AleSmith Barrel Aged Decadence 2007

Brewed by AleSmith Brewing Company
Style: Imperial/Strong Porter
San Diego, California USA

Bottle 75 cl. Courtesy of KimJohansen. Clear dark brown with a tint of red and a small beige head. Distinct whiskey aroma that overpowers pretty much anything else. Solid body, hard roasted malts and sweet accents of licorice allsorts, but again everything is overpowered by the distinct Bourbon notes. Some hard roasted malts in the finish, but not really any hard roasted malts. Not much Porter left but I really dig the heavy Bourbon. 231109

Bottle at Papsø. Hazy red brown coloured with a medium sized beige head. Sweet aroma of caramel, bourbon, alcohol, cocoa beans, chocolate and berries. Sweet and light roasted flavour of oak, vanilla and dried fruits with notes of bourbon. Warming alcoholic finish. Too much qalcohol.

Dark brown with a medium beige head. Aroma was sweet with roasted malt, toffee and chocolate notes. Flavour was sweet with whiskey, roasted malt and woody notes. Quite full, finished sweet and strong. Nice one.

practically pitch dark, but in fact dark brown. small white head. aroma is predominatly boozzy, but also shows some caramelly notes. beneath these notes i get superp marcipan and blue berries. thse suble notes hitch the aroma rate higher. flavor is blue berries, boozy, marcipan, very faint dark fruits. strong notes from the barrel aging

Bottled. Pitch black coloured. Dense brown head. Aroma of roast, chocolate, vanilla, sweetness, light coffee, light berries. Flavour of oak, spice, vanilla, roast, marzipan, alcohol, coffee. Complex but with a quite rough alcoholedge. Medium to full bodied. Dry. Roasty and spiced bitterness in the end. Very warming on lips and palate.

Bottled. A pitch black with a lazing brown head. The aroma has strong notes of chocolate, alcohol, and over ripe fruits, as well as lemon. The flavor is sweet with strong notes of dark chocolate, alcohol, over ripe fruits, and some wood, leading to a dry bitter and alcoholic finish. Nice one. Thanks KimJohansen for sharing.

75 cL bottle, courtesy of KimJohansen. Pours dark brown to black with a small white head. Dark malty and roasted aroma. Winous and chalky wooden and roasted malt flavoured, light bitter and wooden lingering finish. Roasted and vanilla flavoured, whiskey flavoured. Smooth and slight boozy finish.

25 oz bottle. Pours a dark brown body with a one finger fizzy brown head that fell to a thin partial covering. The nose is bourbon, vanilla, oak, burnt caramel, black strap molasses, moderate alcohol, and a touch of oxidation. Pretty nice thus far. Nicely balanced between the beer and the bourbon, it’s very chocolaty with lots of licorice and some caramel sweetness before the vanilla, char, and oak come out towards the finish. Very well hidden alcohol, the more I drink the easier drinking it gets. AleSmith seems to be especially good at making their BA beers seem not overly boozy. The feel of it isn’t overly thick, it’s actually very drinkable in that way. Seems a bit thinner than what the regular version was. Perfect lightly fizzy carbonation cuts through the sweetness well. A 10% beer that isn’t even warming. This was pretty delicious, I think that this was way better than the regular version.