Firestone Walker Mind Haze IPA
Before I get started on this week’s review, I propose turning this one into a drinking game. Every time I say the word hazy you take a drink.It is safe to s...
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Firestone Walker Anniversary Ale XXII
Founded in 1996 by Adam Firestone and David Walker, the Paso Robles-based Firestone Walker Brewing Co. has wowed the craft community with its offerings for 22 y...
Firestone Walker Barrelworks Feral One (2015)
Firestone Walker Brewing Co. has been around since 1996 pumping out big brews and winning awards, however, none of those beers were in the sour category.Tha...
Firestone Walker Parabola 2017
There was no better present on my birthday than to hear that one of my favorite beers from Firestone Walker Brewing Co. was being released on March 25.The s...
Boulevard Collaboration No. 6
I remember my first Boulevard Brewing Co. brewed beer from about three years ago, Double Wide IPA and I thought to myself that this was amazing and I was thankf...
Firestone Walker XIX Anniversary Ale
"Funny how brothers settle things the old-fashioned way. Try Brothers-in-law. Who own a brewery together. Adam (Firestone), aka the bear, and David (Walker), ak...
Firestone Walker Parabajava
In the craft beer world, Black Friday is best known for the annual release of Goose Island Brewing Co.'s Bourbon County Brand Stout, but last year Firestone Wal...
Firestone Walker Agrestic (2014)
If you spend a few minutes perusing through any of the craft beer forums you will most likely come across a thread about having to pick your favorite brewery or pick your desert island brewery. For me it has always been a fairly easy question. Over the years I have become quite the fanboy for Firestone Walker and once they opened Barrelworks in 2013 it sealed the deal for me. With beers like Sucaba, Parabola and its anniversary series, Firestone Walker has set the bar pretty high so the idea of them producing sour beers really got me irrationally excited.
Firestone Walker Double DBA (2014)
In 2012, Firestone Walker Brewing Co. introduced a new beer in its bottled Proprietor's Vintage Series[ref]Each of the Proprietor's Vintage Series beers were initially developed as a separate component for Firestone Walker’s annual barrel-aged Anniversary blend[/ref], Double DBA. As the name implies, Double DBA is the brewery's DBA (Double Barrel Ale) blend that has been brewed at double strength, using the same hops and malts, but double the amount. The brew is then partially fermented in a "union" of new American oak barrels before being aged for one year in bourbon barrels. The finished beer is then bottled without any filtration.
Firestone Walker §ucaba (2014)
My introduction to bourbon barrel aged beers began much like my introduction to sour beers, with a brewery considered to be among the best in the world at the style: Firestone Walker. In this case that formative beer was Parabola, an impeccable bourbon barrel-aged Russian imperial stout and I've been a Firestone Walker fan from that day since. Since that experience, I've made it a point to get my hands on and try as many of Firestone's annual bourbon barrel releases as possible.
