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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 Continue Reading →

Firestone Walker & Three Floyds Collaborate

Today, Firestone Walker unveils Ol’ Leghorn, a collaboration with 3 Floyds.

The beer is a hoppy blonde barleywine, brewed with English ale malts, and no specialty malt. After brewing, Ol’ Leghorn was racked to bourbon and wine barrels for aging. In Continue Reading →

Firestone Walker Plans Session IPA

Firestone Walker (Paso Robles, CA) has hoppy session creation in the works. Much like Founders All Day IPA, and Boulevard Pop-Up Session IPA, the beer is designed to be lower in alcohol.

On average, American IPAs boast around 6%-7% ABV.  Firestone Continue Reading →

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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

by Reid Ramsay
Posted in Don't Miss This, Firestone Walker Brewing

Firestone Walker Double DBA Arriving for Last Time

The last of ride of Firestone Walker’s (Paso Robles, CA) Double DBA arrives on July 12th. A replacement has yet to be announced.

“The 2014 Double DBA is a big and complex beer that still offers the balance and drinkability that are the hallmarks of DBA,” said Brewmaster Matt Brynildson.

The beer has been a popular one for the brewery, as Brynildson says, “This vintage is outstanding, so Double DBA is leaving us on a high note.”

Firestone Walker Double DBA is the brewery’s imperial special bitter, brewed double strength, then fermented in American oak barrels. After fermentation the beer is racked in American bourbon barrels and aged for one year. The barrel mix for the 2014 Double DBA included barrels from Woodford Reserve, Elijah Craig and Four Roses. This July is the last offering of this beer.

Style: Barleywine (Barrel Aged. Bourbon)
Availability: 22oz Bottles, Draft. Limited to 3,500 cases
Arrival: July 12th, 2014

12% ABV

Fun fact: The bourbon barrels used to mature the 2014 Double DBA are being shipped to Scotland, where Tullibardine distillery to age single malt scotch whisky.

by Reid Ramsay
Posted in Firestone Walker Brewing, New Releases

Firestone Walker Wookey Jack Ships in New Format

Firestone Walker’s (Paso Robles, CA) popular Wookey Jack is now shipping in new 12-ounce four-pack format.

“The original 22-ounce Wookey Jack can be challenging for one person to take down, but at least you can see it coming,” said Brewmaster Matt Brynildson. “In contrast, the 12-ounce Wookey Jacks are easier to handle by themselves, but they are more likely to gang up on you.”

Wookey Jack is brewed with Malted Rye, Cara Rye to impart a spicy grain quality to the palate. The beer is dry hopped with Citra and Amarillo hops to balance the spice with a blast of citrus.

Style: Black IPA (w/ Rye)
Hops: Citra, Amarillo, German Magnum
Malts:  Malts: Pale Malt, Malted Rye, Dash of Cara Rye, Midnight Wheat from Briess, De-Bittered Black Malt (sourced from Weyermann, Germany and Patagonia Malting, Chile), Dash of Wookey Dust

Availability: 22oz Bombers, Draft. 12oz Bottles (New)

8.3% ABV, 80 IBUS

by Reid Ramsay
Posted in 3 Floyds Brewing, Firestone Walker Brewing, Headlines, New Releases

Firestone Walker & Three Floyds Collaborate

Today, Firestone Walker unveils Ol’ Leghorn, a collaboration with 3 Floyds.

The beer is a hoppy blonde barleywine, brewed with English ale malts, and no specialty malt. After brewing, Ol’ Leghorn was racked to bourbon and wine barrels for aging. In addition, a fresh hoppy batch of beer was blended with the barrel aged beer to give Leghorn a hoppy layer to go along with all the bold barrel notes.

Firestone Walker/3 Floyds Ol’ Leghorn debuts today (May 31st) on draft at the Firestone Walker Invitational Beer fest in Paso Robles, California. 22oz bottles go on sale June 1st at 10 am in the brewery store. Limited distribution to follow.

Style: Barleywine (Barrel Aged. Bourbon. Wine Barrel.)
Availability: 22oz Bombers, Draft. Limited Release

10.5% ABV

by Reid Ramsay
Posted in Coming Soon, Firestone Walker Brewing, Headlines

Firestone Walker Plans Session IPA

Firestone Walker (Paso Robles, CA) has hoppy session creation in the works. Much like Founders All Day IPA, and Boulevard Pop-Up Session IPA, the beer is designed to be lower in alcohol.

On average, American IPAs boast around 6%-7% ABV.  Firestone Walker Easy Jack Summer Session IPA is a mere 4.5% ABV

As the name suggests, expect this sometime next year.

Style: IPA
Availability: 12oz Bottles, Draft
Arrival: TBA

4.5% ABV

by Reid Ramsay
Posted in Beer News, Firestone Walker Brewing, Headlines

14 Winemakers Create This Firestone Walker Blend

Firestone Walker’s Anniversary Ale is stuff of legend. Each year is a different blend of Firestone’s releases, blended together in a symphony of flavor.

This year, the brewery tapped 14 local winemakers to help blend this year’s edition. The result is XVII, a blend of seven component ales aged in bourbon, brandy and whiskey barrels.

THE FINAL BLEND

“We blended together 220 oak barrels and seven different beers creating something truly complex and exceptional.” – Brewmaster Matt Brynildson                                                                                                                                                                                                      

Bravo / Aged in Bourbon and Brandy Barrels / 30% of Final Blend

-Imperial Brown Ale

Sticky Monkey / Aged in Bourbon and Whiskey Barrels / 25% of Final Blend

-English Barley Wine Brewed with Mexican Turbinado (brown) Sugar

Velvet Merkin / Aged in Bourbon Barrels / 15% of Final Blend

-Traditional Oatmeal Stout

Parabola / Aged in Bourbon Barrels / 15% of Final Blend

-Russian Imperial Oatmeal Stout                                                             

Double DBA / Aged in retired Firestone Union Barrels / 8% of Final Blend

-Double strength English Pale Ale 

Helldorado / Aged in Bourbon and Brandy Barrels / 4% of Final Blend

-Blonde Barley Wine Brewed with Buckwheat Honey

Wookey Jack / 100% Stainless Steel / 3% of Final Blend

-Black Rye India Pale Ale

XVII will release on November 2nd at the brewery. Shortly after, 22oz bottles in individual boxes will hit select markets. ERP $23.99

Style: American Strong Ale (Barrel Aged)
Availability: 22oz bombers, Limited Draft. One time release.

13.3% ABV

 

by Reid Ramsay
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Take A Look at David Firestone’s Package [VIDEO]

Firestone Walker (Paso Robles, CA) has unveiled new packaging for their core lineup. The idea behind the shift in branding is to make a more impactful retail presence, while keeping key brewery elements intact. David Firestone explains his new package above. Your first hi-rez look is below.

“The unifying gray background on the new labels is inspired by the shades of textured metal that you see at our brewery,” said Andrew Wickstrom, the brewery’s design director. “We kept the secondary colors for DBA (blue), Pale 31 (yellow) and Union Jack (red) while creating new logos that represent the personality of each beer. The lion and bear icons are now more crisply defined as well. Overall, we think it’s a nice balance between fun, fresh and familiar.”
The fresh look rolls out October 15th.
by Reid Ramsay