaRyebola (2024) from Firestone Walker Brewing 1 year ago

Bourbon and rye

Tried on 10 Oct 2024 at 21:42

8.5

kangareuben (5049) ticked PaRyebola (2024) from Firestone Walker Brewing 1 year ago

Tried on 10 Oct 2024 at 17:40

7.9

bhensonb (22605) reviewed PaRyebola (2024) from Firestone Walker Brewing 1 year ago

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5

Capped 12 oz bottle from the brewery. Pours very dark, but clear, brown with a slight and transient dark tan head. Aroma of chocolate and rye. Seems full bodied. It's not dry, but not sticky. Flavor seems to be chocolate and rye spice. Dark malt in support. Hint of wood astringency. Heat wasn't noticeable til I thought about it. Nice stuff indeed.

Tried from Bottle on 08 Sep 2024 at 00:22