4.5 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 10/10 PALATE 5/5 OVERALL 18/20
GABF 2007. They had 3 BA beers there and all 3 were excellent, but this was my least favorite of the 3, and it still gets a 4.5. Complex flavor. Full bodied. Sherry , sweet, and mild sour notes. I think this was billed as a BA double amber ale, but check me on that one. Excellent.
3.7 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
On tap. Pours with a hazy vibrant amber body with a minimal off-white head. Aromas of fruit, oak, raw honey, whisky, berries. Flavors are dry, some old hops, fruity notes, oxidations, soggy malt, wood. Somewhat dry. Pretty good, but I have had more expressive components of the anniversary beers.
3.3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 13/20
Draft at FIrestone 14th anniversary party. Poured a golden orange with no head. Aroma was soapy and somewhat grainy. Taste was sweet under attenuated wort sugar and grain. Medium carb. Overall ok.
3.7 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
Draft at Stone, Firestone Walker 14th Release, given to me by Dr. Bill, thank you sir. Golden amber pour, sightly hazy, off-white head. Caramel, oak, sweet malts, vanilla, and light fruit and whiskey.
3.6 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
Draft at the Firestone 14 Release Party. Nose of floral hops, oak, caramel, and a slight bourbony hint. Hazy orange amber with a small beige head. Flavor is light bitterness, caramel, malt, light alcohol, and oak.
3.9 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 17/20
Draft. Amber beer with an off-white head. Big whiskey aroma. Rich malt and a big whiskey/barrel flavor. Medium-plus bodied. Alcohol, whiskey, and matl lingers. A big malty beer with lots of whiskey barrel notes.
3.8 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
Draft at City Beer. Mirky orange pour with no head or carbonation visible. Aroma is extremely woody and full of bourbon; good hints of vanilla. Flavor was somewhat sweet malt, but really the whole beer was overrun with the bourbon aging.
4.1 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 17/20
On tap, this beer poured a deep ruddy brown with a HUGE vanilla, oak and coconut. It smelled like Scotch. The flavor was also huge and complex, and I could see sitting in front of a fireplace nursing a snifter for a couple hours. Dried fruit, caramel, sugars, oak, alcohol.
3.8 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
Deep amber under holding ecru. Very sticky (literally). Fruity, thick, wheaty nose. Alcohol hits hard late. Pleasantly sweet with a bitter balance following. This certainly sits quite well in a barrel.
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3.6 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
Herbal bready and oaked nose. Somewhat hot and peppery up front with some overripe plum notes. Lots of oak and bread come thru. Hot lingering finish.
3.8 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
On tap at the 2007 GABF: Pours a clear pale golden bronze with a thin, wispy-lacing off-white head. Aroma of big oaky whiskey and sweet pale malt. Body starts with a mild sweetness and caramel notes and some big alcoholic warmth. An interesting brew, but could hide its abv better. Pretty complex though.
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