Hello beer lovers and welcome to another edition of the
NorCal Beer Blog's brew review.
Tonight’s featured beer is AleSmith Brewing Company Old
Numbskull Barleywine Ale. I’m quickly becoming a big fan of AleSmith’s beers
and since I’m a sucker for a great Barleywine Ale (and the fact that I had
heard this one was in fact fantastic) I thought this would be a good “post-Halloween”
review to post. An All Saints post if
you will.
From the AleSmith Brewing Company website: “A West Coast style barleywine. A huge malt profile and a very aggressive dose
of premium domestic hops give Old Numbskull a tantalizing complexity, from the
aroma to the aftertaste.”
Let’s get started!
Appearance: Pours
a rich caramel color with a foamy tan colored head and lots of sticky lacing on
the glass.
Aroma: Huge hop
forward aroma – pine, floral, citrus and tropical with sweet caramel malts,
toffee, biscuit, brown sugar, molasses, vanilla and dark fruits.
Taste: Flavors follow
the nose with big hop bitterness – earthy, grassy, citrus, floral and pine.
Balanced perfectly with toasted, biscuit and caramel malts, toffee, brown
sugar, molasses, dark fruits and some alcohol heat.
Overall: Big in
every way, AleSmith Brewing Company Old Numbskull Barleywine Ale is as complex
as it is delicious. I plan to pick up
some more of this 11% ABV gem and age some for the future (as well as probably
drink another one this holiday season). I highly recommend this one!
Cheers!
Mark Harvey
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