Firestone Lager (2000-2007)
Firestone Walker Brewing Co.

 

 

 

 

dark brown with a huge billowing white head that settled down to reveal some subtle lacing that was quite nice. Smell was of caramel, grains, and breads, yeast primarily. Taste was typical brown lager. Some subtle spiceness, great all around flavor. Lots of earthy tones, with a ever so slight sweetness. Mostly malts on this one. This was a decent beer, extremely sessionable and a samn fine ca

I'm bummed they quit brewing this beer. I started noticing the stores around SLO weren't carrying it anymore. This beer is what Budweiser would taste like it was better (guys, I'm not slamming Bud. I'm just saying). This was a good beer for these hot Paso Robles summers. I'll miss it.

I found a sixer of this in Lompoc and thought I would try it. I figure the shelf expired but what the heck. Poured a clear crisp gold color with a nice foamy head. Nose is round and quite malty. Taste of malt melds quickly with a bitterness that lingers strongly through a mild floral hop finish. Decent for Firestone and still gets a C.

A - not good. little head to speak of and what is there fades rapidly. the color is like a green tea color almost, greenish yellow.

S - grassy and hoppy, nothing to write home about.

T - grassy and hoppy as well, not much of a malt profile.

M - crisp and clean, allright.

D - if you're into these sort of flavors i suppose it's drinkable, i wouldn't be hasty to drink it on my own but if it's around, whatever.

notes - i see why firestone is discontinuing this.

Acquired via trade from Solomon420, so a big "Thank you" goes out to him. Poured from a 12oz bottle into a pilsener glass.

A: The beer is a light gold color, with a short white head that fades slowly and leaves a thick lace on the glass.

S: The aroma is of light malts, lager yeast and a touch of hops.

T: The taste is bready and sweet, with flavors of German malts and lager yeast. The hops presence is mild, but provides a little bit of balance. Like most good beers in this style, its taste is straight-forward and basic. The after-taste is slightly sweet.

M: Smooth and crisp, light-to-medium body, medium-to-heavy carbonation, finish is clean.

D: Kind of tasty, goes down easily, not filling at all, mild kick, good representation of style, this is nice lighter beer that you can pound down for a long time, however, I would normally prefer something a more flavorful, if I'm going to drink a beer for a whole evening.

12 ounce bottle from Bristol Farms in Manhattan Beach

Pours with a golden brownish yellow color with a quarter inch white head into my Firestone pint glass

Smells like a normal lager, but has a distinctive carmel aftertaste

Not very dirnkable for how light of a beer it is

Taste does not last long

Poured a slightly hazed golden color with a small off-white head white head. The aroma had a fruity malt character. The flavor had a clean caramel taste. Seemed a little yeasty. Had a corny taste and overly sweet. A somewhat decent beer none the less.

Light straw color, with a medium amount of head that retains a slight layer with some lacing.

Not getting too much aroma; a bit of citrusy hops and crystal malt; wondering if my nose is broken (?).

Flavor is well balanced with a fairly long hop finish (albeit lightly). Has a pretty full mouthfeel; thicker than I would have expected. More carbonation than I would have expected too.

Bottom line: it's good, but not great.

Compliments of IntriqKen. Pours a straw color with smallish head and little retention. Aroma is mild with some pale malts, soft hops and yeasts. Taste is subtle with nice malts and some very mild hops to rinse it down. Very clean beer. Excellent session candidate and immensely drinkable. Not a head-turner, but excellent example of style.

Pours a crystal clear, bright golden yellow with a full finger white head that if full of large bubbles. Steady stream of large bubbles rising in the glass from the bottom
Aroma is clean pale malt and lager yeasts....very clean and light.
Clean all malt flavor that melts to a lightly citric hops and biscuit-like breadiness as you swallow leaving a nice clean aftertaste.
This lager would definately make a wonderful summer cooler and easy transition brew for the BMC crowd.

Very light yellow amber.

white thick head that lingers for awhile. Surprising lacing [at least to me]

Light slightly fruity malt aroma.

Crisp light malty flavor with some hop element.

Could be a session beer, but probably better on a hot sunny summer day, not a cool autumn evening.

Appearance: Golden yellow color. Pours with a decent head which dissolves into some respectable lacing.

Smell: Grassy, and plenty malty. This is an especially clean-smelling beer.

Taste: The weather is finally starting to cool off. I'll review it again next summer, and it'll probably get a 5. I first tried this at the brew pub in Buellton, and fell totally in love with it. Just a damn good lager. Tastes like late summer. Really crisp and grassy with a fine malty character. Not complex at all, just balanced and good.

Mouthfeel: Satisfying all around. Has that firestone oakiness going on... Great dry finish.

Drinkability: Oh, hell yes. I don't think a more quaffable beverage exists.

Poured into a pils glass it forms a nice, rising white head that leaves quite a bit of lace all things considered. Golden to yellow in color with lots of fast paced carbonation.

Soft malts are up front becoming sweet towards the end. Malts have a touch of toastiness to them and just enough to be a compliment to the overall offering. Where this beer makes its money is the hop profile. Rather interesting in that its fairly zippy about 3/4 of the way through and then gives way to the sweet malts then zap back in along with some drying to become quite crisp.

Notes: Pleasant offering that is subtle in all aspects but forms together to make an interesting enough sessioner. At 4.2% this is a brew that has a place in my home. Sunday Football brew will make an appearance a few times this year. Oh, one last thing, this brew had that ever so fresh taste to it as well, Firestone seems to have a nice distribution engine as all their offerings I've tried have been fairly new. It helps to live in the same state its brewed granted but thats not always the case.

A- golden straw color, perfectly clear. good retent on a 1" white head which settles to a tiny white ring. Plenty of lace on glass.

S- crisp, malty, sweet, and floral hop aromas

T- clean malt sweetness balanced very nicely with floral hop flavor, crisp, sweet pear-like finish

M- great carbonation, nice body, smooth and light, bit sticky in finish/aftertaste

D- session brew written all over it yet can still enjoyed just for the hell of it. Great all around for, looking forward to this one again.

I first thought I had tasted this brew last weekend at the Firestone picnic. Now I know it must have been the Double Barrel Ale or perhaps the Special Reserve. They had the tap said lager but now that I have tasted the real lager it is clear the one on Saturday was marked incorrectly.

The lager tonight poured straw yellow with a small white head. The nose was faint but you did pick up a little hops. The first taste was slightly thin with some hops but without any malt at all. Finish was dry without any lingering taste.

This was sort of like a Heineken or another European pilsner.

Poured from a bottle into a pint glass.

Firsestone Lager pours a golden color, a little darker than american micros, but not much. Not much head either and very little lacing. Smell is of a little bit of malt and a *very* slight hop bite. Taste is actually fairly decent. A grainy maltiness starts things off, and it finishes with a dry hoppiness to it, though neither of the flavors are all that defined. Mouthfeel is pretty smooth and drinkabilty wouldn't be a problem either. It's an easy drinker, for sure. Not a lot going on, but for a quencher, it isn't terrible.