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AleSmith YuleSmith (Summer) India Pale Ale

AleSmith YuleSmith (Summer) India Pale Ale - Imperial/Double IPA

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100
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Brewed by AleSmith Brewing Company
Style: Imperial/Double IPA

San Diego, California USA

bottled
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on tap
available

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 Ratings  Average  Score  Seasonal  ABV  Style Pctl  Serve in 
7434.13/5.04.12/5.0Summer8.5%99.1Snifter, Tulip
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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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 sunevdj (1765), Copenhagen OE, Denmark
4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/103/58/104/517/20
Nov 3, 2007  
Ølklubben. Pours a slightly hazy dark yellow with a large, rocky, tanned head. Very sweet and bitter. Havy malt aromas lots of hops. Strong alcohol touch. Grapefruity. Full bodied. Average carbonation. Long bitter finish.


 bdigital (585), Ft Wayne, Indiana, USA
4.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
9/104/58/104/518/20
Oct 28, 2007  
#200...Bottle: Pours a cloudy orange-tan color with a minimal white head. This could be one of the most pleasant aromas I’ve ever smelled. Notes of grapefruit, peaches, bananas, caramel malt along with floral and pine hops. Very silky smooth in the mouth. Hop-bomb that doesn’t shaolin-finger jab the other caramel and fruity accents. Phenomenal brew by a great brewery. I can’t remember who traded me this but thank you.


 fiver29 (703), Cleveland, Ohio, USA
4.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
10/105/510/104/518/20
Oct 26, 2007  
Very nice double IPA. Nice color and with a hop haze. Very hoppy and citrus like smells emanate. Big hop flavor with a big malt balance makes this easily one of the best in the category I have tried. I highly recommend.


 DragonStout (1380), Pataskala, Ohio, USA
3.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/57/104/517/20
Oct 25, 2007  
Thanx to Quake for sharing this at Tampa Gathering. Pours a hazy golden color.Nose is hoppy, citrus and floral. Flavor is a full onslaught of hops as it finished hoppy and my palate felt abused from the bitter hop assault.


 DaSilky1 (1933), San Diego, California, USA
4.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
9/105/58/104/516/20
Oct 23, 2007  
the beers sits there, exemplary of everything it attempts to be..the head has interwoven layers of puffy, pillowy white...underneath is unfiltered orange..the aroma is indeed quintessential...dry, musty apricot, pineapple and citrus vapors..Bitter, yet refined flavors hinting towards citrus rind, apricot drained of its sweetness, and a solventy, dry finish...piney almost near the end...but i like the dry solvent notes...they are classy!


thedrip (10), Harlowton, Montana, USA
4.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
9/105/58/104/519/20
Oct 14, 2007  
Poured an orange color. hops very evident in taste. Found it similar to stone’s ruination. Finishes with a zing of alcohol and zest. Amazing beer.


 Quake1028 (633), Tampa, Florida, USA
4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/58/104/516/20
Oct 13, 2007  
Tampa RB Gathering Beer #6....courtesy of IrishBoy....very appealing cloudy orange body, lasting small white head....hige floral spicy hop nose, no real malt backbone, definitely punishing and unashamed of the hops....flavor is hops to the extreme level, with a very small malt backing, but it’s mainly hops at the front, again unapologetic....creamy, oily palate, medium bodied....finish is lengthy.spicy and floral


 altonbrownd (1862), Amsterdam, Netherlands
4.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/59/104/517/20
Oct 12, 2007  
Bottle in Northfield, MA. Wow. A fantastic IPA. Hazy orange colour with exploding head. Spicy nose. Hoppy. Grassy. Citrus, grapefruit and orange tastes. Really nice. Finish very smooth. One of the nicest IPA’s I’ve ever had.



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