Horny Devil
(has 2 batches)
AleSmith Brewing Company in San Diego, California, United States 🇺🇸
Belgian Style - Strong Ale Rotating|
Score
7.21
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Horny Devil is our interpretation of a Belgian-style Golden Ale. Brewed with authentic Belgian ingredients including candi sugar and a Trappist yeast strain, its fruity and spicy aromas include notes of orange, banana, and peppercorns. Coriander seeds add refreshing citrus notes which meld seamlessly with the beer’s delicate malt. Horny Devil finishes with a lively carbonation and a refreshingly dry finish.
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8.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 10
Overall 8
Bottle; Nose of caramel, vanilla, banana, and yeast; hazy gold with a small white head; flavor shows the coriander, orange, caramel, and a light banana ester, with a little alcohol shoing as the finish in the medium body.
Tried
from Bottle
on 16 Dec 2006
at 14:29
8.4/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
On Tap @ Brewery. Clear copper color with off white head. Nice spicy coriander, sweet malt and yeast aroma. Sweet malts, sugar, coriander spice along with some yeasty breadiness hints that create nice flavor mix. No sense of the 10% ABV.
Tried
from Draft
on 04 Nov 2006
at 09:10
7.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Bottle courtesy of Black95tt: Poured a light orangey color ale with a good foamy head with little retention. Aroma of spices is clearly dominating with some traces of the Belgian yeast. The spices that probably include coriander also dominate taste as well as slightly funky yeast, some sweet malt and a light dry finish. Alcohol is well masked which I appreciated but body was a bit too watery for the style.
Tried
from Bottle
on 14 Aug 2006
at 13:12
7.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
2007-09-14, 7-4-7-3-14=35
Cloudy light amber color. The aroma is very sweet, with yeast, fruitness, very pure yeast, too much for me. Good body strength, very sweet, the warmth shows me it must be quite alcoholic, good fruity malt flavor, good bitterness. Overall a good beer, but the yeast is just too much.
2006-01-27, 8-4-8-4-15=39
Hazy gold color. Malty (both aroma and taste), strong, warming, sweet, balancing bitterness, light aroma of dried fruits. Good; no thrill.
Cloudy light amber color. The aroma is very sweet, with yeast, fruitness, very pure yeast, too much for me. Good body strength, very sweet, the warmth shows me it must be quite alcoholic, good fruity malt flavor, good bitterness. Overall a good beer, but the yeast is just too much.
2006-01-27, 8-4-8-4-15=39
Hazy gold color. Malty (both aroma and taste), strong, warming, sweet, balancing bitterness, light aroma of dried fruits. Good; no thrill.
Tried
on 11 Apr 2006
at 16:06
8.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 8
Texture 10
Overall 8.5
750ml bottle - Pours a slightly hazy orange color with virtually no head. The aroma is of citrus, spice, and yeast. This beer has a good, full mouthfeel and well masked alcohol, which is listed at 11% on the bottle. It’s quite sweet with that candi sugar, but is still balanced nicely by some hops. I couldn’t believe how easy to drink this high alcohol beer was. In my opinion the spice level was just right and seemed nicely mellowed. I don’t know how old my bottle was (purchased at a restaurant), but perhaps it sat for awhile. Alesmith did a great job on this brew. I’m surprised it doesn’t rate a bit higher. Rerate 10/5/06 - 8/4/8/4/17 for a 4.1. Averaging the two for a 4.3
Tried
from Bottle
on 05 Mar 2006
at 16:03
6/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 4
Overall 7
(Bottle 75 cl) Unclear, dark amber with floating, tiny impurities. Small, off-white head. Distinct alcoholic nose. Very full body with plenty of caramel. Somehow appears a bit stuffy and perhaps over the top. Sherry accents in the finish that has no real bitterness. 270106
Tried
from Bottle
on 29 Jan 2006
at 02:54
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
This starts with a frothy average- sized head over a dark yellow, almost orange body. Clove and coriander mingle in the aroma. Lightly sweet and spicy flavor with typical Belgian notes. Not overly complex. For equal money, it wouldn’t be too hard to find a true Belgian that tops this though.
Tried
on 01 Jan 2006
at 06:13
6.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
Clear golden with a copper tint, no head to speak of - aroma of coriander, pear, apple, vanilla - quite dry, and the pear, apple and other fruits combine with this to give it an almost cider-like flavor - some hops come in late, as does orange peel and lemon zest - very apparent alcohol - I expected more from Alesmith; this is actually pretty average.
Tried
on 14 Dec 2005
at 20:22
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
An unclear red-orange beer with a disappearing white head. The aroam is very fruity combined with notes of raspberries and brettanomyces. The flavor is sweet with notes of wood and raspberries - the alcohol tickles the tongue, but can’t be tasted.
Tried
from Can
on 18 Jun 2005
at 10:00