AleSmith YuleSmith (Summer) India Pale Ale

Brewed by AleSmith Brewing Company
Style: Imperial/Double IPA
San Diego, California USA

Serve in Snifter, Tulip

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UPDATED: MAR 31, 2009 Thanks to kmweaver for sharing this bottle of 2007 Yulesmith. It has a very bubbly, glowing orange sun-burnt red colored body, moderately effervescent, with columns of bubbles rapidly floating to the top of the glass. Has an amazingly rich and hoppy/dank fruity nose of overripe oranges, mangos, and grapefruit, with a heavy maltiness (imperial red-ish), that actually is the problem I find with this beer. The hop profile is spot on, but the body is too malty and it tends to distract from the hops. Almost seems like it has some light oxidation, with some floral olive flavors showing up, but that could just be me. Regardless, it’s a solid hop monster but I think it could do without the heavy grain bill.

171110: @ DØE Århus SYD tasting. Hazy golden color with big off-white head. Max hoppy IPA, oh it’s nice.

de color anaranjado con un aroma inconfundible a lupulo, pan y alcohol. sabror a lupulos bastante resinosa, buen sabor a maltas cara y un final alcoholico muy agradable perfectamente integrado.

Bottle pours golden with an off-white head. Aromas of grapefruit and flowers with some sweet maltiness. Taste is citrus and floral with an amazing balance. Big hoppiness but not overly bitter due to the big malt backbone. A nice long dry finish on this one. Very well done.

Bottle. Aroma is overwhelmingly fresh hoppy, grassy, citrus. Captures summer perfectly. Taste is similar, grapefruit, pineapple, orange, strong bitterness.

65 cl bottle.
Rated on 20110605.
Pours clear golden color with a large head. Aroma of lots of exotic fruits, something nøgne brew elements, probably the yeast. An explosion of hoppy fruits in the mouth. The sweetness tries to break through but gets beaten by the bitterness of the hops. Quite balanced, somewhat like a smoothened version of Nøgne IPA. Excellent.
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Bottle from summer 2010. Pours an opaque orange honey colour with a good size head and carbonation. Aroma is subdued citrus fruits with a hint of honey. Taste is double west-coast ipa, grapefruit flesh and pithy bitterness throughout, with hints of spice coming through too. Finishes with a refreshing citrus and a nicely tingling and warming sensation at the back of the mouth. Excellent stuff especially considering age. ---Rated via Beer Buddy for iPhone

Bottle from Perry’s Liquors, Livermore. It pours light hazy orange, with a gigantic white head. The nose is sherbet, tangerine, orange, kumquat, mango, pineapple, straw and hay. The taste is orange sherbet, tangerine, kumquat, dried pineapple, hay, resin, straw, grass and a touch of alcohol warmth, with a long bitter-dry finish. Medium body, moderate carbonation and foamy mouth-feel. Great balance. Delicious DIPA.

22/10/2011 Domus Birrae (650ml bottle). Stappata alla Tana. Dorata carica, molto limpida, bella schiuma biancastra morbida, molto persistente. Aroma intenso di luppolo, erbaceo e agrumato, resina, malto, caramello. In bocca ha un forte attacco di caramello, forse un po’ eccessivo, quindi il luppolo prende il sopravvento, intenso e abbastanza persistente. Corpo medio-pieno, carbonazione corretta. Di sicuro non era freschissima, ma è comunque una ottima birra.

Bottle: Slightly cloudy copper-colored beer with a small and rapidly vanishing off white head and a lightly alcoholic fruity hoppy aroma. Notes of peach, resin, pineapple, citrus, butterscotch, caramel. The flavor is medium sweet and heavy bitter with an almost exotic fruity long bitter aftertaste and a nice oily texture. Great IIPA.

From notes. First reviewed 8/23/2010. Poured from a 22 oz. bottle into a tulip. My pour out of the bottle has a hazy tangerine / orange color with a slight tinge of pink. A monster white head forms upon pouring. Great retention, and lace sticks all over this glass. A light sweetness in the aroma, but I enjoy the strong hop profile. Mostly fruity grapefruit and tangerine, with a hint of floral notes as well. The taste starts with a light, slightly sweet malt presence, but it not close to balanced. The pale malt contributes more to the general sweetness than anything. Strong and slightly varied hops provide most of the muscle. Juicy grapefruit, pineapple, and a bit of tangerine bitterness are the true focus. Finishes a bit bitter, with a hint of alcohol. The high level of carbonation leads to such a soft feel the beer sits upon the tongue like a pillow, with active bubbles creating a vibrating sensation as well. Light hop oil residue remains after each sip. Fuller than medium bodied, but it retains a light feel. My personal preference is for a DIPA that wraps up clean, but the light amount of malt presence here really allows the hops to shine through. A solid brew that holds its own in a style full of great beers.