4.3 AROMA 9/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 18/20
Clear and bright golden. Awesome aroma - fresh, hoppy and yeasty. Smoothly carbonated. Great malt flavors - chewy-sweet cookie dough. Nice balance and sharply tasty.
4.3 AROMA 9/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 18/20
A wonderully well balanced IPA. Pours an amber-orange color under a dense, but thin, whipsy white head. Aroma of course is dominated by the hops with tons of freshly sliced grapefruit and orange, along with some faint notes of honey, pine, lemon and yeast rolls. Pleasing full palate; smooth and creamy with just the right amount of spritz. Although this is a typical west coast hop monster, the semi-sweet malt profile comes through nicely in the flavor department balancing impeccably with the big, bitter hop notes. Finish is long, dry, bitter, clean and crisp. In summary, simply one of the best American IPA,s out there.
4.3 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 5/5 OVERALL 18/20
Damn Im glad my father travels. Aroma is resiny pine hops. Pours a deep hazy copper, with a large, everlasting, rounded, foamy head that leaves lace rings. Flavor is bitter hops with a mild hint of caramel sweetness poking through in a valiant attempt to balance things. This IPA is verging on Douple IPA territory, in my opinion. Well Done. More AleSmith products are going on my wish-list.
4.3 AROMA 9/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 5/5 OVERALL 17/20
Slightly hazy, copper color, silky head of foam.
Great fragrant hoppy aroma, fresh lemon and grapefruit, slightly metallic. Alcohol presence. Touch of sweet fruit.
Tantalizing carbonation and slight sharpness but essentially smooth for its genre. Hop fruit prevalent throughout, but especially so in grapefruit bitter finish. Reminds me very much of an English cask IPA even if it is much more bitter.
4.3 AROMA 9/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 17/20
UPDATED: SEP 13, 2005 Great beer. Need I actually say how great alesmith is. So many different flavors, it would not do it justice to try to describe them all. ALls i can say is that this is a damn fine brew from a damn fine brewery.
4.3 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 5/5 OVERALL 17/20
Light amber/orange color with a white head. Resinous hop aroma. Flavor of malt and hops. Seems nicely balanced to me.
4.3 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 9/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 19/20
UPDATED: FEB 29, 2004 Foamy tan head over a pretty red-copper body. Clear, no floaties. Delightlful spicy-sweet aroma. Nutmeg, coriander and alcohol? Bittering hops too, of course. The balanced flavors and smooth mouthfeel really come together well on this beer. Your tongue salivates when first meeting the beer, the start has citrus tartness and caramel sweetness (credit to Indra for that bit). The finish is piney with a touch of pepper. My only detraction is a heavy plum taste present throughout - it serves to bring down the bright hoppy flavors. A fantastic IPA! They're not trying to knock you on your ass with hops here, they've made a balanced hoppy brew. Too often IPAs are just a pale with extra hops thrown in, the brewer put no effort into making a thoughtful beer with with well-rounded flavors.
4.3 AROMA 9/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 9/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 17/20
I love IPAs. I love Alesmith. They do one of the best. Hops, Hops, Hops! Great flavor and a great beer.
4.3 AROMA 9/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 9/10 PALATE 5/5 OVERALL 17/20
Thanks, EDA. Cloudy, yellowish brown with a nice white head. Nice hoppy aroma and nice hoppy flavor. Nice malty character. Well made beer. Enjoyable. Drinkable.
4.3 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 9/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 18/20
Bottle shared with HogTownHarry, blankboy, jerc & tupalev - courtesy of HogTownHarry. Slightly hazy orange-amber with a small white head. Fresh & inviting hop aroma - pine, spruce & orange. Soft mouthfeel. Beautiful flavour - lots of hops, of course, but lots of complexity behind it. The sample was good, but not enough to get everything out of this beer. I’m heading to San Diego in a couple of weeks, and I think I’ll be grabbing a bottle or two of this it order to get the full experience.
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