YuleSmith (Winter) - AleSmith Brewing Company

ThickNStout

Georgia

4.4/5  rDev +7.1%
look: 3.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.5

22oz bottle. Thanks to BeerSociety for the trade. Served in my old faithful snifter. Bottle indicates this is the 2010 holiday edition. 

Pours cloudy ruby tinged brown. A heavy pour produces a quickly receding dark manilla head, then vigorous swirls produce a thin layer of bubbles. No lacing to speak of either, but an occasional bubble or two clings to the side of the glass. 

A delightfully fruity hop nose. Mango-like citrus, pine & strawberries (strange, I know but it was there). 

Despite being over a year old there is still a great hop bite. Bitter piney and citris hops. An almost pineapple and berry flavor. Fairly dry finish but it still has a moderatly drawn out bitter hop aftertaste. 

Medium thick body. Faint carbonation. Pleasantly sticky. 

I was initially dissappointed to see that I'd traded for the 2010 version but this turned out to be mighty nice indeed. Smooth and highly drinkable. The 8.5% abv is only barely noticable. I'd planned to drink half tonight & finish tomorrow but it was too good to stop drinking! If it's this good 14 months old, I'm sure the hop character in a fresh bottle would be absolutely phenominal. This is my second experience with Alesmith (the other being Speedway Stout) and I am thouroughly impressed. This comes highly reccomended & I hope to get my hands on more Alesmith brews in the future. Anyone out there want to send some to Georgia?..

Serving type: bottle

02-21-2012 04:30:27 | More by ThickNStout

paulys55

Pennsylvania

3.75/5  rDev -8.8%

05-24-2013 04:21:56 | More by paulys55

megamass

New Jersey

3.75/5  rDev -8.8%

05-18-2013 04:20:05 | More by megamass

Shogun730

California

5/5  rDev +21.7%

05-17-2013 21:39:56 | More by Shogun730

largadeer

California

3.75/5  rDev -8.8%

05-17-2013 20:41:39 | More by largadeer

Zbeetleman

California

4.25/5  rDev +3.4%

05-15-2013 05:08:22 | More by Zbeetleman

ngeunit1

California

4.16/5  rDev +1.2%
look: 4 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 4

A - Golden-amber with a finger of frothy off-white head. Fades fairly slowly.

S - Sweet caramel and bready malts, grapefruit, citrus, pine, and grassy hops.

T - Sweet caramel, bready, and biscuit malts, grapefruit, orange, citrus, pine, and grassy hops, resiny bitterness.

M - Medium bodied with moderate carbonation. Smooth with a dry, bitter, lightly sweet finish.

D - Good hoppy red ale. Good hop profile and bitterness.

Serving type: bottle

05-13-2013 04:11:13 | More by ngeunit1

IPeteA91

Texas

4.75/5  rDev +15.6%

05-12-2013 23:14:41 | More by IPeteA91

caverog

California

3.75/5  rDev -8.8%

05-10-2013 22:50:25 | More by caverog

BillRoth

Maryland

4.5/5  rDev +9.5%

04-30-2013 02:12:36 | More by BillRoth

artoolemomo

Oregon

4.25/5  rDev +3.4%

03-31-2013 05:52:32 | More by artoolemomo

retry4z

California

4.25/5  rDev +3.4%

03-29-2013 12:32:57 | More by retry4z

MadScientist

New York

4/5  rDev -2.7%

03-27-2013 03:17:40 | More by MadScientist

TheBishopco

Tennessee

4/5  rDev -2.7%

03-12-2013 12:22:56 | More by TheBishopco

KidsDoc

California

4/5  rDev -2.7%

03-12-2013 04:41:54 | More by KidsDoc

VaporDome

New York

4.25/5  rDev +3.4%

03-09-2013 23:30:54 | More by VaporDome

kingmaker

Louisiana

4.5/5  rDev +9.5%

03-09-2013 02:17:54 | More by kingmaker

spycow

Illinois

4/5  rDev -2.7%

03-08-2013 01:15:22 | More by spycow

Chetti

New Jersey

4/5  rDev -2.7%

03-07-2013 07:19:19 | More by Chetti

spinrsx

Ontario (Canada)

3.96/5  rDev -3.6%
look: 4.25 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4

22oz Bottle from Bristol Farms Palm Desert CA for 10$

Appearance - Clear dark copper with an average size fizzy beige coloured head. There is a high amount of carbonation showing and there is some great lacing. The head lasted for around 4-5 minutes.

Smell - Hops, malts, caramel, earthiness, pineapple

Taste & Mouth - There is an average amount of carbonation and I can taste sugary caramel, malts, and earthy hops. There is also some pineapple and a touch of something along the lines of all-spice. It ends with a malty sweet aftertaste with a medium amount of hop bitterness.

Overall – A good seasonally flavoured beer. A little too earthy for me but still nice nonetheless. Just a bit overpriced for what you get in my opinion. Nice to have tried but not something I'd buy again.

Serving type: bottle

03-05-2013 03:58:27 | More by spinrsx

SocalKicks

California

4/5  rDev -2.7%

03-03-2013 17:08:43 | More by SocalKicks

Seaba

Pennsylvania

3.75/5  rDev -8.8%

02-26-2013 19:11:00 | More by Seaba

magine

Pennsylvania

4.5/5  rDev +9.5%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5

Poured into an oversized pint glass.

Pours a cloudy sediment floating, caramel amber with a thick creamy tan head. Lots of thick chucky head stands a finger thick. Perfect lace and head retention here. Looks great.

Brew smells of big hops and caramel malts. Very tasty nose here - great nose.

Brew is big in flavor and mouthfeel. Pungent, oily, flavorful hops melded perfectly with caramel malts. Brew has a mellow smooth warming finish. Tremendous.

Awesome stuff here. My first from Alesmith and a gem of a brew. Makes me think of Nugget Nectar. Cant wait to try more from them.

Serving type: bottle

02-17-2013 01:28:44 | More by magine

ChrisMon02

Ohio

4/5  rDev -2.7%

02-17-2013 01:16:28 | More by ChrisMon02

browniewithnuts

Pennsylvania

4.5/5  rDev +9.5%

02-16-2013 00:51:18 | More by browniewithnuts