Decadence Anniversary Ale 2011
AleSmith Brewing Company in San Diego, California, United States 🇺🇸
Barley Wine Special Out of Production|
Score
7.35
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Alesmith Decadence 2011 is a Maple Smoked Barley wine. Blending elements of two beer styles, smoke beer and barley-wine. Alesmith has created a unique, homebrew-inspired beer. Big and malty, with a huge Bamberg smoked-malt character, Alesmith Decadence 2011 has another very special ingredient: Vermont maple syrup. The smoky malt flavor is perfectly balanced by modest bittering hop additions. A rich, full-bodied beer designed to deliver a memorable drinking experience.
Join our anniversary celebration with Alesmith Decadence. You’ll soon discover why Alesmith is known around the world as the place to find legendary craftsmanship.
Nicely smokey. Very prominent malt base.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Bottle shared. Pours cloudy brown with a small tan head. Aroma of butterscotch, toffee, sweet malt, light spice, booze. Flavour is light heavy sweet and light moderate bitter. Medium bodied with soft carbonation. A little disappointing and one dimensional, expected more from this.
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Bottle shared thanks to Kermis. Hazy dark amber with some little things floating around. Lots of sweet malts, sugars, butterscotch, yeast, bitter herbs, maybe some light smoke, toffee, dried peach. Over medium sweet with alcoholic bitter finish. Full bodied, with low carbonation and the body just dissoves in your mouth. Weird beer, not too bad but a bit one dimensional.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7
Bottle courtesy of and shared with Kermis. Thin creamy off white head. very hazy amber pour. Sweet alcohol taste
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Bottle thanks to Will. Pours a cloudy brown with small beige head that diminishes to nothing. The aroma is toasted grain and caramel. Medium mouth, nice booze, dark fruits, caramel, maple, light smoke in the finish, very nice.
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bottle at home ... copper ... thin tan head ... soft dry toffee ... light malt ... little oak nose ... soft sweet roast ... dark malts .... soft roast ... sweet sugers ... little toffee ... little yeast ...
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Thx to Sebletitje // 75 cl. bottle sampled @ RBBSG 2012 // pomegranate amber with a white head // thick caramel, toffee nose with some hops with a touch of mellow smoke // thick caramel taste with a light roast blended in, toffee, spices, bitterness in the back from hops, spices, molasses tad with a hint of smoke // tad thick, smooth body // not bad at all
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Bottle. Cloudy amber color, small white head. Aroma of burnt toast, vanilla, maple. Taste is similar.
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75cl bottle courtesy of Ibrew2or3, sharde at RBBSG 2012, cheers Dave and thanks for the bottle. Couleur cuivrée, col beige léger. Arôme malté grillé avec ce léger côté de sirop d’érable et un fini fumé léger3 Palais est agréable, et loin de paraître les 11%, un fumé agréable qui ne prend pas le dessus laissant place à un caractère barley wine dans les tons malté/carmel léger sucré de prendre place. Une certain duceur érable se note et accompagne des pointes fumées. Palais est vivace et légèrement pétillant. Au final, un très bon barley wine qui pour moi reste un peu trop jeune.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8
Sampled at RBBSG. Slightly unclear red color, small off-white head. Smell malts, slightly bacon, slightly smoke, slightly alcohol and slightly sweet. Taste malts, a lot of alcohol, some sweetness, a hint of smoke. Medium body, medium carbo.