Double Red IPA / Yulesmith Holiday Ale
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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8.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Keg at Brewdog, Shepherd’s Bush, London. A deep amber/copper coloured pour with a medium off white head on top. Hoppy, caramel, malty aroma. Tastes hoppy, caramel, malty, slight sweetness, slightly boozy. Utter perfection from Alesmith.
Tried
on 13 Jan 2015
at 15:00
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Keg at South Beach Grille, Ocean Beach SD, 13/11/14. Rich chestnut brown with a decent beige covering. Nose is caramel malt, big dark fruit rinds, earthy hops, bitter orange, candyfloss. Taste comprises bitter fruit, spice, candied fruit peel, light perfume, caramac bar, toasted brown sugar, toffee. Full bodied, fine carbonation, semi drying close with lightly warming alcohol. Solid American Strong number.
Tried
from Can
on 01 Jan 2015
at 07:43
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Pour is a dark red with a large white head. Aroma is a dank oily hop with some sweet caramel malt. Flavor is more of the sweet caramel malt with a nice hop and something like a ripe red grape at the end. This was a decent beer with heavy malt and a decent hop. My bottle said 8.5% abv.
Tried
from Bottle
on 31 Dec 2014
at 23:23
7.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Keg at BrewDog Birmingham; dark red pour with a thin off white head, hint of spice and malt on the aroma, taste has pine, spice, very autumnal, caramel.
Tried
on 24 Dec 2014
at 08:09
7.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Pours a clear reddish-amber, with medium sized head. Strong malt and hop aromas. Flavor is an almost equal mix of hop and malt, some grassiness complemented by quite a bit of malty sweetness, making for one very satisfying brew overall.
Tried
on 16 Dec 2014
at 19:46
7.2/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
From bomber to pint glass. Rich caramel and subdued floral hop aroma. Beautiful clear amber with slight tan head that lingers throughout and leaves full webbing down the sides. Taste is massive malt with rich bread and slight deep fruit flavors. A little one dimensional. Alcohol warming is present.
Tried
on 07 Dec 2014
at 20:12
8/10
Tried
on 13 Nov 2014
at 16:33
6/10
Krydret og med god aroma, men litt tørr og mez temmelig kantete bitterhet
Tried
on 12 Nov 2014
at 22:18
8.9/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 9
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
On tap. Pours a deep dark mahogany with light but retentive head. Aromas of orange rinds, resin, toffee, and pine. Flavors of brown sugar, resin, malt extract, dark raisins, and piney hops. Light bitter finish. A little metallic but still great. Listed as an Imperial Red on the menu. Strong Ale or Barley Wine - no matter.
Tried
from Draft
on 10 Nov 2014
at 15:26
8.5/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 9
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
0.65l bottle. Oh, I have been looking forward to this! Ever since I tried the Summer version I've been trying to get a hold on this one, and all of a sudden it showed up, completely surprising at my local Vinmonopol. In the glass this is a crystal clear lovely deep ruby amber colored one with a medium sized really lingering dark khaki top that's leaving some serious lacings down the glass. Not much to hold back on the looks really. Love the aroma. Super sticky, fruit, sweet and malty. There's nuts and figs, those sweet red small plums, lost or sweet raisins and some red fruits. So much aroma and it's just getting stronger and more powerful after a while in the glass. Lovely. Not much to say on the taste either. It has a thick oily feeling in the mouth while the carbonation is just above average and a little prickling. Really malty big flavors here. Lots of red sweet fruits with strong nutty tones like the way. No alcohol noted at all her, just some faint spicy tones dancing in the back. Ends really peppery with a nice hoppy stingy burp. A lovely sipper that I want to stock up on. Nice! 06.01.2014
Tried
from Bottle
on 16 Jul 2014
at 23:58