Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8.5 | Flavor - 7.5 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
Bottle at home. Opaque black color, full sized quite quickly diminishing beige head. Aroma and flavor are malts, chocolaty notes, softly boozy, slightly (Dutch) "katjesdrop" notes, smoothly bitter. Solid, very solid.
Appearance - 9 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 9 | Overall - 8
12 oz. bottle, pours black with a small tan head—looks like a stout, which makes sense given that ⅔ of the blend is stout. Nose is elegant and complex, with tons of bourbon barrel depth, plenty of oakiness, some vanillin, a little chocolate, and plenty of roast. Flavour is delicately balanced, revealing plenty of bourbon barrel, vanillin, oak, low-to-moderate roast, some dark chocolate, a touch of dark dried fruits, and toffee. Close to stout-like but a little softer, showcasing the barrels really well. Palate is very oily/silky, with well-suited low carbonation. Another wonderful anniversary blend.
CLW (16859) reviewed ParaboLux from Firestone Walker Brewing 1 month ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7.5 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
12 oz bottle. 2023 Vintage. Aroma is similar to Cherry Cola with some bitters. Flavor is soft bourbon with moderate cherry and ends on strong bitters. As I sip I realize the bitters have drowned out the vanilla and some of the barrel. Body is lean. I was really hoping for a lot more out of this.
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!
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8.5 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 9 | Overall - 9
Svart med beige skum. Lukter mørke stenfrukter, lakris og fat. Smaker røstet malt, fat alkohol, salt lakris og tobakk. Nydelig.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8.5 | Flavor - 8.5 | Texture - 9 | Overall - 8.5
Svart med lys brunt skum. Lukter mørk sjokolade, trevirke og tobakk. Fyldig. Smaker mørk sjokolade, lakris, tobakk og trevirke. Middels lang.
fonefan (84534) reviewed Heavy Souls (2024) from Firestone Walker Brewing 1 month ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 9 | Overall - 9
Bottle 12fl.oz. @ home - fonefan & Brugmansia House. 🏠🇩🇰 💻👀 🧑🎄🌲 ❄☃️ ☁️☂️ [ As Firestone Walker / Frau Gruber Heavy Souls - 2024 ]. ABV: 12.5%. [20251230]. 8/4/9/4-/18.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5
Appearance is oily black, with some beige bubbles round the edge. Aroma is chocolate, marshmallow, caramel, coconut, cinnamon hints, coffee, roast malt, toffee, hint of booze. Taste is chocolate, chilli, brownie, bourbon and vanilla, caramel and toffee, nutty malt, cinnamon, peppery spice, coffee, chocolatey finish. Nice, not too full-on.
lore (7878) reviewed Bravissimo from Firestone Walker Brewing 1 month ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 10 | Flavor - 10 | Texture - 10 | Overall - 9.5
Chestnut colour, medium sized creamy beige-ish ecru head; aroma of toffee, milk chocolate, dairy cream, vanilla, bourbon, whisky, nutmeg, some honey, raisins, slight cinnamon and cherry bonbon; taste is quite the same with some alcoholic spiciness; amazing one! Thanks so much for sharing, Kapusil!
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kapusil (2791) reviewed Bravissimo from Firestone Walker Brewing 1 month ago
Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 9
0.355l bottle. Hazy brown body with a thin pearl head. Aroma and taste of chocolate, orange zest, nutmeg, chestnut, oak and some honey. Smooth, rich, sweet, complex. Great one.
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