Decadence 2007 - Barrel Aged
AleSmith Brewing Company in San Diego, California, United States 🇺🇸
Porter - Imperial Special Out of Production|
Score
7.86
|
|
Anniversary Imperial Porter Aged in Bourbon Barrels
Special Markings: Gold foil neck and paper label gold numbering on it, with bottle #/817
Special Markings: Gold foil neck and paper label gold numbering on it, with bottle #/817
Sign up to add a tick or review
7.5/10
—
Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8
75 cL bottle, courtesy of KimJohansen. Pours dark brown to black with a small white head. Dark malty and roasted aroma. Winous and chalky wooden and roasted malt flavoured, light bitter and wooden lingering finish. Roasted and vanilla flavoured, whiskey flavoured. Smooth and slight boozy finish.
Tried
from Bottle
on 23 Nov 2009
at 13:12
8/10
—
Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Courtesy of some cool ratebeer dude. Pours dark brown with bronze edges and tan head. The aroma is big boozy barrel notes of bourbon, oak vanilla and heat to go along with chocolate brownie in the background. The taste brings up initial notes of vanilla, chocolate, caramel (ok, great start) and roastiness. Wow, that comes together very nicely. The barrel boozy bourbon picks up toward midway carrying along some oak. The barrel notes begin to fade as the finish approaches leaving behind tasty snippets of chocolate and caramel. Nice. For my taste it could use a bit less barrel time.
Tried
on 30 Oct 2009
at 17:15
6.9/10
—
Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 4
Overall 7.5
Bottle #314 sampled at the DC local gathering. Pours an opaque black with a soft, ringing white head. Aroma is HUGE with the bourbon, vanilla, wood, coffee. Flavor is very hot with booze and bourbon, vanilla, coffee, dark chocolate. Finish is very hot and boozy. Way too much bourbon, you really lose the beer that they started with which is a bit of a shame.
Tried
from Bottle
on 12 Aug 2009
at 19:27
8/10
—
Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 6
Overall 8
Bottle 75cl.[ Courtesy of henrikb ]. Clear dark brown black color with a average, frothy to creamy, good lacing, mostly lasting, off-white to light beige head. Aroma is moderate to heavy malty, roasted, burnt, chocolate, dusty, licorice, alcohol. Flavor is heavy sweet and coffee bitter with a long duration, and a alcoholic burn finish. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft. [20090710]
Tried
from Bottle
on 12 Jul 2009
at 05:23
7.2/10
—
Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
750ml bottle @Pilsner Petes East Coast Gathering-22oz bottle–pours a dissipating tan head and brown/orange color. Aroma is medium malt, bourbon, some spice hops. Taste is medium malt, bourbon, some spice hops. Big. Thanks decaturstevo for sharing. 2.9***** 120608 @markwise 30th birthday Gathering 3.6
Tried
from Bottle
on 20 Jun 2009
at 11:24
7.6/10
—
Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Bottle shared by decaturstevo at Peter’s NY gathering - thank you so much! - never in a million years did I think I would get to try this beer - wow, the porter-ish qualities of this beer have been changed dramatically - nose of toasted oak, cinnamon, and coconut, with some spicy alcohol underneath - alcohol warmth in the flavor, but no burn - subdued oak, toasted coconut, bourbon - these qualities are kept in check, though, and never overpower, like in most BA beers - some oxidation is apparent, but it adds to the depth, like when you taste it in an old british barleywine - a solid BA beer.
Tried
from Bottle
on 31 May 2009
at 23:15
7/10
—
Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Dark brown. Light head. Hazy. Vanilla and some chocolate and light fruit notes on the aroma. Palate is abundant vanilla, with a nice barrel character. Extra vanilla with hints of dates, maybe a little bit of booze. Suffers from being one-dimensional.
Tried
on 04 May 2009
at 15:27
8/10
—
Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottle #256/817 shared by Odeed. Nose of chocolate, prunes, bourbon, and vanilla. Cloudy cherry brown with a small beige head. Flavor is BIG vanilla, oak, chocolate, and bourbon; finish is bourbony alcohol.
Tried
from Bottle
on 30 Apr 2009
at 00:30
8.8/10
—
Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 10
Overall 9
courtesy of zuluflyboy. Thanks for bringing all these amazing AleSmith to the tasting. Pours deep black, with beige head. Aroma has lots of bourbon, wood/barrel, fresh vanilla and caramel. Taste, barrel that doesn’t come too over the top, malty, chocolate, notes of vanilla. Like all other barrel versions, this one has a good warming alcohol mouthfeel. It has all the goodness of a great crafted porter with the little extra of the barrel that AleSmith has truly mastered.
Tried
on 05 Apr 2009
at 13:09
9.2/10
—
Appearance 8
Aroma 10
Flavor 9
Texture 10
Overall 9
Bottle shared with the folks at the Bruery on my way back from the release. Pours with a small, off-white head that sits over an extremely dark brown body. Aroma of oak, vanilla, bourbon, toast, chocolate, alcohol. Taste is woody, oaky, with chocolate, caramelized pecans, bourbon, and vanilla. Still very hot and boozy, but I like it that way, and the beer was released today, so I was kind of expecting this. Marvelous beer!
Tried
from Bottle
on 14 Mar 2009
at 13:44