AleSmith Grand Cru

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

Serve in Trappist glass, Tulip, Tumbler

Gewürziger, lieblicher, weißweinsäuerlicher Geruch. Süß-gewürziger Auftakt. Mitte dann schwerer fließend, ölig, zitronig, gewürzig. Malzsüßer, rosinig-gewürzter Abgang mit angenehm alkoholischem Flair. Beachtlich.

4/5 in darkness. Smells sweet malty. With a sweet malty taste and a similar finish.

75 cl bottle, thanks to ekstedt. Golden beer, offwhite head. Fruity malty aroma with spicy notes and some citrus. Malty, fruity, spicy flavor.

I’ve been hanging onto this for 1.5 years now I can’t wait any longer I need to drink it. Bottle opened with a gush!! Crap did this go bad on me? Clear root beer brown with a tall cap the lingered for a long while. Aroma reminds me of Unibroue Maudite, dark apple, sweet malts, yeast, wood, hints of red wine, and noticeable alcohol. Good strong flavor, candy sugar, roasted malt, hints of banana but not, yeast, nice spice, lots of wood, and weak coffee. You can taste the non flavoured alcohol that warms the stomach………..yes I can taste the non flavoured alcohol, prove me wrong I dare you. The more I drink this the more I like it but this may be because I’m getting drunk. Entire bottle now empty and getting hard to watch “the girl who kicked the hornets’ nest” subtitles are getting blurry, wife keeps telling me to stop pausing so I can read what’s happening. Anyway beer was good but don’t think it lived up to its legendary status, drink a Unibroue Maudite and you’ll be getting the same thing.

Bottle. Courtesy of ekstedt. Pours clear red copper  with a great beige head leaving lace. Aroma is sour, dry, sweetish, fruity and vinous. Flavor is vinous, pungeant, fruity and sourish. Finishes sour bitter

Bottle (75 cl) from the Cracked Kettle. Caramelly aroma with dried fruits, and some alcohol. Meidum bodied, soft carbonation. Swemi sweet, bitter alcoholic finish.

(Bottled, rated 2011-07-07) Hazy dark reddish brown with a medium head. Strong aroma of ripe and dried fruit, sweet maltiness, warming alcohol. Flavor is lightly alcoholic, with sweet and ripe fruit, sourish red wine - even vinegar. Surprisingly thin and carbonated, although the malt sweetness makes it at least medium-bodied. A somewhat strange mix of vinegar, alcohol, and sweet malt. Probably needs to age a few years to balance the mixture.

OK, I think I kinda like this one. Dark copper with a lasting creamy topper. Clove, pepper and brown sugar lead the stampede of aroma out of the glass. Rich fruit greets my tastebuds; shake hands with plum, raison and some slightly overcooked english toffee. A note of sherry plays in the background. Chewy, long and complex finish. Glorious.