AleSmith Decadence 2009

Formerly brewed at AleSmith Brewing Company
Style: Weizen Bock
San Diego, California USA

Serve in Dimpled mug, Stein, Weizen

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not a fan or with much experience in this style, well alesmith has done it again. stunning beer, subtle, complex, roasted banana, herb and chocolate malt and goodness. as drinkable as any other 9% alc beer i’ve had. 6 to maybe 18 months of age once this is released might also reward this beer. then again this is a draft example, the bottles might tighten up. look forward to enjoying this beer several more times.

Flavor and Aroma are full of malty sweetness with notes of dark fruit and a hint of caramel.

Sampled after aging for two years. Pours with a big head on it and a nice malty taste. Drinks with a big bite from the malts and you can taste the currents deeply embedded in the malts.

2009 pours a deep dark brown and reddish hues when put up to the light. A nice two finger white head is poured and sticks around for a bit. The smell on this one is full of dark fruits, caramel, and chocolate. Not at all what I was expecting in look or aroma. The taste is more of the same but I picked up some spice and banana to go along with everything else. This one still have a little in it and could of easily been laid down for a long time period. It still packed a bunch of flavor and alcohol even at 2 years old. Mouthfeel is creamy and smooth. Coats the mouth.

Rating 1300! Bottle at home, from my Maudite glass. Pours deep clear brown, with a red flash; 1-finger tan head, spotty soft lacing. Nose is spicy wheat, red fruit, plums. Flavours of tobacco, leather, prunes, black walnuts, tar, berries. Killer brew!

Malzig-würziger Antrunk auf hohem Niveau. Bananig, trocken, steigendes Malz, das einen süßlichen Unterton hat. Vollmundig, geringe Herbe. Das Malz ist durchgängig stärkstes Aroma und gefällt dabei absolut, das Bier ist cremig, vollmundig und komplex gleichzeitig. Die Bananigkeit fährt zurück, die Hopfigkeit steigt dagegen deutlich. Hefig, man schmeckt den Alkohol heraus, er stört aber nicht. Runder komplexer Weizenbock, der ganz oben mitspielt! 12/13/12/14/12/13

bottle at mikkeller, clear amber, smooth offwhite head. Aroma is very delicately dark fruity, light, wheat, flowers, berries. Very very nice balanced aroma. Raisins. Flavor is dark fruits, raisins, pear, malts, very well balanced, fantastic weizenbock

750ml bottle from footbalm, thanks man
Appearance: Pours clear dark ruby with a medium sized beige head and spotty lacing
Aroma: Toasted malts, dark ripe fruit and sweet caramel
Taste: Toasted malts, sweet caramel, raisins, sugar and some hot alcohols
Nice, very sweet

Bottle, Thx very much Plovmand ! ....pours black with medium off white head.... the aroma is rasins, dark fruits, roasted malt, the flavor is roastey, dark fruits, banana,vanillia and some alcohol finish.....

Bottle. Pours almost black with a big steady creamy beige head leaving steady curtains at the glass. The aroma is quite malty and somewhat fruity. Sweet caramel, berries and the alcohol is lightly profound. The flavour is heavy malty and caramelish with wheat, banana and dark fruit. Light licorice and light coffee. Quite creamy textured. Long sweet fruity finish.

Deep dark brown coloured body with a hazy, muddy brown and ruby glow, all with a relatively thin tan and light-brown head. Aroma of strong alcohol, malt, pit fruits, earth, nuts and a decent amount of yeast. Pungent full-bodied; Strong yeast and alcohol flavours dominate with a lot of wheat and malt, prunes, pears and some spices touching as well. Aftertaste is potent and deep with the fruit and alcohol taking centre stage - a earthy bit at the end and some nuttiness noticeable, but the alcohol and pit fruits dominate. Overall, a nice and pungent beer with good flavours abound and a sweet, yet strong finish. I sampled this 75 cL bottle complete with gold top, purchased from the Olive Tree MarketPlace in San Diego, California on 09-February-2011 sampled camping in Shenandoah National Park, Virginia in July 2011.