Firestone Walker Parabola 2015

Yep, just picked one up today in San Diego. Lemme know you if need one.

 

I've had multiple shops tell me in the past week that they are still waiting to see it. I was still picking up 2014 as of a month or so ago. Either way, not terribly worried but strange.

 

Best Birthday present to look forward to every year... Still got two bottles of 2011. Opened a 2011 last summer and it was absolutely mind blowing how delicious it was. Arguably the best beer for aging on the market.

 

Want to trade em'?

 

Yeah I double this questions... I know this is dropping on 3/21 but how long does firestone take to get to the east coast?? Bell's took over a month with hopslam...<---weak sauce, and ballast point can get stuff over here in a little over a week...

 

I was able to get a couple of pours of XVIII at The Birch this past weekend, so maybe they'll get Parabola on draft to at some point. Just something to keep an eye on. I know Parabola bottles do hit the area, but they go FAST. The only time I've gotten a bottle I was in Chicago.

 

If you go side by side fresh vs old you notice a small decline year by year. I've done verts with all their boxed releases.

I agree with the statement to not age. Or Sucaba, DDBA etc. FW BA stuff seems to be best fresh IMO.

 

Parabola is always great but I think it's best with around a year on it.

 

Disagree 100% I have had fresh and aged. Much better aged in my opinion. But at the end of the day thats all it is.

 

Does anyone happen to know when abouts this will drop in NH? I know NH tends to get FW stuff late.

 

I'm considering buying two bottles of Parabola so as to try one fresh and age the other. The problem is I don't have a proper cellar to store it in. Does anyone have any suggestions as to how I should try to age it without a cellar? I live in sunny So. CAL.

 

No dice bro for OH. at 14%, just another one of those beers that we can't get our hands on.

 

Dark closet in a basement with external walls. Or back of the fridge.

 

I store everything in a cabinet in my basement and it stays between 60 and 65 degrees. I know it's not quite as cold as everyone would say is ideal, but I've never had an issue.

 

I do the same basement cool closet.

 

Just try to prioritize. stuff you want to age well goes in the fridge. Other stuff goes at the far back corner in your closet on the floor. Anything other than stouts go in the fridge automatically

 

you can age a beer in a cool closet just fine. they'll age faster, so instead of keeping something for 3 years, you might want to drink it in 2. a fridge for aging is nice but not mandatory. for any beer that is still alive, like most good sours, aging in a fridge can be a bad idea. you want the bugs to continue doing their thing. yeast and bacterial activity will be next to nil at a few degrees above freezing.

 

try this 12-bottle wine cooler for $100 that you can get at Home Depot or something similar. temp range is 52-65 degF.
Google this: sunpentown 1.2-cu. ft. wine cooler WC-1271