Firestone Walker 10

Firestone Walker 10

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Brewed by Firestone Walker Brewing Company

Paso Robles, CA, United States

Style:  American Barleywine

12% Alcohol by Volume

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Since founding our brewery in 1996, we have specialized in the rare art of brewing beer in oak barrels. Now, in celebration of our 10th anniversary, we present 10 — A commemorative oak-aged strong ale crafted in 10 separate lots over 10 months, then carefully blended to create this truly unique and harmonious brew. The Vision Behind “10” The Barrels: The individual lots were aged in oak barrels, most of which were hand selected from premium Kentucky spirits producers by Tom Griffin, an expert in the art of bourbon barrel beers. Each barrel lent its own unique influence to the final blend. Barrels hand delivered by Tom Griffin fresh from the distilleries: Old Fitzgerald Bourbon / Old Fitzgerald Wheat Whiskey Heaven Hill Bourbon / Heaven Hill Brandy The Components: The following brews were aged in six different barrel formats creating 10 distinctive component lots (pieces) that were blended together. Portions of these beers were also fermented in the Firestone Union oak barrel brewing system. Following are descriptions of key components with their original code names: Abacus - 5 barrel varieties -Strong English Style Barley Wine (brewed 1-24-06 Racked to barrels on 2-7-06) OG=26P FG=5.1P IBU=50 Color=15 / Hopped with Amarillo and East Kent Goldings Parabola - 2 barrel varieties -Imperial Oatmeal Stout (brewed 2-09-06 Racked to Barrels on 2-20-06) OG=28P FG=7.5P IBU=80 Color=Black / Hopped with Summit, Styrian Golding and East Kent Golding Ruby - 2 barrel varieties -American Style Barley Wine / Imperial IPA Formulated by Jim Cibak while still working for Three Floyds Brewing OG=26P FG=8.15 IBU=60 Color=20 / 100% Maris Otter Malt & Hopped with Simcoe and Summit Bravo - 2 barrel varieties -Imperial Brown Ale (Brewed 8-2-06 Racked to Barrels on 8-11-06) OG= 22P FG= 4.8P IBU=45 Color=32/ Hopped 100% with an experimental hop variety provided by S.S. Steiner Inc. Other Component Brews Included in The 10 Blend: Walker’s Reserve, Humboldt Hemp Ale, 100% oak barrel fermented Double Barrel Ale.