AleSmith Grand Cru 3.89 622

AleSmith Grand Cru

	Percentile
	99
	overall

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

bottled
common

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Ratings	Average	Score	Seasonal	ABV	Style Pctl	Serve in
622	3.9/5.0	3.89/5.0	Winter	10.6%	96.7	Trappist glass, Tulip, Tumbler

Commercial Description:
Bottle conditioned.
AleSmith Grand Cru really needs to be tasted to be truly appreciated. Toasty, caramelly flavors, as well as flavors imparted by the Belgian yeast strain, predominate over a tapestry of subtle nuances. Winner of the blue ribbon at the 1999 California State Fair, it is a thing of beauty. It is available in 750 ml. champagne bottles. Appearance: Crystal clear (when served properly), with a toast-brown color. Flavor: Starts with the tangy flavor of our championship Belgian yeast, then fades to a medium-light flavor of vanilla, caramel and chocolate. Finishes dry and well-balanced with a slightly toasty flavor. Aroma: Vanilla and chocolate aromas predominate, along with the Belgian yeast characteristics. Mouthfeel (body/texture): Clean and crisp, medium-bodied. Warmth from the high alcohol content makes it feel like a fine wine.

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TomDecapolis (3203), Skippack, Pennsylvania, USA

4	Aroma	Appearance	Flavor	Palate	Overall
4	8/10	4/5	8/10	4/5	16/20

Dec 26, 2006

2006 bottle. Pours a translucent deep ruby amber with a med tan bubbly head. Aroma of various fruits, plums, grapes, tropical fruits, malty sweetness, toffee, caramel, candi sugar and Belgian yeast. Flavor of Belgian yeast, toasted sweet malt, lots of caramel/toffee/earthy, some hop bitterness hidden in there but it really helped to bring out the complexity of this beer. Also getting a lot of various dark fruits in flavor too. Great American made Belgian.us

probstk (1064), Nepean, Ontario, Canada

3.5	Aroma	Appearance	Flavor	Palate	Overall
3.5	7/10	3/5	7/10	3/5	15/20

Dec 20, 2006

Tasted at YeHA! 2006 in Montreal. My first AleSmith...I’ll drink to that! App.: cloudy mahogany, no head. Aroma: SHERRY, nutty, dried fruit. Palate: fairly low carbonation and med. bodied. Flav.: fairly sweet, similar to nose. Meh...need more AleSmith.

TipsyMcStager (928), Calgary, Alberta, Canada

3.4	Aroma	Appearance	Flavor	Palate	Overall
3.4	6/10	3/5	7/10	4/5	14/20

Dec 18, 2006

hoppy aroma, malty, molasses. Pours a copper brown, thin head. Sweet up front, with strong fruit notes. Tapers off with a somewhat hop finish. Nice bottle too.

presario (3001), Calgary, Alberta, Canada

3.4	Aroma	Appearance	Flavor	Palate	Overall
3.4	7/10	3/5	7/10	3/5	14/20

Dec 18, 2006

Copper with a think head. Alcohol dominates the flavour. Golden ale with caramel notes. Strong alcohol finish.

TPaliga (212), Munster, Indiana, USA

3.9	Aroma	Appearance	Flavor	Palate	Overall
3.9	8/10	3/5	8/10	3/5	17/20

Dec 13, 2006

Big belgian yeast aroma and flavor. Nice malty flavor with notes of caramel, nuts, some vanilla. Slight alcohol finish with flavor that lasts. Delicious.

BeerandBlues2 (3230), Colorado Springs, Colorado, USA

4.7	Aroma	Appearance	Flavor	Palate	Overall
4.7	9/10	5/5	9/10	5/5	19/20

Dec 10, 2006

This bottle was courtesy of FlacoAlto. Pours a clean and clear tawny, more towards the nutty brown side though, with a foamy and creamy light brown head, mostly lasting with some lacing. Aroma is heavy malt (bread, straw, roasted), average hops (flowers, perfume), average yeast (earth) with notes of cask and alcohol. Medium to moderate sweetness, moderate acidity, medium bitterness, creamy caramel and nutty malt flavor, roasted, earthy yeast, light hops and an alcohol finish. Full bodied, fizzy and foamy texture, smooth finish.

JohnnyJ (1352), Carlsbad, California, USA

3.7	Aroma	Appearance	Flavor	Palate	Overall
3.7	8/10	4/5	7/10	4/5	14/20

Dec 10, 2006

Pour is slightly cloudy reddish brown with a caramel colored head. Nice aroma of chocolate, spice, bread, caramel and dark fruit. Personally I thought the flavor was somewhat not as good as the aroma. Flavors of dark fruit, spice, and caramel. Good brew, but I enjoyed horny devil more.

ogglethorp (890), Ohio, USA

4.1	Aroma	Appearance	Flavor	Palate	Overall
4.1	7/10	4/5	8/10	4/5	18/20

Dec 10, 2006

Bottle. Pours murky amber ruby color with a medium to large off white head. Aroma is caramel malts, sugar, bread. Flavor is sweet fruits, plum, brown sugar, caramel. Palate is medium to full, dry, warm alcohol finish. Nice!

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