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AleSmith is an American microbrewery that specializes in wide variety of handcrafted ales. AleSmith brewer was founded in 1995 by Skip Virgilio and Ted Newcomb in San Diego, California. AleSmith beers are known for their deep and complex quality of beers, high alcohol content and strong hoppy flavors. For this reason, AleSmith brewery has a wide appeal to microbrew and hoppy beers enthusiasts. Over the years, AleSmith brewery has won numerous medal awards from different national and international competitions. Currently, AleSmith brewing company is under the management of successful home brewer, Peter Zien. AleSmith brewery producers more than 15 types of beers nationally and internationally.
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7.6/10 — Appearance 7 Aroma 8.5 Flavor 7.5 Texture 7 Overall 7.5
a: dark brown coloured body | nice but quick-dying tan head
a: rich coconut | brewed coffee | anise finish
f: roasted oatmeal | cacao (~90%) | umami at end
t: creamy | rich malts | bitter throughout
o: a bit more coffee than expected | not much coconut/fruits at all during taste (just in nose) | strong still, even after 5+ years!

16 ounce can | Carmine Street Beers (shop): New York (Greenwich Village), New York | 21-August-2021 | US$6,99 | tagline: (hard to read and just says: 'D1-19') | sampled: 25 & 26-August-2026 (had to split the can into two different nights!), a bit longer than five years after purchase!
Tried from Can from Carmine Street Beers on 26 Aug 2026 at 15:26

7.5/10 — Appearance 7 Aroma 8 Flavor 7 Texture 10 Overall 6.5
Aus der Dose (canned 18.03.2025) im 2026-08 getrunken. Dieses schwarze Stout ist wie kräftige, flüssige Schokolade mit einen Hauch von Kokos und Nuss-Nougat-Aroma. Die Konsistenz wirkt leicht ölig und der Körper voll und kräftig. Leider fällt auf das diese Verison nicht die so perfekte Balance hat wie viele andere Versionen der "Speedway Stout"-Reihe.
Tried from Can on 22 Aug 2026 at 21:04

8/10 — Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 8
Can 473ml @ Rasmus hyttetur. Pours black with a beige head. Aroma has notes roasted malt, chocolate, coffee, brown sugar, oak and vanilla. Taste is medium to heavy sweet and light to medium bitter with a long warm, chocolate, caramel, coffee, oak, vanilla, and cinnamon. Body is full, texture is oily, carbonation is soft
Tried on 21 Aug 2026 at 22:45

4/10 — Appearance 9 Aroma 6 Flavor 2 Texture 1 Overall 3
Big pounder can from chalet for four bucks. Pour is big ass black, large and in charge with its tan choco moose head. Mild rather sweet impy stout nose, can barely detect any caramel on the olfactory. Now, I'm a little too afraid to try this at 12%, it'll probably knock my pale macro lager loven socks off. First taste is viscous big baddy ass impy stout fer sher. Holy moley, carbazolie ravioli! Bitchy bastards dastards! Burnt black coffee that was sitting in the pot all day with some sweet caramel flavorings. Can't find the salt, all the other stuff is really in my face blurting out all my senses, nothing else can be detected. This is one terribly on style flavored impy stout session lesson profession! Actually, for a pastry stout its not too bad and I don't like those bullshitty pastry beers, they are so off the cuff and nothing like beers but this I think is the exception. Yea, that last pastry beer I had yesterday, Cake in the Mash Tun from Saucy Brew was happy crappy compared to this gem. Not a pastry fan,, but I would put this in the same category as Boulevard Spiced Imperial Stout (2023), Stone Americano and Cigar City Marshal Zhukov’s Final Push.
Tried from Can from Chalet Premier on 18 Aug 2026 at 22:42

8.3/10 — Appearance 9 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 8.5
Can @ Best Of Beers , Aalborg AKA Vinspecialisten. Pours black with a small head. Good roast. Wood. Vanilla and coconut. Vinous. Super soft and smooth. Delicious as expected. Basebeer is a wonder. 4.2
Tried on 16 Aug 2026 at 08:00

8.6/10 — Appearance 9 Aroma 9 Flavor 8.5 Texture 8 Overall 8.5
Draught @ Basement Beer Bar, Aalborg. Pours black with a beige head. Excellent coffee, wood, Vanilla and bourbon. Full bodied. Slick and soft with pleasant warmth. Dope.4.4.
Tried on 15 Aug 2026 at 12:14

7.5/10
Can. Lots of delicious coffee going on here, some booze and alcohol, hints of dark chocolate. Cocoa. Quite dry, tannins. Overall, nice indeed, but a bit too dry, on the cocoa side. 747415 260813
Tried from Can on 13 Aug 2026 at 19:32

8/10
Bottle, 75cl, at Cafe Humlen. Sweet, warming, nicely carbonated. Dark dried fruit, caramel, toffee, fruit caramel and some alcohol. Quite bitter, overpowering the sweetness. Pine cones. Lasting finish. A bit too heavy, but delicious indeed. 848416 260808
Tried from Bottle at Café Humlen on 08 Aug 2026 at 22:20

8/10
Bottle, 75cl, at Cafe Humlen. Delicious coffee, spiced, with roasted malts, mocha, dark chocolate and cocoa. Smooth, lightly warming. Hints of licorice in the very end. Delicious indeed. 748416 260808
Tried from Bottle at Café Humlen on 08 Aug 2026 at 21:50

8/10 — Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 8
Utseende: Mørk brun.
Lukt: Fruktig, vinøst.
Smak: Fruktig, vinøst, alco.
Skum/kullsyre: Tynt skum.
Medium: Rating:8-8-8-8-8=8, Bottle@750ml, ABV@15.6%, Når@2026.08.08.
Hvor: Café Humlen
Navn: Decadence '11 (Encore Release)
Stil: BARLEY WINE - BARLEY
Bryggeri: AleSmith Brewing Company
Tried from Bottle at Café Humlen on 08 Aug 2026 at 20:17