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Firestone Walker XV Release Day. The Blend Components

Firestone Walker Brewing’s 15th Anniversary beer goes on sale today.  Each release is a carefully chosen blend of other beers and barrel aged beers in Firestone’s portfolio.  Winemakers were even part of the process this time around. XV is a blend of 197 oak barrels and 8 different beers.  The blend recipe is as follows:

Helldorado — (11.7% abv) Aged in Bourbon Barrels and Brandy Barrels.  (18% of Blend) Barleywine

Sticky Monkey — (12.5% abv) Aged in Bourbon and Brandy Barrels.  (17% of Blend) English Barleywine

Bravo – (13.5% abv) Aged in Bourbon and Brandy Barrels.  (17% of Blend) Brown Ale

Double Double Barrel Ale (11.5% abv) Aged 100% in retired Firestone Union Barrels. (13% of Blend) English Pale Ale

Good Foot (14.3% abv) Aged in Bourbon Barrels.    (11% of Blend)  American Barley Wine

Velvet Merkin (8.6% abv) Aged in Bourbon Barrels.    (10% of Blend) Oatmeal Stout

Parabola (13% abv) — Aged in Bourbon Barrels.    (9% of Blend) Russian Imperial Oatmeal Stout

Double Jack (9.5% abv) — 100% Fresh-n-Hoppy 100% Stainless Steel.    (5% of Blend) – IPA