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Pint can pours with a nice dark chocolate colored body that supports a thin ring of dark tan foam. The aroma offers up chocolate malts, coffee and then some thin rye to oak notes. The taste delivers such great balance and depth. Alesmith is the standard to compare to regarding barrel aging beer to attain the right barrel to beer flavor balance. Wow. I get smooth slick dark chocolate followed quickly by dark roasted coffee that's tempered and blended into the maltiness. To midway the barrel character begins to create a pleasing boozy rye twang cutting perfectly against the sweeter richer base beer notes. Wonderful. Typical Alesmith.

Tried from Can at AleSmith Brewing Company on 31 Mar 2026 at 03:38

Ibrew2or3 added a new beer Dirt Wizard by Dark Sky Brewing Company
3 months ago

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Genesis of Things from Arizona Wilderness Brewing Company

3 months ago

7.8/10 — Appearance 8 Aroma 7.5 Flavor 7.5 Texture 8 Overall 8

Pint can pours with a slightly hazed deep copper colored body that has thin golden hued edges and supports a thin off white head of foam. The aroma offers up some plums, figs and dates as well as a bit of caramel like reduced sugars. The taste delivers fig, plum and date like sweet dark fruity esters intertwined with thin ribbons of sweet caramel. The sweetness is a little too forward and the flavors can benefit from further aging and blending. The rum barrel treatment adds further soft sherry like sweetness and note enough boozy heat to counter the sweet onslaught. All in all this is a nice sipper but on the sweet side.

Tried from Can at Arizona Wilderness Brewing on 23 Mar 2026 at 04:40

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Elephant Smash from The Shop Beer Company

3 months ago

8.6/10 — Appearance 8 Aroma 8.5 Flavor 8.5 Texture 9 Overall 9

37.5cl bottle pours with a deep dark brown colored body that has dark copper hued edges and supports a thin tan head of foam. The aroma offers up chocolate (mostly a dark chocolate sensation), vast amount of vanilla, a bit of roasted malts and then a peanut like nuttiness rounding things out. Another pull and the whiskey (or maybe also bourbon) like barrel treatment is noticed as well. The taste is rich and slick and oily with desert sipper beer goodness. I get velvety dark chocolate and sweet vanilla bean wrapped around a supple whiskey like booziness. Well off in the background are murmurs of nuttiness and a sense of roastiness. This is well integrated and well constructed with pleasing balance between adjuncted beer and the barrel treatment. Solid stuff.

Tried from Bottle at The Shop Beer Company on 23 Mar 2026 at 03:52

Ibrew2or3 added a new beer King Snake (2025) by Wren House Brewing Company
3 months ago

Ibrew2or3 added a new beer Camp Coolship: For Here Is Rest by Arizona Wilderness Brewing Company
3 months ago

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Ibrew2or3 (10847) reviewed

Barrel Aged Sonoran Desert Stout from Lake Pleasant Brewing Company

4 months ago

8.9/10 — Appearance 8 Aroma 8.5 Flavor 9 Texture 9 Overall 9.5

Pint can pours with a nice dark chocolate colored body that supports a thin ring of tan foam. The aroma offers up malts, vanilla, a bit of chocolate brownie and smooth bourbon booze and a dash of heat. The taste is smooth and slick where chocolate plays with mildly roasted malts and slight sense of vanilla and oak. To midway the modest degree of smooth bourbon and a growing alcohol heat bubble to the surface and take this into the finish. This is a fine offering with great beer to barrel treatment balance and just the right amount of depth and richness. Solid.

Tried from Can at Lake Pleasant Brewing Company on 20 Mar 2026 at 04:28

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Wee Heavy - Bourbon & Port Barrel-Aged from AleSmith Brewing Company

4 months ago

8.9/10 — Appearance 8 Aroma 8.5 Flavor 9 Texture 9 Overall 9.5

Pint can pours with a near clear deep mahogany colored body that supports a thin tan head of foam. The aroma offers up plums and dates moving toward a bit of chocolate and malts as well as sherry like boozy spirits. Nice. The taste is smooth and slick where the sweet dark fruity esters are integrated nicely into the sherry port and supple smooth bourbon notes. Another sip reveals a thin layer of chocolate and a faint sense of caramel. Well integrated and balanced between world class beer notes and the barrel treatment.

Tried from Can at AleSmith Brewing Company on 17 Mar 2026 at 04:25

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Digital Veil from Roses by the Stairs Brewing

4 months ago

8.8/10 — Appearance 8 Aroma 8.5 Flavor 9 Texture 9 Overall 9

Pint crowler pours with a somewhat murky mahogany colored body that supports a thin ring of tan bubbles. The aroma offers up brown sugar stewed plums, a bit of dates, a sense of maltiness and then warming whiskey and booziness at the end of the draw. The taste delivers full slick sweet richness where the beer and barrel treatment are balanced and tasty. I get sweet slick prunes and dates as well as reduced molasses to brown sugar like sugars to midway. Then the smooth whiskey treatment joins in along with the big ABV to help counter the rich slick sweetness that has been achieved. This is a terrific sipper.

Tried from Crowler at Tipsy Cactus TapRoom & Bottle Shop on 16 Mar 2026 at 03:56

Ibrew2or3 updated a beer: Digital Veil brewed by Roses by the Stairs Brewing
4 months ago