Double Red IPA / Yulesmith Holiday Ale
(has 3 batches)
AleSmith Brewing Company in San Diego, California, United States 🇺🇸
Amber / Red Ale - Imperial Winter|
Score
7.75
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Alesmith's Finite Red IPA, previously known as Winter Yulesmith, offers up an intense hop aroma combined with a well-balanced, full bodied, caramel-malt sweetness.
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In celebration of our 30th Anniversary, we’re excited to bring back YuleSmith! This Double Red IPA balances caramel and toasted malts with big citrus and pine hop notes. A winter warmer that’s perfect for the season.
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In celebration of our 30th Anniversary, we’re excited to bring back YuleSmith! This Double Red IPA balances caramel and toasted malts with big citrus and pine hop notes. A winter warmer that’s perfect for the season.
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7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8
500ml bottle split at a tasting. Murky red-brown. Soapy, patchy head. Very odd spiced orange aroma..off? Lots of piny IIPA tastes with some well incorporated spiciness. Brown sugar tones. Lots of resiny hops. Does a great job of incorporating the amber malt flavor. An interesting Xmas beer for sure.
Tried
from Bottle
on 15 Aug 2010
at 23:38
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Medium beige head. Hazy reddish brown body. Citric raisiny malty aroma with resiny alcoholic notes. Dry-sweetish citric fruity oily taste with peppery pineapple notes. Hot mouthfeel. Fullish body. Dry-bitter resiny citric tropical fruit aftertaste lingers. Not terribly complex, but good and fairly drinkable. (0.65l bottle, Olympen, Oslo.)
Tried
from Bottle
on 07 Aug 2010
at 03:25
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Bottled. Deep ruby red colour, mediumsized beige head. Aroma is fruits, biscuits, wood, mild alcohol as well as some fruity and grassy notes. Flavour is liquorice, some grass, alcohol, fruits, bready notes as well as some mild herbbal notes. Pleasant.
Tried
from Bottle
on 25 Jun 2010
at 02:59
8.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Bottle, 22oz, at RBNAG -09. A hazy, copper-colored beer topped by a beige head. Caramel, tea notes, pinecones, some alcohol, citrus and a touch of pepper in the aroma. The flavor feels quite spiced, guess it’s the hops. Citrus, pinecones, a little alcohol sting and caramel sweetness too. Bitter, spiced finish. Full body. A really wonderful beer. 091107
Tried
from Bottle
on 11 Apr 2010
at 13:21
8.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Sampler at the SLC tasting 1/23/10
Appearance: Pours a hazy dark amber with a off white head and some lacing
Aroma: Spices, sweet malts, pine
Taste: Sweet malts, pine, spices
This was a good beer, well balanced with the spices, hops and malts.
Appearance: Pours a hazy dark amber with a off white head and some lacing
Aroma: Spices, sweet malts, pine
Taste: Sweet malts, pine, spices
This was a good beer, well balanced with the spices, hops and malts.
Tried
on 24 Jan 2010
at 16:08
7.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
660 ml bottle sampled@RBNAG 2009, Vatlandsvåg. Hazy amber body with a thin beige head. Aroma of sweet malt, caramel, fruity hops and alcohol. Flavor is sweet malt, caramel, citric fruity, pepper and other spices, a warming alcoholic feeling in the finish. Another BIG american.
Tried
from Bottle
on 19 Jan 2010
at 11:19
8.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 9
Bottle from a trade with cbkschubert. Pours clear copper color with off white head. Aromas of juicy citrus hops and some sweet caramel malts. Flavors of grapefruit, tangerines, lemon and some sweet maltiness. Slight heat from the alcohol. Medium body with average carbonation. Very nice. Thanks Craig.
Tried
from Bottle
on 18 Jan 2010
at 18:12