Firestone Walker Brewing

Regional Brewery in Paso Robles, California, United States 🇺🇸
Owned by Duvel Moortgat
Associated with 3 Venues

Established in 1996

Contact
1400 Ramada Dr., Paso Robles, CA, 93446, United States
Description
Firestone Walker Brewing Company began innocently enough: two brothers-in-law—Adam Firestone and David Walker—debating the subject of good and bad beer. Their search for a decent local ale finally led them to brew their own starting in 1996. The original Firestone Walker brewery was located in a converted shed on the family vineyard, where they experienced no shortage of trials and tribulations. From these humble beginnings was born one of the world’s most decorated breweries.

At Firestone Walker, Beer Before Glory is our mantra for reminding ourselves we do what we do because of the beer. Period. It’s our battle cry to never accept well enough. It’s the high aim for a perfect beer we will never make. Beer Before Glory is our craft, ever honed on the stone of humility.

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8.3
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8.5 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5

12 oz. bottle, pours black with a small tan head. Aroma is full of toasted nuts, medium roast, oak, and attenuated out dark sugars. Flavour is full of dry toasted oak, whiskey barrels, medium roast, and a hint of vanillin. Fairly dry, finishing with plenty of whiskey and toasted oak, with minimal sugars. Excellent.

Tried from Bottle on 14 Dec 2025 at 01:49


9.3
Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 10 | Overall - 9

Bottle from Westmere Beverage Center in Albany, NY
Appearance: dark brown with a tan head
Aroma: cinnamon, roasty, caramel, chocolate, vanilla, bourbon. woody
Flavor: medium sweetness, medium bitterness
Texture: light carbonation, creamy feel, full body, long fnish
Tasty

Tried from Bottle from Westmere Beverage Center on 13 Dec 2025 at 23:56


5.8
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5.5 | Flavor - 5.5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6

355ml. can. @"home", Compostela. 12/12/2025
[#8.780 Global - #1.910 United States of America - #4 Firestone Walker Brewing]
Pours deep golden with a big white head. Aroma: mixed grains, light caramel and subtle oak barrels. Taste: basically the same with mixed grains and oak barrels. Spicy palate.
Next one, please!

Tried from Can on 12 Dec 2025 at 11:04


6.5
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6.5

Beer Republic Advent Calendar 2025, Red Edition. Door 10. A golden beer, a head is medium and blond. Aroma has maltyness and light grain. Taste has maltyness of grain, light hay. Medium bodied, smooth. Easy. Pretty nice.

Tried from Can from Beer Republic on 10 Dec 2025 at 12:04


8

Tried from Bottle on 07 Dec 2025 at 02:49


7.6
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7.5 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

Bottle from Beer Republic. Sweetish with oak, gin, juniper, herbal notes, malt, some caramel and a little alcohol. Medium sweet flavour, light bitter, bit boozy. Very nice.

Tried from Bottle from Beer Republic on 06 Dec 2025 at 23:56


8

Left. Smooth, oaky and woody with some caramel, toffee, syrup, vinous notes, earthiness, berries and spices. Quite oaky and woody compared to Later

Tried from Bottle on 05 Dec 2025 at 18:46


5.6
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5.5

Bottle at home shared with Laura. Opaque pitch black color, brown head. Aroma is malts, cinnamon, liquor. Flavor is malts, cinnamon, spices, quite bitter in the end. Hmm too much of the spices and cinnamon for me to like it.

Tried on 04 Dec 2025 at 00:52


7.6
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7.5 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

Can from Beer Republic. Smooth with big caramel, toffee, brown malt, hint of bourbon, milk chocolate, butterscotch, vanilla. Medium sweet with a moderate bitterness. Well-balanced with tons of caramel, bourbon a bit faint, vanilla. Very nice.

Tried from Can from Beer Republic on 03 Dec 2025 at 02:02


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

Rating number 8,700. 500 ml bottle from Tavour. Opaque dark brown color. Frothy brown head settles to a small cap. Aromas of dark chocolate, oak and bourbon. Flavor upfront is sweet roasted malt, brown sugar, bourbon and oak. Added notes of vanilla and dark dried fruits. The high ABV is barely noticeable. Finishes sweet and sticky.

Tried from Bottle from Tavour on 30 Nov 2025 at 05:35