Forged Theory
AleSmith Brewing Company in San Diego, California, United States 🇺🇸
Collab with: Bottle Logic BrewingStout - Imperial Regular
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Score
7.31
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Imperial Stout aged in Willett Bourbon Barrels for 32 months
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8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
16 oz. can, pours jet black, tiny head. Nose has some spirit-forward, fusel-y alcohol-tinged bourbon barrel character, dark sugars, and molasses. Flavour is rich, with intense bourbon barrels, dry roast, molasses, and alcohol. Dry, bourbony, spirit-forward—more so than usual for AleSmith. Dry, nicely boozy, but well-integrated. Excellent.
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AleSmith Brewing Company
on 15 Mar 2026
at 06:24
8.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 9
Texture 9
Overall 7.5
16oz can from Alesmith. Nose is chocolate, vanilla, bourbon, without much of the coffee notes I usually find in Alesmith’s imperial stouts. Black with a medium cinnamon tan head. Flavor is moderately sweet with a lot of flavor from the 32 months in Willett Bourbon Barrels. Nice traditional bourbon barrel stout with no pile of adjuncts.
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from Can
at
AleSmith Brewing Company
on 15 Jan 2026
at 02:16