AleSmith Barrel Aged Decadence 2007

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

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.

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

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.

Bottle 75cl.
[ Courtesy of henrikb ]. Clear dark brown black color with a average, frothy to creamy, good lacing, mostly lasting, off-white to light beige head. Aroma is moderate to heavy malty, roasted, burnt, chocolate, dusty, licorice, alcohol. Flavor is heavy sweet and coffee bitter with a long duration, and a alcoholic burn finish. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft. [20090710]

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.

Name: Barrel Aged Decadence
Date: April 24, 2009
Mode: Bottle
Source: Tasting
Vintage: 2007
Appearance: brown, wispy tan head, drippy lace
Aroma: sweet bourbon and chocolate aroma, sweet dark caramel and vanilla, light oak, lasting bourbon fumes
Flavor: rich bourbon flavor, lots of chocolate, big oak adds drying balance, sweet vanilla comes through to combat the oak, bitter chocolate finish
Overall: chocolate covered caramel candy with the bourbon center, still to fumey
Aroma: 8/10; Appearance: 7/10; Flavor: 7/10; Palate: 7/10; Overall: 17/20
Rating: 4/5.0
Drinkability: 6/10
Score: ***+/4

Dark brown. Light head. Hazy. Vanilla and some chocolate and light fruit notes on the aroma. Palate is abundant vanilla, with a nice barrel character. Extra vanilla with hints of dates, maybe a little bit of booze. Suffers from being one-dimensional.

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.