Double Barrel Ale
Overall: 8.15/10 by 2 dudes
Standard Deviation:
0.15 or 1.84%
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Style: Ordinary Bitter
ABV: 5.00%
IBU: 32
Season: Year Round
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310 beers rated with a
8.28 average
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8.30/10
- A: 8.0 | T: 8.0 | L: 8.0 | M: 9.0 | O: 9.0
- sDev: 1.84% Color: Deep Gold
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A gentle pour reveals a deep golden color with a thin white head. Good retention on the head. Lots of thick lacing the sheets down the sides of the glass.
The aroma is mostly bready malts with a late sweetness and hints of dark fruits.
The taste is very similar to the aroma with bready sweet malts and a nice earthy hop coming in near the finish. The sweetness lingers in the finish.
Medium body with medium carbonation. A sweetness on the lips and some dryness in the finish.
Overall, another very nice beer from Firestone. Fairly simple in micro-brew standards, but a super solid beer. Great flavors that are fresh and well balanced. An easy drinking beer that showcases how good a "simple" beer can be! I will be buying this one again! - 761 characters
- Reviewed: Tuesday, October 23, 2012 at 23:49:40
- Tasted: Tuesday, October 23, 2012
- $1.99 for 12 oz. bottle
1,463 beers rated with a
7.84 average
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8.00/10
- A: 8.0 | T: 8.0 | L: 8.0 | M: 8.0 | O: 8.0
- sDev: 1.84% Color: Deep Gold
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Poured clear into a pint glass. Huge, off-white, frothy foam. Retention was great with the foam becoming thicker as it diminishes. Lacing, nope.
Aroma is a backbone of bready malt with a nice subtle fruity hops presence. The hop aroma did seem to leak out the fruit after being open a while. Make sure to sniff it quick. Some sweetness.
Fresh tasting at first with some sweetness. The beer finishes with a bready malt flavor that sticks around in the aftertaste. Herbal hops are also there on the finish.
Medium carbonation with a chewy body that isn't too big with some dryness to the finish.
Refreshing and very good beer. There seems to be some subtle complexities that not everyone enjoys. A full bomber of this hits the right spot. Enjoy! - 759 characters
- Reviewed: Friday, January 01, 2010 at 18:09:51
- Tasted: Friday, January 01, 2010
- $4.29 for 22 oz. bottle
Cost Breakdown
- $1.99, 1 serving(s), 12 oz. bottles
- $4.29, 1 serving(s), 22 oz. bottles
Malts
- Premium Two-Row, Maris Otter Pale, Munich, Crystal, Chocolate
Hops
- Magnum, Styrian Golding, East Kent Golding, East Kent Golding
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