Firestone Walker Brewing Mellow Mind Control

Mellow Mind Control

 

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

Collab with: Omnipollo
  Stout - Pastry / Flavoured - Imperial Series Out of Production
Score
7.93
ABV: 13.5% IBU: 23 Ticks: 15
Get ready for Mellow Mind Control, our bold collaboration with the innovators at Omnipollo. Aged in 12-year Elijah Craig and 10-year Henry McKenna barrels, this beer layers deep chocolate and roasted malt with a touch of toasted coconut and Madagascar vanilla. True to Omnipollo’s fearless style, every sip is a smooth, indulgent journey that’s anything but ordinary. Show Less
 

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7.4/10 Appearance 7 Aroma 8 Flavor 7.5 Texture 7 Overall 7
2024 bottle drunk 3/22/26.
Coconut though is it from actual coconut or bourbon? Almost certainly the actual coconut, though the bourbon is very fruity and lightly sweet. Vanilla pretty minimal, and there's a fudgey character to the malts with minimal roast and no alcohol noted.
Rich, with huge coconut-fudge notes and some alcohol woven in. It's not hot/sharp but it's certainly apparent. Syrupy, thick, rich, malty texture. Gooey and cakey with bourbon spice, some woody dryness and just sugar for days. Definitely pushing it on the sweetness, and sweeter than I'd prefer; though not cloying. Would definitely prefer a bit more bourbon depth/complexity in place of the huge coconut, which as a sidenote, must have been disgustingly overdone when this was fresh if it's still so dominant now.

I was thinking, Wow, an Omnipollo beer without a ton of stupid shit in it?! But they've still "Omnipollod" the beer by putting too much adjunct in it and leaving it way, way too sweet. All that said, it's still a competent dessert sipper, though I'm dumping more than half of the bottle as I'm not really in to diabetes.

Another beer that gains points when drunk at a beer fest (as 95% of the ratings are from here), as it's fine and tasty in a very small sample. But when you sit down with a full bottle, you realize it's not incredible beer.
Tried from Can from Tavour on 22 Mar 2026 at 22:22

9.3/10 Appearance 10 Aroma 9 Flavor 9 Texture 10 Overall 9
Bottle from Tavour
Appearance: dark brown with a thin tan head
Aroma: bourbon, woody, vanilla, coconut, caramel, chocolate
Flavor: medium sweetness, medium bitterness
Texture: light carbonation, creamy feel, full body, long finish
Delicious
Tried from Bottle from Tavour on 14 Mar 2026 at 21:01

8.3/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 9
Bottle @MBCC 2025, Red Session. Oily black no head. Rich dark malty aroma, fresh vanilla. Sweet flavour, rich, heavy dark malty, intense boozy buzz. Well balanced.
Tried from Bottle on 05 Sep 2025 at 07:17

8.8/10 Appearance 9 Aroma 9 Flavor 8.5 Texture 9 Overall 8.5
Радует что у такой олдовой пивоварни получилось такое модернисткий пастри стаут. Шоколад, ваниль, кокос, все в балансе. Молодцы.
Tried on 03 Jun 2025 at 22:53

8.1/10 Appearance 9 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 8
MBCC 2025, Copenhagen. Early saturday. Pours black with a small beige head. Roast, wood, coffee. Heavy. Slick and vinous. Super tasty. 4.1
Tried on 29 May 2025 at 07:16

8.3/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 9
On tap at MBCC 2025 (Red session), pours black with a small tan head. Aroma has toasted coconut upfront that is balanced well with cocoa and plenty of bourbon barrels. Flavour is full of coconut, cocoa, and bourbon barrels, finishing moderately sweet and very cohesive. Fantastic.
Tried from Draft on 27 May 2025 at 16:46

8.5/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 8.5 Flavor 9 Texture 8 Overall 8.5
On tap at MBCC 2025, red session. pours dark brown. Caramel, chocolate, vanilla on thenmose. Dlavour has tons of rich chocolate, bready, great barrel character. Incredible.
Tried from Draft on 25 May 2025 at 23:26

8/10
Draught @ MBCC '25 [ Red 🟥 Session 🧙‍♂️🍻🇩🇰 ]. - Mikkeller Beer Copenhagen Celebration 2025, Øksnehallen, Halmtorvet 11, 1700 København V, Danmark. . [20250524]
Tried on 24 May 2025 at 20:46

8/10
Draught @ MBCC '25 [ Red 🟥 Session 🧙‍♂️🍻🇩🇰 ]. - Mikkeller Beer Copenhagen Celebration 2025, Øksnehallen, Halmtorvet 11, 1700 København V, Danmark. . [20250524]
Tried on 24 May 2025 at 20:46

8/10
24/05/2025 Sample at Mikkeller Beer Celebration Copenhagen 2025
Tried on 24 May 2025 at 11:46