Double IPA
AleSmith Brewing Company
- From:
- AleSmith Brewing Company
- California, United States
- Style:
- Imperial IPA
Ranked #813 - ABV:
- 8%
- Score:
- 93
Ranked #3,671 - Avg:
- 4.19 | pDev: 9.55%
- Ratings:
- | reviews: 973
- Status:
- Active
- Rated:
- Aug 03, 2025
- Added:
- Nov 24, 2002
- Wants:
- 271
- Gots:
- 160
SCORE
93
Outstanding
93
Outstanding
Also known as YuleSmith (Summer)
Every year we anxiously await the warmer months to unleash this Double IPA, the summer edition of our former YuleSmith seasonals. The flavor imparts orange, grapefruit, and tangerine hop notes with earthy, spicy, and resinous pine undertones. A sturdy malt backbone balances out the profound hop bitterness to create a refreshingly assertive and vibrant beer that offers an unapologetically bold expression of fresh American hops.
YEAR ROUND: No – July / August
Every year we anxiously await the warmer months to unleash this Double IPA, the summer edition of our former YuleSmith seasonals. The flavor imparts orange, grapefruit, and tangerine hop notes with earthy, spicy, and resinous pine undertones. A sturdy malt backbone balances out the profound hop bitterness to create a refreshingly assertive and vibrant beer that offers an unapologetically bold expression of fresh American hops.
YEAR ROUND: No – July / August
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Ratings by Griffith:
Rated by Griffith from Connecticut
4/5 rDev -4.5%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
Mar 22, 2019
4/5 rDev -4.5%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
Mar 22, 2019
More User Ratings:
Reviewed by DraftMonger from Denmark
4.05/5 rDev -3.3%
look: 3 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.25
4.05/5 rDev -3.3%
look: 3 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.25
Copenhagen 5/7 2018. 35,5 cl can from Kihosk, KBH V. Very green can with the Alesmith logo of a Beer glass balancing on an Anvil. Kind of Cute. Warning about being Aggressively Hopped.
Pours hazy to the point of opacity with small white head. Settles as thin layer of foam obscuring the surface of the beer. Very moderate lacing.
Aroma is rich, intense and laden with alcohol. Exotic fruit in the beginning stages of decay and fermentation, Grape fruit with an strong under-current of alcohol. Resin. Citric yet sweet.
Medium carbonation. Medium thick, oily soft texture. Lightly prickly.
Flavor has strong sweetness. Followed by and balanced by strong bitterness. Aftertaste is bitter. Distinct alcoholic burn. Lingering.
Muscular DIPA with good balance between the malty alcohol and the prominent hoppy bitterness.
Aug 03, 2025Pours hazy to the point of opacity with small white head. Settles as thin layer of foam obscuring the surface of the beer. Very moderate lacing.
Aroma is rich, intense and laden with alcohol. Exotic fruit in the beginning stages of decay and fermentation, Grape fruit with an strong under-current of alcohol. Resin. Citric yet sweet.
Medium carbonation. Medium thick, oily soft texture. Lightly prickly.
Flavor has strong sweetness. Followed by and balanced by strong bitterness. Aftertaste is bitter. Distinct alcoholic burn. Lingering.
Muscular DIPA with good balance between the malty alcohol and the prominent hoppy bitterness.
Reviewed by mushroomcloud from Texas
4.46/5 rDev +6.4%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.5
4.46/5 rDev +6.4%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.5
16oz canned 1-16-25, opened 3-9-25.
2 finger barely off white head with excellent retention. Fully laced. Glowing golden body with good clarity.
Oranges, limes, subtle pine, peach, melon and some green (garlic/onion)....outstanding aroma and the flavor follows.
Medium body, bright entry, medium carbonation. Good bitter punch and a flavorful dry finish.
Outstanding.
Mar 09, 20252 finger barely off white head with excellent retention. Fully laced. Glowing golden body with good clarity.
Oranges, limes, subtle pine, peach, melon and some green (garlic/onion)....outstanding aroma and the flavor follows.
Medium body, bright entry, medium carbonation. Good bitter punch and a flavorful dry finish.
Outstanding.
Reviewed by highdesertdrinker from Arizona
4.08/5 rDev -2.6%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
4.08/5 rDev -2.6%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
The big brother of Alesmith IPA, and it’s a 8.0 abv version, not 8.5 and I’m sure I’ll still get pretty buzzed from this pint. Pours medium-light gold, nice head, and smells very bright with citrus, tropical hops. The taste is bitterness, bright tropical and citrus with the requisite west coast dryness. This is a banger for card carrying hop heads and it’s not as nicely balanced as the IPA but it’s a solid brew, cheers!
Mar 06, 2025
Reviewed by Sigmund from Norway
3.5/5 rDev -16.5%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
3.5/5 rDev -16.5%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
Shared bottle at local tasting, thanks to gunnar. ABV is 8.5%. Golden colour, huge white head. Sweetish aroma of malts and orange marmalade. Distinctly hoppy flavour throughout, very bitter finish. Maybe not very complex, but good.
Mar 20, 2021
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