Tonight's beer: Alesmith Horny Devil
Opens with a blast of pale fruits: pears, apples, bananas, white grapes; layers of citrus (oranges, limes, grapefruit). Floral spice—hello coriander—dances around the edges. Bread emerges around the middle, fades quickly in the teeth of a crescendo of grassy bitterness with hints of pine and flowers and maybe citrus. Wraps up quickly and thoroughly dry.
Light-bodied and precisely on the border between smooth and highly-carbonated. Imposingly drying and massively refreshing. Startlingly little alcohol presence, given the 10% ABV—just a little prickle.
A terrifyingly drinkable beer, clearly modeled on Duvel. Jaw-droppingly intense, impressively complex; balanced and superbly well-integrated. Dead-on the style. I'm pretty sure I've had Speedway Stout at a tasting (maybe twice) but this is the first beer from Alesmith I remember taking notes on. Clearly I need to find more from them. Wow.
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| Alesmith Horny Devil |
Opens with a blast of pale fruits: pears, apples, bananas, white grapes; layers of citrus (oranges, limes, grapefruit). Floral spice—hello coriander—dances around the edges. Bread emerges around the middle, fades quickly in the teeth of a crescendo of grassy bitterness with hints of pine and flowers and maybe citrus. Wraps up quickly and thoroughly dry.
Light-bodied and precisely on the border between smooth and highly-carbonated. Imposingly drying and massively refreshing. Startlingly little alcohol presence, given the 10% ABV—just a little prickle.
A terrifyingly drinkable beer, clearly modeled on Duvel. Jaw-droppingly intense, impressively complex; balanced and superbly well-integrated. Dead-on the style. I'm pretty sure I've had Speedway Stout at a tasting (maybe twice) but this is the first beer from Alesmith I remember taking notes on. Clearly I need to find more from them. Wow.
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