mcberko (47456) reviewed Reforged XXX from AleSmith Brewing Company 2 months ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 9
On tap at AleSmith, pours black with a small beige head. Aroma is complex as hell, with huge red wine and brandy barrels upfront, plenty of wood, dark dried fruits, and some burnt sugars. Flavour is impeccably complex and elegant, with intense red wine barrels upfront, followed by subtle brandy barrels, light bourbon, dark dried fruits, and brown sugar. Wonderful barrel blend. Just beautiful.
mcberko (47456) reviewed Speedway Pace Car from AleSmith Brewing Company 2 months ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
On nitro tap at AleSmith, pours a deep dark brown/black with a cream tan head. Aroma has soft toasted malt, gentle coffee grounds, and some earthiness. Flavour is smooth, with gentle, earthy coffee grounds, and toasted malt. Smooth, creamy mouthfeel due to the nitrogenation. Simple but pleasant.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 7
On tap at AleSmith, pours a clear yellowish blonde with a small white head. Aroma has gentle sugars and crisp apple skins. Flavour is nearly bone dry, with lots of dry, crisp apple skins, gentle acidity, and a hint of toffee. More complex than a typical dry cider, but nothing extraordinary.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8.5 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5
On tap at AleSmith, pours a hazy golden orange with a small white head. Aroma has big tropical fruit salad, resinous hops, some pine, and sweet caramel malt all in harmony. Flavour somehow marries the intense hop pungency with the fruits, featuring truckloads of resinous hops, piney bitterness, juicy pineapple and mango, and just enough malt to hold it together. Fruity, hoppy, bitter finish in surprisingly great cohesion. Excellent.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
On tap at AleSmith, pours a dark red with a small pink head. Aroma is full of dark red cherries—yeah, that’s the schaerbeekse—gentle tartness and a hint of funk. Flavour is remarkably complex, with deep dark cherries, cherry pie that has a light baking spice character, and a hint of funk. Deep cherry complexity and wonderful buggy depth that’s buried beneath. Damn, this is excellent.
mcberko (47456) reviewed Cranberry Ale from AleSmith Brewing Company 2 months ago
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
On tap at AleSmith, pours a clear pinkish red with a small white head. Aroma is full of cinnamon upfront, followed by gently tart cranberry, and maybe a hint of vanilla. Flavour is very dry, with big cinnamon notes upfront, followed by tart cranberry, and again only a faint hint of vanilla. Not a huge amount depth; might actually benefit from a little more sugar. Decent.
mcberko (47456) reviewed Re:Beer from AleSmith Brewing Company 2 months ago
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 7
On tap at AleSmith, pours a clear pale golden blonde with a small white head. Aroma definitely expresses the Krush, with plenty of floral, almost NZ-like tangy hops, and some straw. Flavour is pretty hoppy, with plenty of tangy hops, moderate floral notes, and biscuity malt. Dry, floral, and tangy. Very good.
mcberko (47456) reviewed Anvil Pilsner from AleSmith Brewing Company 2 months ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7.5 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
On tap at AleSmith, pours a clear pale yellow with a medium white head. Aroma has bright grassy hops, crunchy straw, and bready malt. Flavour is nicely biting, with lots of bitter grassy hops, some straw, and crisp biscuity malt. Almost more Czech with that biting bitterness but without the spiciness from Saaz. Very good.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 8.5
Pint can pours with a nice deep dark colored body that supports a tan head of foam. The aroma offers up apples and blueberries as well as lesser amounts of chocolate covered marshmallows and a hint of nutty coffee. The taste comes across rather apple juice like but the chocolate malts and hazelnut coffee notes seem to pull the apple fruitiness into a plum to dark berry direction. Another sip reveals plum and fig like fruity sweetness where one expects a bit more of the base beer roastiness and coffee coming through. That's the take-away, the treatment muddles the beer experience as the base beer gets a little lost.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8.5 | Flavor - 8.5 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5
16 oz can (2025) shared. Dark brownish black cola color with tan head. Aroma and taste has dark chocolate, roasted coffee, light whiskey. Full body. Tasty barrel aged imperial stout, would like a bit more barrel character.
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