{"id":3232,"date":"2016-01-22T17:05:39","date_gmt":"2016-01-22T21:05:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/adamchandler.beer\/?p=3232"},"modified":"2016-01-22T17:05:39","modified_gmt":"2016-01-22T21:05:39","slug":"review-firestone-walker-parabajava","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/adamchandler.me\/blog\/2016\/01\/22\/review-firestone-walker-parabajava\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2605 Review: Firestone Walker Parabajava"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class='__iawmlf-post-loop-links' style='display:none;' data-iawmlf-post-links='[{&quot;id&quot;:5243,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/www.flickr.com\\\/photos\\\/adamjackson\\\/23650070163&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/web-wp.archive.org\\\/web\\\/20251104133811\\\/https:\\\/\\\/www.flickr.com\\\/photos\\\/adamjackson\\\/23650070163&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2025-12-03 17:55:11&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-01-01 15:32:12&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-02-12 01:23:55&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-02-15 11:36:55&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-02-18 23:36:31&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-02-22 23:54:40&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-03-11 19:10:00&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-03-15 08:25:24&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-03-18 10:43:28&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-03-21 18:45:38&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-03-25 03:05:51&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:404},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-03-29 10:23:28&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-04-03 10:32:33&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200}],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-04-03 10:32:33&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;},{&quot;id&quot;:5244,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/www.flickr.com\\\/photos\\\/adamjackson\\\/24168495472&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:null,&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;}]'><\/div>\n<p><a title=\"View &#039;Firestone Walker Parabajava&#039; on Flickr.com\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/adamjackson\/23650070163\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img  loading=\"lazy\"  decoding=\"async\"  style=\"display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\"  src=\"data:image\/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAEAAAABAQMAAAAl21bKAAAAA1BMVEUAAP+KeNJXAAAAAXRSTlMAQObYZgAAAAlwSFlzAAAOxAAADsQBlSsOGwAAAApJREFUCNdjYAAAAAIAAeIhvDMAAAAASUVORK5CYII=\"  alt=\"Firestone Walker Parabajava\"  width=\"427\"  height=\"640\"  border=\"0\"  class=\" pk-lazyload\"  data-pk-sizes=\"auto\"  data-pk-src=\"https:\/\/farm2.staticflickr.com\/1532\/23650070163_0dcccb152e_z.jpg\" ><\/a><br \/>\n2.9\/5 Overall<br \/>\nAROMA 7\/10 APPEARANCE 3\/5 TASTE 5\/10 PALATE 2\/5 OVERALL 12\/20<\/p>\n<p>AdamChandler (4024) &#8211; Enfield, New Hampshire, USA &#8211; JAN 9, 2016<\/p>\n<p>Bomber from Tom1 enjoyed at cellar temp with the QC tasting group<\/p>\n<p>A &#8211; Pours a black with an almost brown reddish appearance against the light. Not pitch black.<\/p>\n<p>S &#8211; There are the expected aromas here. Malted barley, roasted coffee, chocolate, vanilla and coffee\u2026duh. More of a cold brew aroma than Espresso.<\/p>\n<p>T &#8211; The mouthfeel is very thin, bitter with a distinct shoe polish finish like some medicinal tar stuff. WTH? Up front, you do get coffee, smoke, barrel and a little bit of vanilla then it turns into this acetone booze bomb like an unpolished black tuesday grain alcohol taste.<\/p>\n<p>M &#8211; Thin, fleeting, bitter<\/p>\n<p>O &#8211; this doesn\u2019t taste like anything like parabola. Hope this wasn\u2019t a faked bottle for the trade?<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"View &#039;Firestone Walker Parabajava&#039; on Flickr.com\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/adamjackson\/24168495472\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img  loading=\"lazy\"  decoding=\"async\"  style=\"display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\"  src=\"data:image\/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAEAAAABAQMAAAAl21bKAAAAA1BMVEUAAP+KeNJXAAAAAXRSTlMAQObYZgAAAAlwSFlzAAAOxAAADsQBlSsOGwAAAApJREFUCNdjYAAAAAIAAeIhvDMAAAAASUVORK5CYII=\"  alt=\"Firestone Walker Parabajava\"  width=\"640\"  height=\"427\"  border=\"0\"  class=\" pk-lazyload\"  data-pk-sizes=\"auto\"  data-pk-src=\"https:\/\/farm2.staticflickr.com\/1468\/24168495472_34a38b5790_z.jpg\" ><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"2.9\/5 Overall AROMA 7\/10 APPEARANCE 3\/5 TASTE 5\/10 PALATE 2\/5 OVERALL 12\/20 AdamChandler (4024) &#8211; Enfield, New Hampshire,&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"apple_news_api_created_at":"2016-03-17T01:54:08Z","apple_news_api_id":"6d5aa34a-1c31-465f-b8f3-a3690022e743","apple_news_api_modified_at":"2016-03-17T01:54:08Z","apple_news_api_revision":"AAAAAAAAAAD\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/w==","apple_news_api_share_url":"https:\/\/apple.news\/AbVqjShwxRl-486NpACLnQw","apple_news_cover_media_provider":"image","apple_news_coverimage":0,"apple_news_coverimage_caption":"","apple_news_cover_video_id":0,"apple_news_cover_video_url":"","apple_news_cover_embedwebvideo_url":"","apple_news_is_hidden":"","apple_news_is_paid":"","apple_news_is_preview":"","apple_news_is_sponsored":"","apple_news_maturity_rating":"","apple_news_metadata":"\"\"","apple_news_pullquote":"","apple_news_pullquote_position":"","apple_news_slug":"","apple_news_sections":[],"apple_news_suppress_video_url":false,"apple_news_use_image_component":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"csco_singular_sidebar":"","csco_page_header_type":"","csco_custom_appearance":"","csco_disable_excerpt_posts_layout":false,"csco_page_load_nextpost":"","csco_post_video_location":[],"csco_post_video_location_hash":"","csco_post_video_url":"","csco_post_video_bg_start_time":0,"csco_post_video_bg_end_time":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[160],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-3232","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-reviews","7":"cs-entry","8":"cs-video-wrap"},"apple_news_notices":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pb3IC4-Q8","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1014,"url":"https:\/\/adamchandler.me\/blog\/2012\/11\/10\/review-great-divide-barrel-aged-yeti\/","url_meta":{"origin":3232,"position":0},"title":"\u2605 Review: Great Divide Barrel Aged Yeti","author":"Adam Chandler","date":"November 10, 2012","format":false,"excerpt":"3.1 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0AROMA\u00a08\/10\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0APPEARANCE\u00a05\/5\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0TASTE\u00a06\/10\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0PALATE\u00a02\/5\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0OVERALL\u00a010\/20 adamjackson\u00a0(794)\u00a0- Canaan, New Hampshire, USA - NOV 1, 2012 2011 Vintage. 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