Horny Devil
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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7.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 8
Bottle sampled at Den Haag bottle share at Brody’s. Almost clear golden with white head. Quite some spicy yeast, sweet vanilla apple, sweet sugary malts, light alcohol, soft bread, milky, soft corn, custard. Quite sweet and medium bitter. Over medium bodied with quite some carbonation.
Tried
from Bottle
on 20 Jul 2018
at 18:33
8/10
Tried
on 24 Dec 2017
at 17:27
5.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
19th December 2017. Ordered as part of a Flight in Crush & Brew, Temecula. Really pleased to see this, as I have wanted to try it for some time. Light golden pour, wispy head. sweet taste with coriander flavours within. If I hadn't known what it was I would have labelled it as 'Tramp Juice' because of it's sweetness and obvious alcohol level. Glad I've tried it, glad I didn't have to drink a lot though.
Tried
on 23 Dec 2017
at 17:35
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
From Sep 2006
Pours from foiled and capped 750ml a clear medium gold which turns to cloudy (further in to the bottle) with lots of bubbles and a medium sized head of foam that shrank very quickly leaving a fine layer with lacing.
The smell is very lemony and spicy with notes of yeast and a pretty strong nose of alcohol.
The taste, up front, is a very citric bitter/sour with the "mentioned on the label" Coriander and has notes of bread but... it's also very sweet, a Malt Liquor kind of sweetness...my initial impression is that the flavours aren't meshing very well together.
After a few more sips, I'm starting to "see" and appreciate the harmony that *is* actually there and this becomes a fine sipper. The sweetness that I complained about earlier is now well balanced and in fact taken over by the spice and citrus from the hops.
Oh and yes, there's certainly some warming from this 11%abv but Alesmith did a pretty fine job of hiding it. I might have to get some more of this for, what I'm sure will be, the upcoming harsh winter that is due here in Casper.
Bottom line: My initial impression was so-so but the more I sipped on this Belgian Strong Pale Ale, the more it pleased my palate. My hat's off to Alesmith once again!
Pours from foiled and capped 750ml a clear medium gold which turns to cloudy (further in to the bottle) with lots of bubbles and a medium sized head of foam that shrank very quickly leaving a fine layer with lacing.
The smell is very lemony and spicy with notes of yeast and a pretty strong nose of alcohol.
The taste, up front, is a very citric bitter/sour with the "mentioned on the label" Coriander and has notes of bread but... it's also very sweet, a Malt Liquor kind of sweetness...my initial impression is that the flavours aren't meshing very well together.
After a few more sips, I'm starting to "see" and appreciate the harmony that *is* actually there and this becomes a fine sipper. The sweetness that I complained about earlier is now well balanced and in fact taken over by the spice and citrus from the hops.
Oh and yes, there's certainly some warming from this 11%abv but Alesmith did a pretty fine job of hiding it. I might have to get some more of this for, what I'm sure will be, the upcoming harsh winter that is due here in Casper.
Bottom line: My initial impression was so-so but the more I sipped on this Belgian Strong Pale Ale, the more it pleased my palate. My hat's off to Alesmith once again!
Tried
from Bottle
on 17 Oct 2017
at 11:46
6/10
Taki przyzwoity jasny mocny belg, przy czym zjebanany kolendra
Tried
on 02 Sep 2017
at 16:14
6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Draft - Nice Belgian yeast and some fruity esters. Clear gold with a small white head. Pale malts and some nice Belgian esters.
Tried
from Draft
on 24 Aug 2017
at 20:59
7.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 10
Overall 7.5
Taster at Rogues Convention Center during the Alesmith Canadian Sales start event with Slack guys. Pours a hazy pale golden with a weak white head. Aroma is spicy, fruity, slightly earty, very similar to Belgian Saison, but more strong. Tastes is similar, like strong Belgian Saison. Very nice.
Tried
from Can
on 24 Aug 2017
at 20:33
7.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Wonderfully made american Belgian style beer. Tastes very authentic to style. Great beer, worth trying more than once. The Corner Drafthouse San Diego.
Tried
from Can
on 14 Aug 2017
at 13:45
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottle at home, Nivala. Colour is cloudy golden with small white head. Aromas and flavours: Dry fruits, spices some fruits, sweetness and malts.
Tried
from Bottle
on 18 May 2017
at 12:53