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AleSmith YuleSmith (Summer) India Pale Ale

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RatingsAverageScoreSeasonalABVStyle PctlServe in
7444.13/5.04.11/5.0Summer8.5%99.2Snifter, Tulip
Commercial Description:
YuleSmith is a quenching, hoppy "double" IPA. Appearance: Clear copper color and a creamy beige head with good retention. Flavor: Starts out with a bite of hops, but a perfect balance of maltiness and a dry finish leave you thirsting for that next sip. Aroma: The aroma starts with a heady citrusy and floral feel, and a slight overtone of vanilla. Mouthfeel (body/texture): Smooth, medium-bodied. Warm mouthfeel from the high alcohol content. Feels lush and full in the mouth.
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 Lagunitasfan (433), San Diego, California, USA
3.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/58/104/517/20
Aug 23, 2008  
22 oz bottle. Sweet hoppy smell. Odor not too bitter. Thick white head is hanging around for the party. A pale, dull yellow color. Lots of flavors upon first taste. Fruity and sweet was first impression. Late bitter aftertaste, like so late in arriving I was beginning to think there wasn’t going to be much of one at all. Head still dense and thick. Taste honey and hops. It’s hangin around, glomming up the back of my throat. Seriously sharp, bitter aftertaste to go with the full, round mouthfull. Very, very nice.


 joekinty (263), rockledge, Florida, USA
3.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/105/58/104/514/20
Aug 23, 2008  
thanks mcbackus nice citrus hoppy aroma saopy head nice clean finish malts balanced well with the citrus hops


 mcbackus (738), Merritt Island, Florida, USA
3.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/57/103/516/20
Aug 22, 2008  
bottle from tytoanderso: pours a very clean golden colour with a decent sized white head that lingers to a film. arom a is a great citrus hop more tangerine than grapefruit, fresh peach and sweet malts. flavour is a sticky hop plenty of citrus hops and very sweet malt, pretty good beer finishes real nice with plenty of the bitter hops.


 MrChopin (632), Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
3.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/105/57/104/515/20
Aug 22, 2008  
Copper with a large, long-lasting white head... lots of soapy lacing. Nose is grapefruit extreme with a little caramel and pine lurking in there. Flavor is bitter and nicely malty with a little more caramel. Salty, medium body that leaves a sticky pine aftertaste. Good IIPA, and I’m not the biggest fan of them.


 durhambeer (1200), Durham, USA
3.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/57/103/516/20
Aug 20, 2008  
Still trying to figure out the YuleSmith summer thing. Christmas in July? Bottle shared by JCB (thanks Jason!). Hazy bright golden orange pour with medium white head. This was all hops! Didn’t find it as malty as the description, but no worries--the hops were fresh and tasty. Lots of citrus and a nice bitter waxy finish. Yum.


 jcwattsrugger (5223), Florida and, New Jersey, USA
3.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
10/103/57/103/516/20
Aug 20, 2008  
@Richmond/Williamsburg Gathering-22 oz bottle-pours a white head and yellow color. Aroma is hope-citrus and pine, hint of malt. Taste is dry hops-citrus and pine/lemon-some bitter, some medium/light malt. Courtesy dkachur.


 rocbyter (905), Waterbury, Connecticut, USA
3.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
9/103/57/103/516/20
Aug 18, 2008  
Lots o citrus aroma. Hazy dark golden color with a large white head. Mild malt sweetness with a lots of hops building to the start of the finish and the slowly fading off.


 mmmbeer (744), Austin, Texas, USA
4.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
9/104/59/104/518/20
Aug 18, 2008  
(8-16-08) 22 oz. bottle shared by MaltOMeal-served in shakers- met up with Bill to shoot the breeze, trade, watch the Astros, and he decided to whip this puppy out pregame, wow! Poured slightly cloudy darkened golden orange, thin white head that laced some, hearty aroma of floral hops with pine, caramel, and pineapple in the background. Hits the mouth with a high-medium body, the malt is tremendously awesome, a touch of sweetness in the middle followed by the inevitable hop assault, finish is acidic and slaps you across the face if you think you don’t want another sip. Great brew, and many thanks for sharing!



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