Heavy Forge: Barrel-Aged
AleSmith Brewing Company
- From:
- AleSmith Brewing Company
- California, United States
- Style:
- American Imperial Stout
- ABV:
- 13.56%
- Score:
- +8 ratings needed
- Avg:
- 3.82 | pDev: 4.45%
- Ratings:
- | reviews: 2
- Status:
- Retired
- Rated:
- Jun 22, 2025
- Added:
- Jul 09, 2024
- Wants:
- 0
- Gots:
- 0
NO SCORE
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Imperial stout aged in bourbon barrels
Recent ratings and reviews.
Reviewed by REVZEB from Illinois
3.99/5 rDev +4.5%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 4
3.99/5 rDev +4.5%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 4
Cellared a year. Roasty black opaque body with a brown head. Smells of bourbon barrel with roasted malt and dark chocolate. Taste adds earthy and charred tones. Feel is a bit basic as the barrel is not deep at all, roasted malt is classic though. All around good stout but want more barrel
Jun 22, 2025
Reviewed by maximum12 from Minnesota
3.65/5 rDev -4.5%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
3.65/5 rDev -4.5%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
Let's dispense with the niceties, witticisms, & details.
This is a barrel aged stout.
It's thick, it's black, there's bourbon with some attendant malty chocolate, heaviness, & a touch of chalk. Easy enough to drink that I'm going through 750ML all alone (sniffles). But despite my respect for this legendary brewery, this is a pretty par effort. Good brew.
Oct 27, 2024This is a barrel aged stout.
It's thick, it's black, there's bourbon with some attendant malty chocolate, heaviness, & a touch of chalk. Easy enough to drink that I'm going through 750ML all alone (sniffles). But despite my respect for this legendary brewery, this is a pretty par effort. Good brew.
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