AleSmith YuleSmith (Summer) India Pale Ale

Bottle, pours a hazy tan/orange color with a large a frothy head. Aroma is HOPS, pine, grapefruit, some fruity notes. Big aroma. Starts with a big burst of hops but settles nicely into slight sweetness of carmel malts, then the hops slowly come back but more fruity and floral. Incredibly big and balanced IIPA, very drinkable and delicious, a fantastic brew. Need to do a blind tasting between this and Dreadnaught.

650ml bottle. Pours a slightly cloudy copper orange, with a frothy-sudsy head that dissipates slowly. Aroma was all citrus with grapefruit, oranges and lemons. Flavor was hops forward with oranges, thyme, walnuts, and grapefruit. Mouthfeel was creamy, silky and smooth with good carbonation. Finish is medium in duration, dry and very clean with just a slight biter hoppy aftertaste. Overall this is superbly well crafted beer that quenches thirst well.

Light color with serious whipped cream head. Sweet floral aroma translates directly into taste with sweet resiny hop nectar goodness. $6/22oz

Bottle. Pretty hoppy, lots of piney sappy hop flavours, imitially sweet, but some nice dry bitterness in the finish make it a little more bearable. LOts of fruity hops, lychee notes etc. There is also some caramelly malt chaarcters in here as well, but its more about the hops.

THANKS to Hellbilly for this Gem! Pours hazy orange with thick frothy head that disapates from 3 to 1 finger in about 10 minutes. lots of thick spotty lacing. Nice orange zest and hop aroma. nice floral flavor with a slight hint of vanilla on the finish. Very refreshing. alcohol well hidden.

(Bottle, thanks to WeeHeavySD) Pours light hazy, light orange amber. Juicy hops up front in the aroma with tones of citrus, mostly grapefruit and orange but also some pine and a light touch flowers. Light malty tones such as caramel and toffee. Also some English fruit cake, strawberry jam, stale spices, vanilla and some exotic fruits like mango, canned pineapple and dried apricot. Big citric grapefruit flavour with a peppery green pepper tone and a decent caramel malt base. Alcohol comes through both in the aroma and in the flavour as a nice boost. Finish is dry and bitter, very bitter. Harsh, yet smooth mouthfeel. Medium full bodied. Clean and without any “off” tastes to speak of, typical AleSmith style.

Name: Yulesmith (Summer)
Date: September 25, 2004
Mode: Bottle
Source: Trade
Appearance: hazy orange with a thin off-white head
Aroma: sweet citrus aroma
Body: big body with a silky smooth creamy texture
Flavor: lots of incredable hop flavor on top of rich malt backbone with some good sweetness giving it perfect balance, low bitterness
Overall: velvety sweet grapefruit elixure in a glass, the best beer i’ve ever had, it brings a tear to my eye

Name: Yulesmith (Summer)
Date: October 20, 2005
Source: tasting
sweet citrus candy malt flavor, lots of carmel, lots of bitterness,

Name: Yulesmith (Summer)
Date: December 01, 2005
Mode: draft
Source: brewery
Aroma: big sweet piney grapefruit aroma
Flavor: huge sweet malt flavor and lots of grapefruit flavor, the perfect flavor to follow up the wonderful aroma

Name: Yulesmith (Summer)
Date: May 26, 2007
Mode: bottle
Source: roadtrip
Score: 3.9 to 4.0
Words: summer vs. winter tasteoff
Appearance: hazy orange, fine white head, lots of drippy lace
Aroma: big sweet caramel and citrus hop aroma
Flavor: lots of earthy flavor bitterness that takes on a musty or even woody character (age?)
Overall: summer is lighter than the winter as it should be

Name: Yulesmith (Summer)
Date: June 07, 2007
Mode: bottle
Source: Ale Atlanta
Vintage: 2005
does not stand the test of time, gets a bit astrengent

Aroma: 7/10; Appearance: 8/10; Flavor: 8/10; Palate: 8/10; Overall: 17/20
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