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Leo V. Ursus: Fortem
Firestone Walker Brewing Co.
- From:
- Firestone Walker Brewing Co.
- California, United States
- Style:
- Imperial IPA
- ABV:
- 8.2%
- Score:
- 93
- Avg:
- 4.18 | pDev: 7.42%
- Reviews:
- 140
- Ratings:
- Status:
- Retired
- Rated:
- Thursday at 12:23 AM
- Added:
- Feb 21, 2017
- Wants:
- 11
- Gots:
- 102
SCORE
93
Outstanding
93
Outstanding
Fortem is a new-age imperial IPA that draws upon a range of influences, all while exhibiting DNA from our own forays into the IPA style. As such, it blends newer hop varieties from the Pacific Northwest and Hallertau, Germany along with pale malt, wheat malt and flaked oats for a full body and rounded mouthfeel. Fortem has been left unfiltered for a full hop impact.
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Reviewed by stevoj from Idaho
4.13/5 rDev -1.2%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4
4.13/5 rDev -1.2%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4
Draft at Brewers Haven. Bright golden with a mild haze, small creamy head, curtains of lacing. Mellow grapefruit, piney aroma, welcoming. Taste is also citrus and pine, smooth and silky. Doesn’t seem like an 8℅ beer. Highly drinkable.
Thursday at 12:23 AM
Reviewed by BBThunderbolt from Kiribati
2.64/5 rDev -36.8%
look: 3 | smell: 2.75 | taste: 2.5 | feel: 3 | overall: 2.5
2.64/5 rDev -36.8%
look: 3 | smell: 2.75 | taste: 2.5 | feel: 3 | overall: 2.5
Mystery beer courtesy Roy_Hobbs as part of NBS BIF #15. The only clue is written on the plain paper wrapper: “Ovaltine couldn’t finish, can you?” Well, of course I can. 16oz can, date covered (upon uncovering, canned on 3/1/17), style unknown. Poured into 14oz teku. Poured a very dense and murky dark orange color with over an inch of just off-white head that had good retention and very light lacing hallmarks of the Murkbomb style. 3.0
Some frooty hop aromas popped out of the can upon opening. Upon closer sniffing from the glass, a dank (a dirt basement dank, like a serial killers basement, not weed), musty scent took over from the frootiness. A stale hop scent. Some light grain, and perhaps a touch of pine as well. 2.75
Similar on the tongue, with a bit of alcohol kick right at the front of the palate that carried throughout the tastebuds. Some of the frooty hops carried through, but the dominant taste aspect was still the stale hops. 2.5
The body was the light-medium of the presumed style, carried good carb, and had a medium finish that dried out after a moment. 3.0
Drinkability was OK, well, as OK as an old, stale IPA gets. A slight chore to finish, and I probably wouldn’t want another.
Overall, an unimpressive brew. Maybe it’s better fresher? 2.5
Apr 24, 2022Some frooty hop aromas popped out of the can upon opening. Upon closer sniffing from the glass, a dank (a dirt basement dank, like a serial killers basement, not weed), musty scent took over from the frootiness. A stale hop scent. Some light grain, and perhaps a touch of pine as well. 2.75
Similar on the tongue, with a bit of alcohol kick right at the front of the palate that carried throughout the tastebuds. Some of the frooty hops carried through, but the dominant taste aspect was still the stale hops. 2.5
The body was the light-medium of the presumed style, carried good carb, and had a medium finish that dried out after a moment. 3.0
Drinkability was OK, well, as OK as an old, stale IPA gets. A slight chore to finish, and I probably wouldn’t want another.
Overall, an unimpressive brew. Maybe it’s better fresher? 2.5
Rated by Oh_Dark_Star from Washington
4.25/5 rDev +1.7%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
4.25/5 rDev +1.7%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
One of the best tropical IPAs
May 03, 2019
Reviewed by stortore from Illinois
4.08/5 rDev -2.4%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 4
4.08/5 rDev -2.4%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 4
16 ounce can into a tulip snifter. Canned 3/21/17, had 4/12/17.
Pours a bright, mostly clear yellow/gold, with a one inch foamy head and a good amount of foamy lacing. Smells of citrus- orange, pineapple, some grapefruit, mango, pine, light yeast, a little black pepper in the head. A bit dank. The taste is more grapefruit than the nose, orange, pineapple, lighter pine, light malt. Decent amount of hop bitterness throughout, a sweet note on the finish. Refreshing, smooth, a decent lighter body for the style, well carbonated.
Great hop blend. Bursts with flavor on the open, but the flavor and aroma are less intense after that. Fun one to drink, though.
Feb 02, 2018Pours a bright, mostly clear yellow/gold, with a one inch foamy head and a good amount of foamy lacing. Smells of citrus- orange, pineapple, some grapefruit, mango, pine, light yeast, a little black pepper in the head. A bit dank. The taste is more grapefruit than the nose, orange, pineapple, lighter pine, light malt. Decent amount of hop bitterness throughout, a sweet note on the finish. Refreshing, smooth, a decent lighter body for the style, well carbonated.
Great hop blend. Bursts with flavor on the open, but the flavor and aroma are less intense after that. Fun one to drink, though.
Leo V. Ursus: Fortem from Firestone Walker Brewing Co.
Beer rating:
93 out of
100 with
577 ratings
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