AleSmith Brewing Company Olde Ale

Olde Ale

 

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

  Traditional Beer - Old Ale Rotating
Score
7.69
ABV: 11.0% IBU: 25 Ticks: 124
Originally brewed in 2005 as the first in our annual decadance series, AleSmith Olde ale follows the tradition of classic British-style old ales. This rich, multi-forward ale showcases soft notes of currents and dried fruit along with complex dark sugars, all of which are balanced by a subtle bitterness derived from the addition of traditional English hops. AleSmith Olde ale is ready to be enjoyed now or I can be age for upwards of twenty years to further enhance its amazing depth of flavor. A hearty ale designed to please Bacchus himself.
 

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8
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5

Keg at Craft Beer Co, Covent Garden. Aroma has vinous and fruity tang over roasty coffee. Dark and glossy. Thick foamy.tan head. Heavy bitter. Espresso and charcoal. However this is tempered by tangy but sweet berries and vinousness. A creamy streak and booze. Thick. Oily. Soft carbonation. Long dry slightly (surpisinfly) astringent finish. Bummer.

Tried from Draft at Craft Beer Co - Covent Garden on 31 May 2025 at 14:32


6.9
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6.5 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 7

Сухой, даже непонятно что на вкус, земля какая то сухая с шоколадом черным если бы это была Аленка, какао также, но не зашло.

Tried on 19 Apr 2025 at 20:14


10

Revise to 5.0 that’s a damn fine beer.

Tried from Crowler on 13 Dec 2024 at 19:02


7

Tried from Bottle on 23 Dec 2023 at 14:39


8.1
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5

Bottle.Dark mahogni colour with small head.Aroma is sweet warming of dark dire fruity and toffee caramel,rich malty and warming with good full body.

Tried from Bottle on 25 May 2020 at 12:59


8.2
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 10 | Overall - 8

(Bottle, Stockholm Beer & Whisky Festival, 5 Oct 2019) Reddish brown colour with foamy, beige head. Malty, fruity nose with caramel, burnt rubber, black-currant and a slight acidity. Malty taste with notes of caramel, black-currant, citrus, dried apricots, raisins and a balanced earthy bitterness. Full body, with a certain sweetness. Complex and really tastye old ale. Excellent beer.

Tried from Bottle on 03 Apr 2020 at 22:08


7.8
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8

Bottle as "Olde Ale". Pours cloudy dark brown with a small fizzy offwhite head. Aromas of caramel, malt, some licorice, dates, hazelnut, chocolate. Taste is pretty malty up front, slight licorice, hazelnut, dates, caramel, slight alcohol, some banana-like sweetness.

Tried from Bottle on 06 Nov 2019 at 17:20


8.1
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 9.5

2014 cellared for 5 years at home. Thin creamy tan head left a spotty cover on a dark brown, slowly carbonating body. Malt, demerara red wine, wood & hints of coffee in the aroma. Medium to full bodied, with a very soft feel & a velvety finish. Dark chocolate, wood, dark spirits, brown sugar, malt, port, sherry & red wine tastes with sweet jammy finish. A very complex beer & I'm impressed by the 5 years of aging this bottle.

Tried from Bottle on 16 Feb 2019 at 20:47


7.3
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7

Dumpfer, wenig malziger Antrunk. Moderat alkoholisch, etwas Orange, Toffee. Weich, trocken bitterer Hintergrund, vollmundig. 10/11/11/12/9/11

Tried on 06 Feb 2018 at 10:44


8.2
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7

Mahagoni with not much head. Aroma is raisins, toffee, vanilla, apples, cream, phenols, other dried fruit. Taste is sweet oxidized and dried fruit with bitter dried fruit. A bit too phenolic. Finish is the same raisin type stuff with a bit too much alcohol. Still pretty balanced and nice.

Tried on 01 Feb 2018 at 21:34