My Firestone Walker Proprietor's Reserve Holiday

Firestone Walker is one of my favorite brewing companies.  Two big reasons for that are their Double Jack Double IPA, which is my favorite Imperial IPA, and the plethora of oak-barrel-aged beers they offer.  I'm a sucker for a well-done barrel-aged beer and Firestone Walker definitely does them right. 

So, during the holidays this year, starting just before Christmas and finishing a few days before New Year's Eve, I decied to drink each one of the beers from Firestone Walker's Proprietor's Reserve Series of beers, which consist of the following beers:

Firestone Walker's Full Proprietor's Reserve Lineup.

(Not pictured/availble: Xth Anniversary, XIth Anniversry & XIIth Anniversary.)

From Left To Right In The Above Photo:

-Double Jack Double IPA, signed by David Walker

-Walker's Reserve Porter

-Abacus Barleywine (Now §ucaba)

-Parabola Imperial Stout, signed by David Walker & Sean Paxton - The Homebrew Chef

-XIIIth Anniversary Ale

-XIVth Anniversary Ale, signed by David Walker

-XVth Anniversary Ale

-Double Jack Double IPA, unsigned - to 'end-cap' the lineup

Happy Thanksgiving - Two Weeks Until Big Wood 2011

Happy Thanksgiving!  I hope everyone has a wonderful holiday - and a fun time shopping on Black Friday, if that's your thing. 

Today is my wife's birthday, so we're actually ignoring Thanksgiving this year and focusing on that instead (not an easy task, when just about everything is closed on Thanksgiving!)  So enjoy your bird, we'll be grilling up some salmon and enjoying some great beers.

I also wanted to reminder my readers that the Big Wood Fest is coming up in just two weeks at Brouwer's Cafe in Seattle, and Brouwer's has released a partial list of what you'll see on tap this year.  Here it is:

Some of the Bigwood Beers:

Alaskan Perseverance RIS

Allagash Curieux

Avery Rumpkin

Big Time 2010 Bourbon/Oaked Old Rip

Dogfish Head Palo Santo

Double Mountain Wooden Nipple Barrel Aged Triple

Full Sail Black Gold

Glacier Makers Mark Eisbock

Great Divide Oaked Rumble IPA

Hitachino Classic in Schnider-Wiesse Barrel

HOD 2008 Fred Flanders

HUB Bourbon Baltic Porter

Maritime BBN Jolly Roger

Nectar Black Xantus

New Belgium Love

Oakshire Hellshire II Oaked Imperial Stout

Port Townsend Oaked Mables Best Imperial Stout

Russian River Supplication

Russian River Temptation

Schooner Exact Hoppy the Woodsman

Shmaltz Barrel Aged Blockhead

Silver City 2010 Fat Woody

The Bruery 3 French Hens

Pretty impressive, and this is only a partial list.  Things kick off at 11:00AM on Thursday, December 8th.  I'll be taking the day off work for this one.  Will I see you there?

Drink responsibly and stay safe out there.