AleSmith Evil Dead Red Ale

Brewed by AleSmith Brewing Company
Style: American Strong Ale
San Diego, California USA

This quality ale is dark with a fair amount of carbonation. The aroma is hops with a citrus whiff. The flavor is filled is filled licorice and a smooth fig finish. On tap at Labellas in Chula Vista in pitchers and Liters. This ale is the ninth wonder of the world!!!!!!!

Dominate hop flavor, with an excellent malt to match. Hops are similar to their perfect IPA, but the malt is much stronger and more pronounced. Lots of caramel and cherry notes coming through, even with all the hops, and mostly rides with the 6.66 ABV. Another winner from Alesmith.

On Tap @ the Liar’s Club. Clear amber color with nice creamy tan head. Full aroma of caramel malts and orange to grapefruit hops. Nice mix of caramel malt sweetness and grapefruit hop bitterness. I love hoppy red ales. There are enough malts to compete and even win over the aggressive hops. Well done.

A fine, fine red brew. Had it on tap at the brewery and couldn’t get enough. Great aroma, color, and palate!

On cask at The Linkery, San Diego. Dark amber-red with a thin, very creamy light tan head and great lacing--quite a lovely pint. Fresh resinous citrus and pine hops notes with a superbly balanced malt backbone and an alarmingly fresh earthiness in the aroma. The flavor is malt-driven but in just the right amount so as to not be overly sweet or toasted. It plays very well with the citrusy, resinous hops flavors and has a perfect "autumnal" feel to it. The body is super smooth here on cask and gives a delicate delivery of this amazingly structured beer.

A great beer. I am always a big fan of the red ales, but this one is simply amazing. Great color, great name and label, and the blend of malt and hop flavors is absolutely perfect. Thumbs up to alesmith.

This brew pours with a beautiful reddish body topped by a medium thick foamy off-white head with good lacing. The aroma is slighlty sweet and well balanced leaning towards grapefruity hops. The flavor is sweet and grapefruity from the hops with a good malty balance and a nice grapefruity hop finish. Medium bodied and very smooth.

clear crimson is the color, with a wafer-thin layer of beigey foam topping this glass...large fruity sweetness in the nose, a burgundy blast, buttressed with hops, rosey and ripe, vibrant and raw, very fresh hop feel...damn, but I like it, for it really seems like raw hop cones crawling up into the nose. Now, to drink away... Brash, fresh, tasty mouthfeel, soon subsiding, but a blast while it lasts. Dark fruit, and raw hops, again. Juicy cherry and berry, with a solid net of malt beneath, though not really felt through the flavor. About medium in body, with a soft, fruity finish. The appeal here, though, is all up front in this great buzz of tasty hoppiness that blazes across the palate. Not like any other red ale I’ve encountered before, way tastier than any of them, more heavy on the hops than the malt...one of a kind, here, no surprise from Alesmith. I’d return to this quite often were I a San Diegoan...as it stands, I’ll cherish every drop of this growle