Firestone Walker Lil Opal

Formerly brewed at Firestone Walker Brewing Co.
Style: Saison
Paso Robles, California USA

Serve in Tulip

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A nice Belgian light spice to the aroma. The flavor on this one is great. A bit of spice and hops throughout, this one was pretty tasty.

Tap at Sacramento Brewing Company. Hazy golden color with a foamy white head. Definite aromas of sour and fruit. Full bodied with mild carbonation. Flavor is mildly Bretty with light stone fruit. Really rather peachy. Finish has a metallic note, but mild funk is the key note. Laced a bit. Very refreshing. Compares more than favorably to Ommegang Bier de Mars. Love saisons.

sample EBF has a dark golden color. Aroma has light funk, some sweetness, and a bit of wood. Mouth feel is light and it is easy drinking. Flavor Has a bit more barrel influence, vanilla, wine grape sweetness, and a light acidity.

on tap at Linkery, North Park San Diego. acompaning dinner provided by WeeHeavySD’s Parents. Glowdy yellow with a thin white head. slightly fruit aromy with some nice belgian yeastyness. slightly sweet flavor with a nice dry finish. good citrus smooth. very tasty, very sessionable. apartently not widely availible

UPDATED: APR 21, 2008 First Rating, Tap @ Hamilton’s tonight. Really nice brew. Pours Orange with a bright white head. Nose is sweet and light. Taste is sweet, yeasty and nice and Belgian. Really nice beer, very smooth, very tasty, very good.

Reviewed from notes. Pours clean blonde color with a good white head and a ring or two of lacing on the way down. The nose carries some oak and light acidity plus a bit of white wine. Fairly strong sourness comes around along with a bit of funk. The flavor is fairly-funky and brings some white-wine acidity as well as a bit of lemon. Oak comes in as well. Mouthfeel is really nice with the acidity pairing well with a bit of a tannic presence. Really tasty and another solid experiment into the wild category from Firestone. I really hope this becomes a bigger program in the future.

On tap at City Beer Store in SF. Described as a "light summer ale," which didn’t really do this justice. However I’d put it more in the Belgian wit or Belgian golden ale category. Cloudy golden color with a nice white head and solid retention. Aroma is pale malt, yeast, light fruits, and a little funk. Flavor is more of the same, with a little honey and fruity esters. Really light and refreshing on the palate. An ideal summer beer.

5/16/09 on draft at Brouwer’s. Aroma is light true pepper with some background sweetness, simple but good. Appearance is hazy gold with a very well maintained white head. Flavor is smooth with light pepper, earthy malt and low bitterness. Mouthfeel has a slightly low carb feel for the style and is medium bodied. Overall, very good and as sessionable as the style should be.

UPDATED: JUN 10, 2009 Draught at the brewery tasting room. Hazy gold with a creamy white head. Wheat malt and herbal spice aroma. Duusty, doughy yeast, wheat tanginess. Pretty dry and refreshing, a bit fruity with lightly biter herbal hops in the finish. Light bodied, but still plenty of body considering the abv. Snappy carbonation. The wheat character is hight, with just a bit of farmhouse yeast influence, but overall a good summer quaffer. I could definitely session this one. (3.4) rerate: At the brewery again. This year it seems to be smoother and fruitier with more spice as well. A very nice, very drinkable saison.

tap at city beer. nice gold / blond pour w a little white head. aroma is pale belgian malt, lightly sweet w some yeast also. flavor is the same, with some nice light citrus also. above average for the style.