8.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 9
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 9.5
Bottle. Very powerful, peppery, hoppy aroma. Brilliant and very strong flavour, malt, some liquorice, aromatic hoppiness. Liquorice aftertaste. OK bitterness.
Tried
from Bottle
on 20 Apr 2005
at 11:23
8.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Alesmith continues to impress. This beer proves you don’t have to "Imperialize" something to make it good. Pours a lightly hazy orange amber color with a thick and creamy off-white head. Thick patches of lacing in the glass. Big citrus and floral hops in the nose. Medium body with loads of hops, spice and citrus and a nice malt undercurrent. The finish is hoppy with noticeable pine and lingers well. Great work here.
Tried
on 05 Apr 2005
at 23:21
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Dark amber ale with a thin off-white head. Hoppy malts with alcohol and sugar notes in aroma, very faint. Light sweet sugar with barely any hops, surprising considering the origin. Dryish and light bodied ESB. Dissapointing.
Tried
on 27 Mar 2005
at 21:40
8.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 9
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Anno 2003 - tried it first time summer 2004 but thought it needed a bit more time, so I decided to bring a bottle back from LA to enjoy on my birthday the following march.
Red brown with nice gradient, low head. Sweet molases nose, fruit, earth, chocolate and vineous (cognac or sherry) notes. Sweet pralines, candied fruit, earth (slight mold). Very full sweet body, earthy chocolate aftertaste.
Red brown with nice gradient, low head. Sweet molases nose, fruit, earth, chocolate and vineous (cognac or sherry) notes. Sweet pralines, candied fruit, earth (slight mold). Very full sweet body, earthy chocolate aftertaste.
Tried
from Bottle
on 14 Mar 2005
at 13:50
9.4/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 9
Flavor 9
Texture 10
Overall 9.5
Vintage 2002
Amber color; creamy head. Aroma of malt, vanilla, cookies, caramel, toffee, alcohol impression; Bourbon; the only flaw may be that it’s not persistent (only the Bourbon remains). Full maltiness, perfect; vanilla cookies, harmonious. Thanks Jeppe for sharing this incredible bottle.
Amber color; creamy head. Aroma of malt, vanilla, cookies, caramel, toffee, alcohol impression; Bourbon; the only flaw may be that it’s not persistent (only the Bourbon remains). Full maltiness, perfect; vanilla cookies, harmonious. Thanks Jeppe for sharing this incredible bottle.
Tried
from Bottle
on 07 Mar 2005
at 04:32
8.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 9
This starts out clear, deep brown with ruby goodness at the sides and becomes a murky, chunky brown at the bottom of the bottle. The aroma is deeply malty, nutty, fruity, alcoholic and warm. The flavor is wonderfully rounded, rich, dark, fruity and not too sweet, not too much hoppy bitterness. I really liked this one. We fought over the dregs at the bottom of the bottle. I’m pretty sure Thanks go out to Secret Santa for this one!
Tried
from Bottle
on 01 Mar 2005
at 06:49
7.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
[Vintage 1999, Sampled 2004] An unclear orange beer with a white disappearing head. The aroma is powerful of wood, cork, yeast, and alcohol. The flavor is sweet with strong notes of alcohol and wood and lesser notes of honey, the end is dry and hoppy. It has aged well. Thanks to DrBill for this sample at the GABF-afterparty.
Tried
on 22 Feb 2005
at 11:36
8.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 8
Texture 10
Overall 9
2003 Bottle: Alesmith continues to impress! Deep amber color with a thick and rocky beige head. Thin and sticky lacing. Big aroma of sweet caramel, malt and maple. Rich body with loads of fruits and spices up front, and more sweet malt, chocolate and other goodies underneath. The finish is chocolatey and sticky. As with the other Alesmith beers, a champagne bottle disappears all too easily.
Tried
from Bottle
on 20 Feb 2005
at 22:54
8.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 10
Overall 9
An unclear amber beer with no head. The aroma is of alcohol, bourbon, and oranges. The flavor is very sweet with alcohol burning the throat and bourbon, that lingers on the tongue. This is not my beerstyle, and the regular Old Numbskull is not really me, but this was one good beer.
Tried
on 18 Feb 2005
at 15:36
6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Hazy amber color. Nice mature malty aroma, with very light phenol. Quite good malty taste, but with too high chemicals in it. A bit unbalanced.
Tried
on 16 Feb 2005
at 02:49