Firestone Walker Brewing
Firestone Walker Winter Bundle Features Velvet Mocha Merlin
Firestone Walker is now shipping a four bottle bundle that contains Velvet Mocha Merlin. The beer is seasonal offering Velvet Merlin Oatmeal Stout infused with Intelligentsia espresso beans and cocoa nibs.
All of the smooth textures and roasty dark chocolate goodness of our seasonal Velvet Merlin Oatmeal Stout with the added infusion of Intelligentsia Coffee House aromas and cocoa dusted chocolate truffle flavors.
Firestone Walker Velvet Mocha Merlin is only available in the Winter Bundle pack.
Style: Oatmeal Stout (w/ Coffee, Cocoa Nibs)
Hops: Fuggle
Malts: Maris Otter, 2-Row Pale, Roast Barley, English Dark Caramel, Medium Caramel, Carafa Malt, Oats
Availability: 22oz Bottles. Winter Bundle Only. Draft, Limited
Release: November, 2014
5.5% ABV, 27 IBUs
Firestone Walker XVII: The 2014 Blend
Firestone Walker Brewing Company’s Anniversary Ale is wildly popular among beer fans. If you ask me, it’s because the brewery pays extremely close attention to the blending process.
Firestone Walker XVIII is a barrel aged blend of nine different beers, blended by not only the brewery, but 14 winemakers. The group is paired off, each making their own blends from the component beers. The choice blends are presented to the group to be blind tasted. Most votes becomes Firestone Walker Anniversary Ale.
The final blend (what you’re waiting to see) includes two collaboration beers Firestone Walker created with Three Floyds (Ol’ Leghorn) and Flying Dog (Hydra Cuvée).
Firestone Walker XVII is:
- Parabola – Russian Imperial Oatmeal Stout, aged in Bourbon Barrels. 38% of Final Blend
- Helldorado – Blonde Barleywine, Aged in bourbon and brandy Barrels. 16% of Final Blend
- Bravo – Imperial Brown Ale, aged in bourbon & brandy barrels. 16% of Final Blend
- Stickee Monkee – Quadrupel, aged in bourbon & Whiskey Barrels. 14% of Final Blend
- Velvet Merkin – Oatmeal stout, aged in bourbon barrels. 5% of Final Blend
- Hydra Cuvée – Hoppy Dark Ale, collaboration with Flying Dog, aged bourbon barrels. 4% of Final Blend.
- Wookey Jack – Black Rye IPA. 3% of Final Blend
- Ol’ Leghorn – Blonde Barleywine aged in American Oak Barrels. 3 Floyds collaboration. 2% of Final Blend
- Double Jack – Imperial IPA. 2% of Final Blend
Firestone Walker is a blend of 227 barrels, and 9 different beers. XVII will be available in 227 barrels, and will be available in 22oz bombers.
Style: American Strong Ale (Barrel Aged. Bourbon, Whiskey, Brandy.)
Availability: 22oz Bombers. Limited Distribution.
Arrival: November, 2014
13% ABV
Firestone Walker El Gourdo Coming to Barrelworks
Firestone Walker’s Barrelworks will release El Gourdo in November, 2013. The beer got its start last year, when a local pumpkin patch ask the brewery to take in orphaned Cinderella pumpkins.
The pumpkins were fire roasted with bay leaf and walnuts, in an oven fueled by brandy and white oak staves. 500 pounds of the roasted pumpkins were added to the base beer blend to ferment and oak age for nearly a year.
…The resulting beer is subtle yet firm. Roasting releases naturally sweet spicy pumpkin, brown sugar, and nutty flavors and aromas, which mingle nicely with an earthy funk, toasted oak and assertive acidity.
Style: American Wild Ale (w/ Pumpkin, Walnuts, Bay Leaf. Oak Aged)
Availability: 375ml Bottles, Draft. Limited
Arrival: November, 2014
5.8% ABV, 5 IBUs
The blending components below…
012 Lil Mikkel Saison 66% 24 months French & American Oak
2013 Agrestic Ale American Wild Red 33% 12 months French & American Oak
Firestone Walker Feral Vinifera from the Barrelworks
Feral Vinifera was born of a collaborative effort with local grape growers and winemakers in Barrelworks’ backyard of the Santa Ynez Valley. Sauvignon Blanc, Chenin Blanc and Orange Muscat grapes were co-fermented with wheat-based wort, then inoculated with proprietary wild yeast to create this trailblazing hybrid.
Style: American Wild Ale (w/ Grapes)
Availability: 375ml bottles
Arrival: 9/20/14
9.1% ABV
Feral Vinifera Blend:
Barrel Ratio: 100% French Oak
Barrel Blend Ratio Maturation time
French Oak Sauvignon Blanc/wheat beer 35% 12 months
French Oak Chenin Blanc/wheat beer 35% 12months
French Oak Orange Muscat/wheat beer 5% 12 months
French Oak Bretta Weisse 25% 8 months
From the Barrelworks: Firestone Walker Agrestic
Firestone Walker (Paso Robles, CA) will release a new wild ale from their Barrelworks on September 20th, Agrestic Red Wild Ale.
Agrestic is a spin on Firestone’s DBA British Pale Ale. It was racked (transferred to oak barrels on racks) with a blend of wild and sour bacteria and yeast.
The final blend that you’ll taste as Firestone Walker Agrestic are specially chosen lots of wild ale, ranging from eight to 24 months in French (87%) and American (13%) oak barrels.
Toasted oak and lemon pith swirl on the nose and palate, followed by harmonious notes of vanilla, coconut, Earl Grey tea and spice. The finish is crisp, with mouthwatering acidity and chewy tannins.
Firestone Walker Agrestic will release in 12.7oz bottles at both the Barrelworks and brewery in California.
Style: American Wild Ale (Oak Aged)
Availability: 12.7oz Bottles
Arrival: September 20th, 2014
6.6% ABV
agrestic |əˈgrestik| adjective chiefly literary of or relating to the country; rural; rustic.
Firestone Walker Velvet Merkin 2014: Sept 15th
Firestone Walker Velvet Merkin 2014. This bourbon barrel aged oatmeal stout is touted by the brewery to be one of the best vintages yet.
“We let our hair down with the 2014 Velvet Merkin and changed up the barrel mix a bit compared to previous vintages,” said Brewmaster Matt Brynildson. Velvet Merkin has always had this signature milk chocolate character, but now the vanilla notes are more pronounced as well. We’re pretty stoked on this vintage.”
Firestone Walker Velvet Merkin 2014 is a blend of Rittenhouse Rye, Elijah Craig, and Woodford Reserve barrels. The average is about a year in all the barrels.
Look for Firestone Walker in 22oz bombers, in fancy boxes for about $16.99 in select U.S. markets.
Style: Oatmeal Stout (Barrel Aged. Bourbon)
Availability: 22oz Bombers.
Arrival: September 15th, 2014
8.5% ABV
Firestone Walker’s Barrelworks Drops a New One
Firestone Walker (Paso Robles, CA) will release a new offering from the Barrelworks on Saturday, July 12th.
Bretta Weisse, is a berliner weisse inspired wheat beer, that underwent secondary fermentation with amixed culture of brettanomyces and lactobacillus. Prior to bottling, the beer was aged 8 months in in 1,700-gallon French oak foeders. (Big wood vats.)
“Napoleon called Berliner Weisse the ‘Champagne of the North,’ but we’d like to think that Bretta Weisse would render him speechless,” said Barrelworks Director Jeffers Richardson.
Firestone Walker Bretta Weisse will be available in 500ml bottles, limited to 350 cases. The brewery is offering two pre-purchases sessions for the release, both sold out, unfortunately.
Style: American Wild Ale (Oak Aged)
Availability: 500ml bottles. Limited to 350 cases
4.9% ABV
