AleSmith Decadence 2008

Aroma: 4 | Appearance: 6 | Mouthfeel: 4 | Flavor: 5 | Overall: 6

Bottle shared by eaglefan. Thin tan head, little lace. Murky brown color. Nose was a little funky, sour with some caramel notes. Body was medium with a tame carbonation, a touch tart on the palate. Light caramel flavors, slight mustiness, sour caramel notes, light fruyitiness. Funky finish, hell couldnt finish it really. Surprisingly not good, bummer. Not the first time Alesmith has let me down but i still love most of their stuffs. Seems some dont age as well as others, unfortunately. Thanks for the shot Brian!

Aroma: 8 | Appearance: 6 | Mouthfeel: 6 | Flavor: 7 | Overall: 8

Another great beer from footbalm, thanks again Appearance: Pours dark brown with a small tan head, some lacing Aroma: Sweet malts & caramel Taste: Some funky flavors, caramel & hot alcohols Pretty tasty, some different flavors.

Aroma: 8 | Appearance: 8 | Mouthfeel: 8 | Flavor: 8 | Overall: 9

Rated in Dec. 2010. Courtesy of TampaBrew. Thankfully I waited to actually put pen to pad and tick this puppy. I had it three times within the first year of release and just didn’t feel like taking notes each time. This time around the elixir proves to those sharing in its goodness that there’s no infection here. The cap popped off with the bottle at only cellar temperature of about 55F, with a mild puff and the liquid then ran into each glass with only a modest head. Yep, no big volcano at opening, no big foamer into each glass and no sharp acidic aromatics associated with a problem. All is well. The aroma is smooth sweet molasses rolling quickly into caramel covered apricot, prunes and slivers of grapefruit and spicy almost oak like notes. The taste is smooth and near slick with prune infused molasses, caramel covered red apples and then mild tart grapefruit. It finishes fairly dry with muted spicy yeast and muted spicy hops taking this to closure. Wow!

Aroma: 7 | Appearance: 6 | Mouthfeel: 7 | Flavor: 7 | Overall: 7

Weird and awkward by now, I was not impressed to say the least. A blend of dark fruits, tangy berries and boozy caramel. Very fruity with a medicinal quality that became distracting. Some butter in there as well. Lackluster pour with a swirling head and very little lacing.

Aroma: 8 | Appearance: 7 | Mouthfeel: 8 | Flavor: 8 | Overall: 8

750ml bottle .. . Pours a deep molasses brown .. light foam, light lacing .. . light chocolate, toffee, burnt caramel and plums .. . slick .. . pretty good stuff, would have liked to have tried this fresh just to see where it came from .. . .

Oh. Then you must think I'm a monster

Yes, indeed I do think that.

Aroma: 8 | Appearance: 8 | Mouthfeel: 8 | Flavor: 8 | Overall: 8

huger maltiness in this brew, in the nose and flavor. holy cow. i wonder if it was always this ridiculously malt driven or if the hops faded after 2+ years in the bottle. lots of toffee & dark fruit sweetness. booziness in the aroma but not the taste. overall, a nice beer, but average for Alesmith, and not wuite as good as their "regular" barleywine. you'd expect an anniversary ale to be a step up...