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Double IPA
AleSmith Brewing Company
- From:
- AleSmith Brewing Company
- California, United States
- Style:
- Imperial IPA
Ranked #670 - ABV:
- 8.5%
- Score:
- 93
Ranked #3,140 - Avg:
- 4.19 | pDev: 9.55%
- Reviews:
- 970
- Ratings:
- Status:
- Active
- Rated:
- Sunday at 04:48 AM
- Added:
- Nov 24, 2002
- Wants:
- 272
- Gots:
- 160
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 kegger22:
Reviewed by kegger22 from Michigan
4.04/5 rDev -3.6%
look: 4 | smell: 5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
4.04/5 rDev -3.6%
look: 4 | smell: 5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
AleSmith YuleSmith Holiday Summer Ale was a cloudy copper color with a thickass, two finger beige head that displayed excellent retention.
The aroma was magnificent! I would eat/drink this because of the scent; be it beer, bread or blonde. The aroma is rich, full, sweet and the essence of the holiday spirit. I may not be able to describe great aroma, but I know it when I smell it.
The taste was a let down after that wonderful aroma (sniff). It definitely blended sweet malt and citrus hops, but not to it's advantage. While I raved about YuleSmith Holiday Winter Ale, Summer left me cold, just sweet and bitter mixed with no real purpose in mind. I am amazed that this is rated so high, I find it rather pedestrian, but there is no accounting for taste (mine or anyone else's).
The mouth feel was medium bodied, oily and modestly carbonated.
Drinkability was good.
Despite my negative comments about the taste, this was not a bad beer at all. Just not up to the usual AleSmith high standards, or the high BA rating IMO.
May 11, 2010The aroma was magnificent! I would eat/drink this because of the scent; be it beer, bread or blonde. The aroma is rich, full, sweet and the essence of the holiday spirit. I may not be able to describe great aroma, but I know it when I smell it.
The taste was a let down after that wonderful aroma (sniff). It definitely blended sweet malt and citrus hops, but not to it's advantage. While I raved about YuleSmith Holiday Winter Ale, Summer left me cold, just sweet and bitter mixed with no real purpose in mind. I am amazed that this is rated so high, I find it rather pedestrian, but there is no accounting for taste (mine or anyone else's).
The mouth feel was medium bodied, oily and modestly carbonated.
Drinkability was good.
Despite my negative comments about the taste, this was not a bad beer at all. Just not up to the usual AleSmith high standards, or the high BA rating IMO.
More User Ratings:
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, 2021Reviewed by VoodooBear from Puerto Rico
3.62/5 rDev -13.6%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
3.62/5 rDev -13.6%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
Presentation: 12 oz. can, served in a Samuel Adams pint glass.
Appearance: One finger head that sticks around for a while and leaves some good lacing. Cloudy, dark gold color.
Smell: Dank, musky hop aroma, some fresh citrus peel with faint malt and grain notes in the background.
Taste: Bitter, but not overwhelmingly so. It has more of a juicy, fruity, sweet citrus character which is nice. A faint, piney aftertaste remains.
Mouthfeel: Smooth and medium bodied with medium high carbonation.
Overall: Nothing new or groundbreaking here, which is fine. A solid DIPA and a damn good beer.
Sep 27, 2018Appearance: One finger head that sticks around for a while and leaves some good lacing. Cloudy, dark gold color.
Smell: Dank, musky hop aroma, some fresh citrus peel with faint malt and grain notes in the background.
Taste: Bitter, but not overwhelmingly so. It has more of a juicy, fruity, sweet citrus character which is nice. A faint, piney aftertaste remains.
Mouthfeel: Smooth and medium bodied with medium high carbonation.
Overall: Nothing new or groundbreaking here, which is fine. A solid DIPA and a damn good beer.
Rated by jacobdunne from Colorado
4.45/5 rDev +6.2%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.75 | overall: 4.5
4.45/5 rDev +6.2%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.75 | overall: 4.5
There’s a simultaneous malt & fruity kick on each sip. The piney aftertaste is blatant and incredible. Yummy beer!
Jul 25, 2018
Double IPA from AleSmith Brewing Company
Beer rating:
93 out of
100 with
1978 ratings
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