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Owner(s) Adam Firestone and David Walker Year opened 1996 Active beers Name Type

Double Barrel Ale English pale ale Pale 31 Pale ale Union Jack India pale ale Walker's Reserve

Porter Solace Wheat Beer Velvet Merlin Oatmeal Stout Firestone Walker Brewing Company is a

microbrewery located in Paso Robles, Central California. The company was formed in 1996 by

 Adam Firestone (a son of Brooks Firestone) and David Walker (husband of Adam's sister Polly[1]).

 In 2002, they purchased SLO Brewing Company located in Paso Robles, CA, and added 17 interior

 fermenters, four 500bbl exterior fermenters, a KHS keg line, and Krones bottling line. [2] The

company was named World Beer Cup Champion Brewery for mid-sized breweries in 2004, 2006 and

 2010 and their Firestone Pale Ale was named "Best Beer in America" by Men's Journal in 2006. The

 brewery was also honored with the 2007 "Mid-Size Brewery of the Year" award by the Brewer's

Association, [3]. The company released Union Jack, an India Pale Ale, in early 2008[4]. Firestone

Walker also brews Nectar Ales, a company it formally acquired in 2005. Beginning with their 10th

Anniversary Ale in 2006, the brewery started a tradition of releasing a blend of their barrel aged

 beers under the "Quercus Alba" program[5]. Awards and Recognition 2010Great American Beer

Festival (GABF) Gold Wood- and Barrel-Aged Beer %100 barrel aged Velvet Merkin, GABF Gold American

 Pale Ale Mission St. Pale, GABF Silver American Pale Ale Pale 31, GABF Gold American Amber Ale Red

 Nectar, GABF Silver Ordinary or Special Bitter Double Barrel Ale, GABF Silver American-Style Strong Pale

 Ale Nectar IPA, Australian International Beer Awards Gold Medal (Union Jack India Pale Ale); Australian

 International Beer Awards Gold Medal (Pale 31); World Beer Cup Champion Brewery and Champion

Brewmaster Mid-Sized Brewery; World Beer Cup Gold Medal (Pale 31); World Beer Cup Gold Medal

(Hefeweizen); World Beer Cup Silver Medal (Extra Pale); World Beer Cup Silver Medal (Velvet Merkin);

 World Beer Cup Bronze Medal (Pale Ale); World Beer Cup Bronze Medal (Mission St. Pale); Draft

 Magazine Top 25 Beers 2009 (Union Jack India Pale Ale); Maxim Magazine Best India Pale Ale (Union

 Jack India Pale Ale) 2009World Beer Championship Gold Medal (Black Xantus); World Beer Championship

 Silver Medal (Walker's Reserve); European Beer Star Silver Medal (Union Jack India Pale Ale); European

Beer Star Bronze Medal (Honey Blonde); Festival of Barrel Aged Beers Gold Medal (Lil Opal); Great

American Beer Festival Gold Medal (Union Jack India Pale Ale); Great American Beer Festival Silver Medal

l (Firestone Extra Pale); Great American Beer Festival Bronze Medal (Nectar India Pale Ale); LA County Fair

Gold Medal (Double Barrel Ale); LA County Fair Gold Medal (Hemp Ale); LA County Fair Silver Medal

 (Red Nectar); LA County Fair Bronze Medal (Pale 31); LA County Fair Bronze Medal (Hefeweizen);

 San Diego County Fair 1st place (Nectar India Pale Ale); San Diego County Fair 2nd place (Pale 31);

 California State Fair Gold Medal (Pale 31); California State Fair Gold Medal (Red Nectar); California

State Fair Gold Medal (Nectar India Pale Ale); California State Fair Silver Medal (Hefeweizen);

California State Fair Silver Medal (Union Jack India Pale Ale); California State Fair Silver Medal (Hemp Ale);

 California State Fair Silver Medal (DBA); California State Fair Bronze Medal (Walkers Reserve); LA County

 Fair Gold Medal (Double Barrel Ale); LA County Fair Gold Medal (Hemp Ale); LA County Fair Silver Medal

 (Red Nectar); LA County Fair Bronze Medal (Pale 31); LA County Fair Bronze Medal (Hefeweizen);

 Australian International Beer Awards Gold Medal (Union Jack India Pale Ale); Australian International

 Beer Awards Silver Medal (Double Barrel Ale); Australian International Beer Awards Silver Medal (Pale 31)

 2008European Beer Star Gold Medal (Union Jack India Pale Ale); European Beer Star Bronze Medal

(Oaktoberfest); European Beer Star Bronze Medal (Honey Blonde); GABF Gold Medal (Union Jack

India Pale Ale); GABF Gold Medal (Mission St. Pale); GABF Silver Medal (Nectar Pale); GABF Silver

Medal (Velvet Merkin); GABF Silver Medal (Oaktoberfest); GABF Bronze Medal (Firestone Pale 31);

 LA County Fair Gold Medal - English Style Pale Ale (Double Barrel Ale); LA County Fair Gold Medal

 - American Style Pale Ale (Pale 31); LA County Fair Gold Medal - American Strong Pale Ale (Nectar

India Pale Ale); LA County Fair Silver Medal - American Style Pale Ale (Nectar Pale); World Beer

Cup Gold Medal - Other Low Strength Ale or Lager (Firestone Extra Pale); World Beer Cup Silver

 Medal American Style Strong Pale Ale (Nectar India Pale Ale); World Beer Cup Silver Medal

American Style Strong IPA (Union Jack India Pale Ale); World Beer Cup Bronze Medal Oatmeal

 Stout (Velvet Merkin) 2007GABF "Mid-sized Brewery/Brewer of the Year"; GABF Gold Medal

 (Firestone Pale 31); GABF Gold Medal (Nectar Pale Ale); GABF Silver Medal (Double Barrel Ale);

GABF Bronze Medal (Firestone Lager); Best Pale Ale in the World Mens Journal October Issue

(Firestone Pale 31); California State Fair Gold medal (Firestone Pale Ale); California State Fair

Silver Medal (Double Barrel Ale) 2006GABF Gold Medal (Firestone India Pale Ale); California

State Fair Gold Medal (Double Barrel Ale); California State Fair Gold Medal (Firestone Pale Ale);

California State Fair Gold Medal (Nectar India Pale Ale); California State Fair Gold Medal (Pale Nectar);

 California State Fair Gold Medal (Red Nectar); World Beer Cup Champion Brewery and Champion

 Brewmaster Mid-Sized Brewery; World Beer Cup Gold Medal - American Style Pale Ale (Firestone

 Pale Ale) 2005GABF Gold Medal - American Style Pale Ale (Nectar Pale Ale); LA County Fair Gold

 Medal - Brown Porter (Walkers Reserve); LA County Fair Gold Medal - American-Style Stout (Hemp

 Ale); LA County Fair Gold Medal - Munchner-Style Helles (Firestone Lager); LA County Fair Gold

Medal - American-Style Low-Carb Light Lager (Coastal Light Lager); LA County Fair Silver Medal -

American Style Pale Ale (Nectar Pale Ale); LA County Fair Bronze Medal - American-Style

Amber/Red (Red Nectar); California State Fair Gold Medal - American Style Pale Ale (Firestone

 Pale Ale); California State Fair Silver Medal - English India Pale Ale (Nectar India Pale Ale);

California State Fair Silver Medal - Northern English Brown Ale (Hemp Ale); California State Fair

Silver Medal - English Bitter (Double Barrel Ale); Australian International Beer Awards Best of

Class - International Ales (Firestone Pale Ale); Australian International Beer Awards Gold Medal -

 American Pale Ale (Firestone Pale Ale); Australian International Beer Awards Silver Medal - Porter

 (Walkers Reserve); Australian International Beer Awards Silver Medal - British Pale Ale (Double

Barrel Ale) 2004GABF Silver Medal - American Amber Ale (Red Nectar); California State Fair Gold

Medal and First Place - American Pale Ale (Nectar Pale Ale); World Beer Cup Champion Brewery

and Champion Brewmaste r- Mid-Sized Brewery; World Beer Cup Gold Medal - American Style

Strong Pale Ale (Nectar India Pale Ale); World Beer Cup Gold Medal - American Pale Ale (Firestone

Pale Ale); World Beer Cup Silver Medal - American Pale Ale (Nectar Pale Ale); World Beer Cup

Silver Medal - English Bitter (Double Barrel Ale) 2003GABF "Brewery of the Year"; GABF Gold

Medal - American Style Pale Ale (Nectar Pale Ale); GABF Gold Medal - American Style Strong

Pale Ale (Nectar India Pale Ale); GABF Silver Medal - American Style Pale Ale (Firestone Pale Ale);

 LA County Fair - Gold Medal European Style Lager (Firestone Lager); LA County Fair Gold Medal -

Porter (Walkers Reserve); LA County Fair Silver Medal - Special Bitter (Double Barrel Ale);

LA County Fair Bronze Medal - English IPA (Nectar India Pale Ale); California State Fair Gold

Medal - American Style Pale Ale (Firestone Pale Ale); California State Fair Gold Medal - European

Style Lager (Firestone Lager); California State Fair Gold Medal - Porter (Walkers Reserve);

California State Fair Gold Medal - English Bitter (Double Barrel Ale); RAF Gold Medal - English

Bitter; RAF Gold Medal - Best of English Style Cask Ales (Double Barrel Ale); RAF Gold Medal -

English India Pale Ale (Nectar India Pale Ale); RAF Bronze Medal - Best of English Style Cask

 Ales (Nectar India Pale Ale); RAF Gold Medal - American India Pale Ale; Gold Medal - Best of

 Bottle Conditioned Beers; RAF Gold Medal - American Pale Ale (Firestone Pale Ale) 2002GABF

 Gold Medal - English India Pale Ale (Nectar India Pale Ale); GABF Silver Medal - Munchner-Style

 Helles (Firestone Lager); California State Fair Gold Medal - English Bitter (Double Barrel Ale);

California State Fair Gold Medal - American Style Pale Ale (Firestone Pale Ale); World Beer Cup

 Gold Medal - English Bitter (Double Barrel Ale); World Beer Cup Gold Medal - English India Pale

 Ale (Nectar India Pale Ale); RAF Silver Medal - Robust Porter (Walkers Reserve)