AleSmith Stumblin Monk

Medium orange color with a nice creamy head. Intense complex spicy sweet ginger aroma. This beer has one of the best aromas I have encountered. Full bodied and smooth. Starts and ends slightly sweet with bready tones. Remarkably balanced. Thanks DaSilky1!

Classy looking bottle adorned with shimmering red foil. Pours with a very impressive foam, which has the tiniest of bubbles. Crystal clear light amber liquid. This aroma is one that makes you want to live: dominat notes of ginger and citric notes; underneathe lay bread, pumpkin, mint, butter, wood, dough, and oranges. The palate, which incorporated a softly carbonated and sticky feel, left me wondering how in the world does a brewer with a multitude of styles achieve this. The complexity of flavors is just as stunning: numbing spice flares of pepper, lemon cakiness, melon, and a very warming alcoholic conclusion. Why did they ditch this for their lacklusterous Horny Devil? This is just another of many reasons why I so dearly miss the ex master brewer Skip. Thanks, good buddy, DaSilky!

Thank you so much Tom....Poursa cloudy hue with a halo of a white head. Aromas of yeast, peppermint, honey, pineapple. Mouthfeel is medium bodies and smooth. Flavors of pepperminy, hint of yeast esters, apples, flowery, a hint of pepper, and a little lemon and peach. WOW>>>>>> I am glad to have had the opportunity to try such a delicious brew.

Hazy golden oarnge liquid.Attractive,small-bubbled,milky white head.Lovely retention as well.Stupendous aroma.Excellent malt,hop,pepper,wood, mint,coriander,citric,slight-alcohol aroma.So inviting and fresh.Good condition for a beer that has probably been on a shelf.Palate is thick but,oh,so soft.Like waves on the tounge.Mouth is intertwined wood,spice,sweet malts.Toastiness and breadiness are underlying but present.Finish is fruity(yeast),spicy,earthy(hops).So balanced.As it warmed and sat for quite a while,alcohol started to show itself quite a bit.Not complaining though.Actually,I didn’t have too high hopes for this,but was quite suprised.

Amber in color with no hit of a nearly 10% alcohol content. Zesty candi sugar sweetness with a unique flavor that I can't quite put my finger on, but maybe something like allspice/pumpkin notes. Really interesting. Extraordinary mouthfeel and probably the best example of the style I've tried.