AleSmith Barrel Aged Decadence 2005

Formerly brewed at AleSmith Brewing Company
Style: Old Ale
San Diego, California USA

Serve in English pint, Snifter

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Bottle 750ml. @ yesprs Pre tasting before the Copenhagen beerfestival.
[ Blindtasting Bottle #12. ]

Light unclear medium to dark brown amber color with a small, fizzy and open, virtually none lacing, fully diminishing, off-white head. Aroma is moderate to heavy malty, caramel, dark dried berry, moderate alcohol, sweet bourbon. Flavor is light heavy sweet and bitter with a long duration. Body is medium to full, texture is oily - syrupy, carbonation is flat. [20100506]

Bottled. A murky orange-brown beer with a thin tan head. The aroma is sweet with notes of alcohol, wood, and bourbon. The flavor is sweet with notes of alcohol, wood, and bourbon, on a thick caramel back ground. The alcohol leaves a slight burn in the throat.

75 cL bottle. Pours hazy dark brown with a small tan head. Aroma is roasted, breadish and bourbon like. Sweet caramelish, light vanilla, roasted malt and lingering dark breadish to toffee roasted malt. Smooth bourbon and dark malty into a mild sweet finish.

UPDATED: MAY 14, 2010 (Bottle 75 cl) Courtesy of madsberg. Pours a cloudy, dark, orangey brown with a small, off-white head. Distinct aroma of oak and bourbon. Quite full-bodied, extremely complex, lots of roasted malts, dried fruits - raisins in rum - and again these great bourbon accents. The finish is rather bitter. Very pleasant. 270607 Bottle 75 cl. Courtesy of yespr. Blindtasting. Pours a cloudy reddish brown with a rough off-white head. Sweet aroma of wood and vanilla. Medium body with burned caramel and plenty of Bourbon. Somewhat oxidized with a warming alcohol in the finish. 8/3/8/3/15=3.7 060510

Bottled@Blindtasting at yespr. Ambery red colour, with not that much head. Aroma is alcohol, sweet dark fruits, some toffee, fruits and also spicy notes. Flavour is alcohol, dark dry fruits, fresh fruits as well as some spicyness. Alcohol burns quite a bit.

Bottle, thanks to Mads for sharing. Clear orange brown coloured with an off white head. Aroma of dried fruits, fruits, vanilla and woood. Flavour of fruits, wood and vanilla with notes of hops. Well balanced.

Blind tasting at Yespr
Cloudy brown color. Caramel aroma, moderately sweet; malt. Good sweet caramel flavor, with hints of fudge and strong bitterness; a touch of vanilla oak too. Pleasant.

Bottle. Good vinous, slightly oxidised aroma. Hazy dark brown colour. Very small off-white head. The flavour has a good vanilla aroma, a bit oxidised. Acidic notes, like a red wine barrel. Quite sweet, but quite good. Good alcohol level, distinct, but balances the sweetness well. 838318

(750ml bottle, 2005 vintage, 268/280, courtesy of Walt) Pours a cloudy amber-brown body with a spare tan head. Aroma of wood, vanilla, cherry, bourbon, caramel, brown sugar, and figs. Flavor of vanilla, caramel, oak, light chocolate, toffee, and some fruit. An excellent old ale that I could easily drink regularly, if that was possible. Thanks Walt!

UPDATED: JUL 31, 2010
Name: Barrel Aged Decadence
Date: May 08, 2007
Mode: Bottle
Source: Tasting
Vintage: 2005
Appearance: muddy dark red, frothy beige head
Aroma: sweet oak and vanilla aroma with some dark fruits and some hot alcohol
Body: very creamy body
Flavor: hot buttered caramel flavor with lots of ripe dark fruit, lots of vanilla sweetness, alcohol stays in the background, fruit and sweet vanilla steals the show

Name: Barrel Aged Decadence
Date: February 01, 2008
Mode: bottle
Source: tasting
Vintage: 2005
Score: 3.9 to 4.1
sweet fruity character is coming out strong enhanced by a brown sugar sweetness, vanilla and caramel sweetness still strong but the fruity character is coming foward,

Name: Barrel Aged Decadence
Date: May 28, 2010
Mode: bottle
Source: tasting
Vintage: 2005
Aroma: sweet caramel aroma with a nice fruity character, touch of bourbon and valilla
Flavor: caramel candy flavor, sweet bourbon and vanilla

Aroma: 7/10; Appearance: 8/10; Flavor: 8/10; Palate: 9/10; Overall: 17/20
Rating: 4.1/5.0
Drinkability: 8/10
Score: ***+ /4