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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6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 7
Pours clear maroon with a quite airy head. Aroma is tropical hops with passion fruit, lychee and strawberries. Full body with medium carbonation. Flavour is bitter hops with grapefruit, orange peel and berries, as well as roasted malts with herbal and burned notes.
Tried
on 02 Jan 2014
at 12:04
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
650ml bottle from Alko. Amber color, thick light brown head. Malty, but also very hoppy aroma, pine, citrus, woody notes. Solid. Flavor has pine, caramel, citrus fruits. Long, bitter, fruity warming finish. Very tasty DIPA. Not too sweet, just perfect.
Tried
from Bottle
on 23 Dec 2013
at 13:11
7.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8
Bottle sampled at a tasting event. From notes. Loads of hops dominate. A lot of citrus and pine resin all over. Very good.
Tried
from Bottle
on 22 Dec 2013
at 19:03
8.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottle picked up in Sweden & shared at Asahiya’s Christmas Party - best before 12/31/2014. 8.5% an Imperial Red Ale. A lovely red with a beige head & a caramel + citrus aroma. Great fruity taste, herbal & floral hops shine with a solid caramel body. It was a big hit which knocked people’s socks off.
Tried
from Bottle
on 21 Dec 2013
at 07:47
8.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
22 ounce bottle into tulip glass, bottled on 10/8/2013. Pours lightly cloudy reddish copper color with a 2 finger dense light khaki head with fantastic retention, that reduces to a nice cap that lingers. Spotty soapy lacing clings around the glass, with a good amount of streaming carbonation. Aromas of big grapefruit, orange zest, orange rind, tangerine, pineapple, caramel, toast, toffee, brown sugar, floral, pine, grass, and floral/toasted earthiness. Damn nice aromas with good balance and complexity of hop and dark malt notes; with great strength. Taste of big grapefruit, orange zest, orange rind, tangerine, pineapple, caramel, toast, toffee, brown sugar, floral, grass, slight pine, and floral/toasted earthiness. Slight floral/pine bitterness on the finish; with lingering notes of grapefruit, orange zest/ring, tangerine, pineapple, caramel, toast, toffee, brown sugar, floral, grass, and floral earthiness on the finish for a good bit. Fantastic complexity and well balanced hop and dark malt flavors; with a moderately crisp bitterness/sweetness balance and zero cloying flavors after the finish. Medium carbonation and medium-full bodied; with a moderately creamy and fairly slick/sticky mouthfeel that is nice. Alcohol is very well hidden with only a small warming present after the finish. Overall this is a highly excellent imperial red! All around awesome balance and complexity of hop and dark malt flavors; and very smooth and crisp to sip on for the ABV. A highly enjoyable offering.
Tried
from Bottle
on 20 Dec 2013
at 23:04
8.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 9
Sampled from bottle @ Deans Winter Shelter Tasting. Clear dark amber color, small off - white head. Smell malts, hops, resin, spruce. Taste malts, hops, resin, spruce, bitter. Medium body and carbonation. Lovely!
Tried
from Bottle
on 20 Dec 2013
at 13:09
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Bottle at Deans Winter Shelter Tasting. Poured a reddish dark amber with a thin bubbly white head. The aroma is big hop varnish. The flavour is medium to strong bitter with a sharp hop bitter slightly alcoholic woody palate. Medium bodied with average carbonation.
Tried
from Bottle
on 20 Dec 2013
at 13:06
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8
Sample @ THT tasting courtesy of SIC1314. Thin white head. Clear amber pour. Nice hoppy beer. In balance. Very nice
Tried
on 20 Dec 2013
at 13:02
7.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottle shared at Dean’s Winter Shelter Tasting. Pours clear amber with a light tan head. Aroma of malt, caramel, raisin. Flavour is moderate to heavy sweet and moderate bitter, a real malt bomb. Medium to full bodied with light carbonation.
Tried
from Bottle
on 20 Dec 2013
at 13:02
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottle @ DØE julefrokost, Århus Bryghus. Pours amber with a creamy offwhite head. Aroma of malt, caramel, fruity hops, peach, citrus, little pine. Flavor is sweet malt, caramel, little bread, bitter fruity hops, peach, citrus, grapefruit, little pine, some alcohol. Medium to full body, lively carbonation, lasting bitter finish. 181213
Tried
from Bottle
on 19 Dec 2013
at 10:53