AleSmith YuleSmith (Winter) Imperial Red Ale 4.07 767

AleSmith YuleSmith (Winter) Imperial Red Ale

	Percentile
	100
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Brewed by AleSmith Brewing Company
Style: American Strong Ale
San Diego, California USA

bottled
common

on tap
common

Broad Distribution
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Ratings	Average	Score	Seasonal	ABV	Style Pctl	Serve in
767	4.08/5.0	4.07/5.0	Winter	9.5%	99.2	Snifter, Trappist glass

Commercial Description:
During the summer, YuleSmith is transformed into a big, hoppy, Double IPA. The enormous load of hops requires a substantial malt background to create just the right balance for a Double IPA. Lighter in color, summer YuleSmith is available around the 4th of July and is packaged in a red, white, and blue bottle. For the winter season, YuleSmith is brewed as an Imperial Red Ale. This version is maltier, more balanced, and darker in color than the summer version. Although quite malty, big hop flavors and aromas are abundant making this an unforgettable winter warmer. Winter YuleSmith is packaged in traditional holiday red and green. Original Gravity Alcohol by Volume 1.085 9.5%

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jeremytoni (1111), Swedesboro, New Jersey, USA

3.9	Aroma	Appearance	Flavor	Palate	Overall
3.9	7/10	4/5	8/10	3/5	17/20

Nov 8, 2009
From a bottle poured a ruby colro with a very small head. Nice hoppy flavor with a lingering aftertaste.

cchotz (1), California, USA
does not count

4.1	Aroma	Appearance	Flavor	Palate	Overall
4.1	9/10	4/5	8/10	4/5	16/20

Dec 15, 2009

drank a pint on cask. extremely good beer that is very drinkable. 7.5 abv

radagast83 (1314), Fairfax, Virginia, USA

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

Dec 14, 2009

Sampled from a 22 oz bottle. Pours a deep copper color with a tan head. Pours a very dark copper color, tan head. Aroma is malts, touches of alcohol. Flavor has malts, alcohol, spices.

tastybeer (119), Washington DC, USA

3.5	Aroma	Appearance	Flavor	Palate	Overall
3.5	6/10	4/5	6/10	5/5	14/20

Dec 14, 2009

Bomber (shared as instructed by bottle). Pours dark red with tan head. Lots of pine hops and nuttiness, but our bottle wasn’t very fresh.

Acknud (784), Morganfield, Kentucky, USA

4.1	Aroma	Appearance	Flavor	Palate	Overall
4.1	9/10	5/5	8/10	1/5	18/20

Dec 14, 2009

Excellent drink. Consumed it while watching the Colts go to 13-0! Balanced malty/hop flavor with just a touch more bitterness poking through on the tongue. Aroma is malty, pine, and earthy notes.

Fevernova (59), Ohio, USA

4.2	Aroma	Appearance	Flavor	Palate	Overall
4.2	7/10	5/5	8/10	5/5	17/20

Dec 12, 2009

22 oz Bottle -- Pours deep dark copper with a huge light tan head. Sweet malts are very forward on the nose but the hops take over on the palate. Interesting spice that is not overdone. Very full bodied with the alcohol making itself well known.

sayravai (3752), Helsinki, Finland

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

Dec 12, 2009

Murky reddish brown with a small head. Spicy, grainy-malty aroma with a touch of vegetables. Grainy-malty, sweet-caramely flavor with a touch harsh hops, some Xmas spices, and medium bitterness. Almost full-bodied, quite sticky palate. Pleasant, but still raw.

Maria (6286), Thisted, Denmark

3.8	Aroma	Appearance	Flavor	Palate	Overall
3.8	8/10	4/5	7/10	4/5	15/20

Dec 7, 2009

It’s a hazy, red-brown beer with a creamy head. The aroma has notes of roasted malt, caramel, figs, fruit, citrus and light spruce. The flavor is sweet with notes of roasted malt, caramel, fruit, citrus, alcohol and spruce in the finish.

mjs (1517), Helsinki, Finland

3.8	Aroma	Appearance	Flavor	Palate	Overall
3.8	8/10	4/5	8/10	4/5	14/20

Dec 6, 2009

(Bottle at Pikkulintu) Poured reddish brown and hazy with small white head. Aroma contained hops, grass and malts. Palate was full bodied with medium carbonation. Flavours were malts, hops, fruitiness, grass, sweetness and bitterness. Aftertaste was sweet and bitter. Malts were dominant from the beginning to the end.

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