AleSmith YuleSmith (Winter) Imperial Red Ale

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

Courtesy of Juart. Pours a beautiful red amber color with a thick cream-colored head and excellent lacing. A lot of sweet citrus piney hops in the aroma. It is like a spicy sugarplum soaked in alcohol. A thick creamy texture. Sweetness of plums tea with citrus and pine. Tastes like the perfect Christmas treat. The mouthfeel is outstanding as well.

Bottle at Toms Glasgow tasting 2 ... Copper ... toffee malts ... lots of amewrican hops ... very fruity ... not that exciting ... just getting hops. but its ok.

Courtesy of dpjuart. Pours a dark orangeish amber with a strong tan head. Smells very spicy, with cloves, soy sauce, molasses, black pepper, bready, sweet, piney and citric notes. Very complex aroma. Super spicy taste. Bitter, resiny with sweet, fruity, and slightly oxidized malt notes. Bubbly full mouthfeel. Seems slightly old, but delicious.

Was able to pick up a bomber from AleSmith when I was out there. Pours a reddish brown body. Nice sweet caramel and malty flavor. Nice balance and has some spicy hop notes of pine and grapefruit. AleSmith has such good stuff.

Bomber. Pours cherry red with floaters. Off white head, foamy and lacing. Nose is big caramel with slight bready notes. Taste is alcohol hot with caramel and brown sugar, slight chocolate wit ha prominent bitter at the end. Slight floral hop character. Very good. Super balanced and tasty.

Purchased at Premier Gourmet in Buffalo NY (Hopefully more Alesmith to come): Pours a huge rocky head atop a reddish-brown body. Resinous hops and some light toasty malts and maybe some rye in the aroma. Spicy hop flavors up front that are balanced out by some light malt sweetness. Some fruits, melon and apricot, accompanied by hints of caramel.

From bottle courtesy of dpjuart. Smooth heavy hoppy nose, with caramel and malty sweetness. Brown sugar and light ozone, mild spicyness. Dark amber-brown, with foamy lacing off-white head. Medium-heavy body with medium carbonation. Starts sweet, caramel and brown sugar. Great hoppy flavor from start to finish, malty sweetness. Fairly complex but good balance between malt and bitter. Mild alcohol warming. Nice bitter lasting after, but not harsh.

Bouteille 650ml, courtoisie de Hogtownharry. De couleur cuivrée rouge foncée et claire. Nez de houblon résineux, moyennement floral (herbe fraîche) et citrique (pamplemousse) et également légèrement herbeux, malté de caramel sucré, moyen de fruits (agrumes, léger d’abricots, notes de raisins) avec des notes de pain. Moyenne-ronde en bouche avec un pétillement moyen et une texture riche, résineuse, crémeuse. Goût amer de houblon résineux, citrique (pamplemousse) et légèrement floral(une amertume présente durant toute la gorgée) accompagné d’un moyen goût fruité (agrumes sucrées, léger d’abricots, traces de raisins) lors de l’entrée en bouche auquel se rajoute un goût malté de caramel sucré (faibles notes rôties), léger de toffee avec des notes de pain et des traces de chocolat. Parallèlement l’on retrouve un léger goût d’alcool aux notes réchauffantes jusqu’en finale, où l’on assiste également à un regain d’amertume de houblon légèrement asséchant, plus herbeux (herbe fraîche et notes de menthe) et résineux accompagné de petites notes épicées (poivre). Post-goût long et un peu sec, amer de houblon résineux, citrique, herbeux et légèrement floral, moyen de fruits (zest d’agrumes) et avec des notes d’alcool.