Firestone Walker Helldorado

Aroma: 6 | Appearance: 8 | Mouthfeel: 8 | Flavor: 6 | Overall: 7

Poured up on tap at Whole Foods Chandler, AZ where it exhibits a clear deep gold body that supports a thin near white head. The modest aroma offers up some bourbon, vanilla and a sense sugary oak nuanced cotton candy. The taste delivers smooth forward bourbon booze and soft vanilla. Behind the boozy curtain are notes of oak, boozy sugary malts and some pear like sweet fruity esters. Boozy booze that seems on the boozy side. I get very little beer in this beer. This beer makes me miss beer.

Aroma: 8 | Appearance: 6 | Mouthfeel: 8 | Flavor: 9 | Overall: 9

On tap at WOB LoDo, GABF weekend
Cloudy orange with a small white head, good lacing. Aroma is woody, vanilla and bourbon. Taste is woody, bourbon with a touch of honey
Very good

Aroma: 8 | Appearance: 8 | Mouthfeel: 6 | Flavor: 7 | Overall: 8

Bottle: Poured a yellowish brown with a off white to tan head. Aroma was sweet fruit and very boozy. Taste followed along the same route with lots of booze, fermented fruits, and sweet malts.

Aroma: 8 | Appearance: 7 | Mouthfeel: 8 | Flavor: 7 | Overall: 8

Pours translucent apricot with a decent eggshell head. Aroma delivers pear, dusty malt, apple, and subtle woody tones. Flavor features butterscotch, fruity, and subtle malty notes. No wood, though. Mouthfeel is firm, smooth and fizzy. Raise Helldorado!

Aroma: 7 | Appearance: 8 | Mouthfeel: 7 | Flavor: 8 | Overall: 9

Bottle. 2015 release. Amber pour with a tall, dense golden head. Aroma is Sweet malt, vanilla, hop notes, honey and candied fruit in the nose. Taste is sweet malt, light caramel, honey, toasted malt, vanilla, booze and subtle hops. Body is medium with a strong, dense, bubbly carbonation. Slightly sticky and warming due to the alcohol. Ends with more toasted malt, cookies, toasted coconut, sweet malt, caramel, candied fruit, hops, vanilla and light hops. Very nice!

Aroma: 8 | Appearance: 10 | Mouthfeel: 9 | Flavor: 9 | Overall: 9

My personal favorite of the AV party! As one of the main components of the 15, I ended liking it as much or maybe even better than the blend. intense aroma anf flavor of honeysuckle and vanilla. not much hop presence, but not needed...this is simply delicious. i returned to it several times, and with what they were pouring, that says a lot! this blonde barleywine is one of the most unique brews i;ve had in a long while.