El Gourdo

El Gourdo Batch #3 (2017)

Firestone Walker Brewing Company

Pumpkin / Yam Beer

This beer is no longer being produced by the brewery

El Gourdo is what happens when we create a beer from orphaned Cinderella pumpkins roasted in our wood-burning oven. We add locally foraged California… Read More

El Gourdo is what happens when we create a beer from orphaned Cinderella pumpkins roasted in our wood-burning oven. We add locally foraged California bay laurel, walnuts and fuel the fire with brandy staves and local white oak. The resulting caramelized gourds are tossed into an oak-aged wheat based beer blend for fermentation and further oak barrel maturation. The result is subtle yet firm. Roasting releases naturally sweet spicy pumpkin, brown sugar and hints of bay laurel leaf flavors and aromas, which mingle nicely with an earthy funk, toasted oak and bright acidity. A Santé! Read Less

El Gourdo Batch #2 (2016)

Firestone Walker Brewing Company

Pumpkin / Yam Beer

This beer is no longer being produced by the brewery

Wild roasted pumpkin ale (with walnuts and bay leaf). El Gourdo is what happens when the local pumpkin patch calls the Barrelworks on the day after Halloween,… Read More

Wild roasted pumpkin ale (with walnuts and bay leaf).
El Gourdo is what happens when the local pumpkin patch calls the Barrelworks on the day after Halloween, asking if we want orphaned Cinderella Pumpkins. Not only did we take the leftover pumpkins last year, we roasted them with bay leaf and walnuts in a wood-burning oven fueled by brandy staves and local white oak. We then tossed 500 lbs. of the caramelized gourds into an oak-aged base beer blend for fermentation and further oak barrel aging, lasting almost a year. The resulting beer is subtle yet firm. Roasting releases naturally sweet spicy pumpkin, brown sugar, and nutty flavors and aromas, which mingle nicely with an earthy funk, toasted oak and assertive acidity. Read Less