AleSmith Brewing Company Decadence Anniversary Ale 2008

Decadence Anniversary Ale 2008

 

AleSmith Brewing Company in San Diego, California, United States 🇺🇸

Barley Wine Special Out of Production
Score
7.48
ABV: 11.0% IBU: - Ticks: 7
Alesmith’s Decadence Anniversary Ale was originally brewed in 2005 to celebrate our first decade in business. The brewers at Alesmith had such a great time concocting Decadence that they decided to make it an annual event.

Alesmith 2008 is a traditional English-style Barleywine. Only the finest floor-malted barley and English hops were selected, in addition to a true top-cropping English yeast. Intensely malty and overflowing with flavors of caramel and toffee. Decadence 2008 showcases the very best of this classic English style.
 

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8
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8

Bottle 750ml. [ Vintage 2008 ]. [ Trade by madmitch76 ].Clear medium to dark amber red colour with a average, frothy, good lacing, mostly lasting, off-white to beige head. Aroma is moderate to heavy malty, caramel, wood, dark fruit, plume, light oxidide, light alcohol. Flavour is moderate to heavy sweet and light light acidic with a long duration, dark malt, dark berry tart, oak - wood, light red wine. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft. [20121116]

Tried from Bottle on 09 Dec 2012 at 06:37


8.5
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 9

Acquired two of these in a cellar cleaning a friend was doing. Very excited to try this! Enjoyed in a huge Riedel Bordeaux glass at just above fridge temp around 45-50 Degrees F.

A - Poured a plum to brown hazy purple into the glass. No head at all, almost no carbonation wisp as I uncapped it. Looks very murky.

S - Smells very sweet. Lots of dark fruits and sugars. Very like candied sugar sort of sweetness. Hints of vanilla and smoke.

T - Lots of fruity characters to this. Plums, bananas, mangos, kiwi and something else. Maybe grape juice? It has this uber bitter-sweet taste that stays around for a while. Middle of the tongue is very musty and sort of raw. Back of the tongue is this light campfire smokiness.

M - Very mild carbonation but it’s still there. Heavy body.

O - This is the oldest barley wine I’ve had. It’s remarkable. I’m going to hold onto the other one for a while.

Tried from Can on 09 Sep 2012 at 09:24


7.9
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

Bottle thanks to DaSilky. Shared by me at Paul’s gathering. Pours dark brown. Nose/taste of molasses, brown sugar, vanilla, honey comb, caramel and lots of toffee.

Tried from Bottle on 08 Dec 2010 at 19:40


6.9
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5

Bottled @ Dutch "the Good, the Bad & the Ugly" tasting. Hazy redbrown color, short head. Aroma of caramel. Bit sweet taste, some caramel. Alesmith has always been outstanding in the way they balance their beers, and this one makes no exception.

Tried from Bottle on 12 Nov 2010 at 05:34


7
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7

66cl Bottle at The Good, The Bad & The Ugly tasting. Hazy dark brown colour, light beige head. Aroma of blue cheese, light tart, caramel, malts. Flavour is light sweet, blue cheese, cauliflower, hops, caramel, light tart, bitter finish. Medium to fullbodied.

Tried from Bottle on 10 Nov 2010 at 02:42


8.1
Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

bottle pours cloudy reddish brown with a medium light tan head. Aroma is malt bomb. Sweet cream, caramel and mellow sugary alcohol finish. Lovely.

Tried from Bottle on 20 Mar 2010 at 15:50


8.3
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 9

re-rate December 22nd, 2010. Thanks Gary. Trying this one again with some age really made this beer stand out. Nice notes of vinous and fruits; figs, malty with caramel, blend of yeast and light bitter hops. Overall the beer keeps a mild tartness albeit keeping all the aspects of a barleywine. courtesy of Solan. Not sure where this barley is going. Pours dark golden, beige head. Aroma is malty, sugary with bad notes of vinegar. Flavor, malty with some nasty sourness that seemed borderline infected. Some caramel, brown sugar, some dark fruits, boozy and yeasty finish. Not great and least favorite of the whole Decadence serie.

Tried on 28 Aug 2009 at 14:16