Firestone Walker - What's your favorite beer?

Anything but the 805.

Yes I am a local of Firestone.

 

Sucaba, Parabola, Double Jack, Reginald Brett and Stickee Monkey.

 

I'll echo a lot and say Double Jack and Parabola. I've only recently had Parabola, on tap no less, and it was amazing. But, for something that I can find on a consistent basis, Double Jack is up there. I'm never let down by that beer.

 

Such a great brewery. This is hard but I'd probably put them in this order...

1. Velvet Merlin
2. Double Jack
3. Pale 31
4. Pivo
5. Solace

The last 3 are interchangeable really depending on what I feel like at the moment. I've had DBA, Double DBA, Union Jack, and Wookey Jack, too, which were all great (and Yard House IPA which they brew, if you count that), but those don't quite make my list. There's also a Parabola cellaring downstairs and a Walker's Reserve in the fridge (neither of which I've tried yet) so my list could look differently in the future.

 

Pale 31 is a very nice Pale Ale. The first FW beer I had was the DBA and it was impressive to say the least. Union Jack and Velvet Merkin are both exceptional beers as well. Most of those other highly touted beers are out of my price range. Maybe someone will gift me some for my birthday or Christmas.

 

Favorite? I must have had a bad batch when I tried it. By far the least impressive beer I have tried from them.

 

Parabola.

 

Parabola trumps all. Firestone Walker PLEASE come to Michigan!

 

I'm gonna sound like a complete fanboy (to be honest I am), but I've never had a Firestone Walker beer I didn't like, or at least think was decent.

 

I think a lot of people would agree with you, me being one.

 

ParabaJava (aka Coffee Parabola, probably the best coffee stout ever, like someone poured a delicious mocha into Parabola)
Parabola
Double DBA
Unfiltered DBA
Walker's Reserve

I rather dislike IPAs but I thought Dos Osos was fantastic.

 

Double jack..without it we wouldn't have Hop Venom.

 

I've had DBA, Pale 31, Union Jack, Pivo Hoppy Pils, Solace, Wookey Jack, Double Jack, Walkers Reserve Porter and Parabola so far.

Gotta say Parabola takes the cake. Easily.

 

I have had only Double Jack and Union Jack. I love Double Jack. I bought a 16th Anniversary in RI last weekend. I passed on the Wookey Jack because my wife was already pissed we had stopped to get beer before going home. Her priorities are not aligned with mine apparently.

I can not wait for them to start distro here in CT.

 

Double Jack is one of my favorite DIPA's. Union Jack deserves its mention however. Both solid brews.

 

Double Jack; only had a few others though. Really want to try Wookey Jack too, that is at the top of my list of things that I can get to try

 

Anniversary Beers: 12>16>13>10>11>15>14

Parabola Releases: 13>10>12>11

Abacus Releases: 12>11>13

Double DBA Releases: 12>13

Year Round Offerings: Wookey Jack > Double Jack > Union Jack > DBA > Reserve Porter > Pale 31 > Pils > 805

Seasonals: Velvet Merlin > Oaktoberfest > Solace

Brewery Only: Velvet Merkin > Stickee Monkee > Helldorado > Goodfoot > Bravo > UDBA

Plus, how has no one mentioned Black Xantus yet!?!

 

I am also not big on Ipas, but Revolution really makes some very good ones.

 

Turn your wife into a hop head. That's what I did with mine. Upside: She never complains about me buying beer and gets why I need to find a bottle shop on every trip we take. Downside: She drinks half of any good IPAs I bring home.