Damian Barleywine Ale
Firestone Walker Brewing Co.

- From:
- Firestone Walker Brewing Co.
- California, United States
- Style:
- English Barleywine
- ABV:
- 12.4%
- Score:
- +2 ratings needed
- Avg:
- 4.31 | pDev: 4.64%
- Ratings:
- | reviews: 2
- Status:
- Active
- Rated:
- Apr 20, 2026
- Added:
- Dec 05, 2024
- Wants:
- 0
- Gots:
- 0
Bourbon Barrel-Aged English Barleywine
This rich, bold barleywine boasts deep, dark autumn hues and a nose of toasted coffee, burnt sugar, and aged oak. The first sip reveals a perfect balance of sweet caramel malt and smoky bourbon barrel character, with subtle charred wood and warming alcohol notes. Smooth and comforting, it lingers with a complex depth from its time spent aging. Limited in production, this beer is perfect for slow sipping on cool evenings.
This rich, bold barleywine boasts deep, dark autumn hues and a nose of toasted coffee, burnt sugar, and aged oak. The first sip reveals a perfect balance of sweet caramel malt and smoky bourbon barrel character, with subtle charred wood and warming alcohol notes. Smooth and comforting, it lingers with a complex depth from its time spent aging. Limited in production, this beer is perfect for slow sipping on cool evenings.
Recent ratings and reviews.
Rated by stortore from Illinois
4/5 rDev -7.2%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
4/5 rDev -7.2%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
Fobab 2025.
Apr 20, 2026Reviewed by rand from California
4.68/5 rDev +8.6%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.75 | feel: 4.75 | overall: 4.75
4.68/5 rDev +8.6%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.75 | feel: 4.75 | overall: 4.75
12 oz bottle from their club collection, into a snifter.
Dark cola-brown ale, nose is of burnt sugar, oak, fig, touch of alcohol volatiles.
Flavors are tightly reigned it, as a mix of toasted oak, carob and butter rum lead to a relatively clean and short finish. Hints of raisin bread and anise at the back of the sip.
Incredible brew, impeccably quaffable for the style.
Mar 01, 2025Dark cola-brown ale, nose is of burnt sugar, oak, fig, touch of alcohol volatiles.
Flavors are tightly reigned it, as a mix of toasted oak, carob and butter rum lead to a relatively clean and short finish. Hints of raisin bread and anise at the back of the sip.
Incredible brew, impeccably quaffable for the style.
Reviewed by MutuelsMark from Kentucky
4.02/5 rDev -6.7%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
4.02/5 rDev -6.7%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
Much darker than a typical barleywine, closer to the color of a stout. Nose is earthy, bready and boozy. Hints of caramel and tobacco. Taste is burnt caramel with a bourbon finish. Nice warmth from the ABV.
Feb 24, 2025
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