AleSmith Barrel Aged Wee Heavy

Brewed by AleSmith Brewing Company
Style: Scotch Ale
San Diego, California USA

Serve in Thistle

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Dark brown pour at brew pub. Nose is of scotch, bourbon, vanilla and toffee. Velvet smooth bourbon taste with caramel and hints of vanilla. Phenominal.

Pours a dark brown with nice tan head that leaves a nice lacing around the glass. Aromas of cherries, toffee followed by flavors of cherries, toffee, vanilla and bourbon as the finish. This is a very well balanced beer.

Poured on tap at Alesmith. Dark brown with mild head. Smells of bourbon, dark sugars with a delicate booziness. Complex flavors with a lingering finish. Worth a try when available.

On tap in SD. Flavor is rich and malty with dark fruit, oak, vanilla, bourbon, toffee, a hint of licorice and a light orange.

Bottle, 04/22/2013, 2012 release. Pours dark brown, creamy tan head fades to a nice crema on the surface, thick sticky lacing. Aroma is brown sugar, molasses, fruity dark malts, hints of berries, butterscotch, sharp yet well integrated spicy bourbon, vanilla. Taste is caramel, raisin, licorice, brown sugar molasses, lightly fruity hops, bourbon clearly pleasant and tasty, blends well. Palate is thick, creamy, typical of these big Alesmith brews. Very nice, top notch BA treatment.

On tap at Alesmith. Aroma: big toffee and caramel, lots of toast and biscuit maltiness, some sweetness, definitely rich, nice notes of spirits and oak. Appearance: pours mahogany, slight haze, khaki head lasts for a short time and leaves a bit of lacing. Taste: decadent dark sugars - lots of caramel, molasses, and toffee. Rich and filling without being overly sweet. Bitterness from hops and alcohol is low, just enough to balance the malt charge. Dark fruits, some nice barrel character and spirits, very well integrated and balanced. Palate: full body, low-medium carbonation, very smooth. Overall: a really great brew, glad I had a chance to try it.

Thanks for the share Jordan, this brew was awesome! The body had a fantastic, deep ruby red hue to it with a soft toffee head. Aromas revealed bourbon, cherries, toffee, light toast and perhaps marshmallows. The taste had a brilliant buttery-malt quality to it while mellow caramel and bourbon-oak undertones calm the palate down. This stuff is serious, to finally try it was a rare moment I’ll always remember.

This was amazing! Free beer week prize from StefanSD! Thanks a ton! Nose is big ass bourbon notes with some vanilla, caramel, toffee, coconut, light fruitiness, and watermelon rind. Pour is almost black with a faint tan head. Flavors match up. Big, bold, full of bourbon but not overpowering the base beer. Great balance and execution here. Alesmith does it again. Wow!

2012. Pours a dark brown with a small amount of bubbles. The head is beige and dissipates relatively quickly. Nice enough lacing though. Aroma is a well blended mix of bourbon notes and the wonderful flavors of the base beer. There’s vanilla, oak, bourbon and a bit of booze mixed into molasses, caramel, fresh dough, toasty malt sugars and all sorts of other warm, friendly flavors. Taste is sweet and warm. It’s a lovely beer. I realize that I’m sorta repeating myself here, but the rich malt flavor of the base beer is impeccably blended into the bourbon barrel flavors. Alesmith is one of the very best at barrel aging, and it very much shows in this beer. Feel is smooth and full. Never gets too sticky or boozey. This is just a phenomenal beer. On a sidenote, I don’t think it will get any better with age. This beer is drinking wonderfully, right now.

Aroma: reminds me of Westy12 - amazing caramel and bourbon! Appearance: beautiful light brown colored pour from 750ml bottle Taste: heavenly Palate: creamy and smooth finish Overall: probably the best scotch ales I’ve ever enjoyed!!