Firestone Walker Walkers Reserve

Brewed by Firestone Walker Brewing Co.
Style: Porter
Paso Robles, California USA

Serve in English pint, Shaker

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Dark and thick. This beer is a tasty one. Rich, toasty malt flavor with a rich creaminess. Full flavored and complex. I’m glad they took it out of the taprooms and bottled it.

UPDATED: MAR 17, 2007 This is a great porter ,it pours deep black with a fantastic nose of sweet malts.It tastes of dark chocolate with notes of coffee and dates . It has no bitter aftertaste, with a perfect hops blend .It ’s not too harsh just right on the taste buds.This is the best porter on the market at this price.This is the best product by Firestone,whose brews have greatly improved.I highly recommend this porter.It is one of my favorite brews.Superb!.

An excellent porter; one of Firestones best. Malt, malt, and malt, plus other hefty grains make this a true liquid bread.

This robust porter could be the best out there and definitely better then the bottle not that there is anything wrong with the bottle. Recieved from the waitress in a nice goblet and had a rich deeper brown color. A thin small head sat on top which was quite dense and never fading. It had avery light beige color and was striking. Carbonation looked to be very nice. Aroma was rich with roasted malts, chocolate malts and hints of coffee. There is also a underlying sweetness too. Taste is thick and robust on the palette. A rich complex taste of roasted malts sweet milk chocolate and espresso. Underneath is another layer of flavor thats sweet and softer, light oak, molasses, vanilla. It enhances the bold malt flavors and brings them into balance. The beer slides down with no effort and has lingering bitter aftertaste from the abundance of rich malts. Perhaps i lucked out and this keg was recently tapped but I’ll tell you what: this was definitly the best porter I’ve had to date. Search it out and try on tap and you’ll agree or your money back!

Has a light roasty scent, pretty light in general with hints of caramel and coffee. Poured a tantalizing dark brown that fades into a beautiful mahogany at the bottom of the glass. Thick tan head that hung around for the whole glass. Straight forward from the view and scent, medium bodied (for a porter) with caramel and a great roasted backbone. Reasonably thin mouthfeel that goes down easy. This is a great robust porter, I would love to try it on nitro!

One of the most flawless beers I’ve ever tasted. The absolute pinnacle of balance between malt, hops, and yeast. Earthy, toasted notes on top of big juicy hop flavor. Such a perfect beer.

Exceptionally smooth taste for such a combination of malts and hops. Very mellow carmel smell almost like chocolate that has been cooked to long on the stove top. Black in appearance with absolutely zero head, except for a very faint white ring. No lingering aftertaste but a smooth malty finish. I had heard many great things about Firestone Walker and this one is a great Porter.

Pours dark brown to almost black with nice fluffy head and medium lacing. Aromas of cocoa and chocolate. Medium bitterness. Full body, creamy, with the malts taking over the palate at the finish. Very sessionable for a porter.

An excellent porter in all of it's greatness. I must admit the ratings don't lie, slowly receding two inch frothy head, solid black color, faint toffee to the nose, medium body with slight dryness to the mouth and flavors of toffee and bittersweetness complement in the palate very nicely. Super enjoyable, highly recommended for anyone who's new and old to craft beer. ---Rated via Beer Buddy for iPhone

650ml bottle bought in Chicago, brought home to BC. This beer kicks ass. Beautiful pour, dark, dark ruby black, with a nice thin cappuccino head. Aroma hints of chocolate, roasty, toasty pull you in. The taste indeed follows with roasty, coffee, good background hop bitterness and good subtle mouth coating carbonation. All over great balance. I only wish this beer was available in BC.