AleSmith Brewing Company Wee Heavy - Barrel-Aged

Wee Heavy - Barrel-Aged

 

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

  Scotch Ale / Wee Heavy Rotating
Score
8.11
ABV: 10.0% IBU: - Ticks: 105
This matured version of our Scotch-Style ale, Barrel-Aged Wee Heavy, is matured in premium bourbon barrels for up to one year to add layers of complexity to its rich, malty flavor profile. Notes of vanilla, oak and bourbon from the barrels combine with the beer’s profile of caramel and toffee to make this an utterly unique beer that we think you’ll love. Enjoy it now or let it mature in the bottle for years to come.
 

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8.6
Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 10 | Overall - 8.5

750ml bottle (thx, Robert G.!) at Alex’s in honor of my birthday and CPA PREP finish. Vintage 2015. Pours a dark brown with beige head. Aroma is sweet, dark fruits, bourbon, woody, and booziness. Taste is chocolate, oily, still hot, dark fruits, slightly buttery, bourbon. Despite it is still boozy, I love it and it is a very nice sipper.

Tried from Bottle on 26 Mar 2017 at 00:19


7.5
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8

Massive barrel aroma. Unfiltered brown amber caramel color. Foamy oily spiral head. Massive chewy caramel bourbon candy notes. Luscious. Viscous. Boozy, but really well done.

Tried from Can on 11 Jun 2016 at 22:50


8

Ziek, zoet, zwaar. Goed spul!

Tried on 28 Apr 2016 at 23:18


8.8
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 10 | Overall - 9

Bottle [2013] @ weekly tasting shared with Joes and Dutchdrebus to celebrate the fact that the cast which has been on my left leg since March 4th (55 days ago) was removed today.. Thank god for that. I know I have a long way to go as far as full recovery goes, but I’m so happy that the cast is gone. Also, thanks to all RB friends who have wished me well during this period. It was and still is really really appreciated. -- [Rating] Nice deep dark red-brown color, small off-white head. Aroma is malts, nice bourbon. Taste malts, again firm bourbon, sweet, dark fruits, raisins, some alcohol, caramel and brown candy sugar. Full body, slow drinker, average to moderate carbonation. Heavy, full and a very very nice beer. Lovely.

Tried from Bottle on 28 Apr 2016 at 16:41


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

Bottle @ benzai. Dark brown colour with no head. Smells sweet, cloyingly sweet, plums, malts, alcohol. Tastes appelstroop, sweet, toffee.. Amazingly deep. Kinda hits ypu like a hammer though. Feel like I need a nap after every two sips. Full body, soft carbo. --- Beer merged from original tick of Barrel-Aged Wee Heavy - Scotch Ale - Bourbon Barrel on 03 Nov 2023 at 02:10

Tried from Bottle on 28 Apr 2016 at 16:16


8
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 10 | Overall - 8

Bottle, shared with BBGTC. Pours hazy, dark maroon, with a creamy off white head. Aroma is sweet roasted malts with bread, toffee and heather, as well as cocoa and leather. Full body, with soft carbonation. Flavour is sweet roasted malts with bread, cocoa, leather and wood, as well vanilla and muscovado. Lingering sweet malty finish. Very drinkable, and nicely balanced.

Tried from Bottle on 19 Feb 2016 at 13:12


7.6
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

18.02.2016, 0,75l bottle shared @ BBGTC tasting:
Nice creamy mediumlasting head. Aroma is very mild and balanced, yet it?s not a wow experience; weeds, dark malts, vanilla, minerals, oak, chocolate, caramel, nuts, bark, dark sugar. Taste is slightly dry boozy, weeds, dark malts, minerals, caramel, chocolate, oak, vanilla, alcohol, nuts, mild bourbon. Medium bitterness, slightly mineraly mouthfeel. Nice and very balanced, but not fantastic...

Tried from Bottle on 18 Feb 2016 at 15:01


7.5
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8

Bottle shared at rbwg 2016. Oily reddy caramel brown no head. Aroma is barrel, oak, vanilla, boozy, wood. Flavour is composed of spicy cinnamon. Oak, vanilla, cherry. Tangy. Woody. .

Tried from Bottle on 01 Feb 2016 at 02:25


8.5
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 9

75 cl bottle (from an IP trade with richiesd) @ home, shared with caesar, borresteijn & MarcodL. Pours a deep brown color. Off white head, short retention. Aroma’s: full on bourbon, sweet, vanilla, caramel, really nice. Flavor is sweet, a bit boozy, hints of marzipan. Fairly strong alcohol feel and rather full bodied. Long finish. Wonderful, much nicer than the base beer.

Tried from Bottle on 16 Jan 2016 at 16:05


8.6
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5

Bottle, courtesy of PotjeBier. Thanks! Delicious aroma of strong bourbon vanilla and a little raisin, I could sniff this for hours. Rich taste of earth vanilla, subtle bourbon booze, caramel and some malt body. Fantastic beer.

Tried from Bottle on 16 Jan 2016 at 05:34