AleSmith Reforged XX

Commemorating our 20th Anniversary and the creation of our new brewery, we pay homage to the ol’ days by introducing our first ever barrel-aged blend. Reforged 20th Anniversary Ale is a triple-barrel fusion of our three original high-gravity beers: Wee Heavy (Scotch Ale), Speedway Stout (Imperial Stout w/coffee), and Old Numbskull (Barley wine). A proprietary blend was carefully established by AleSmith’s elite Sensory Team of BJCP Beer Judges and Brew Team members. The result: A 100% barrel-aged brew which balances the oaky, rich flavors of bourbon with Wee Heavy’s vanilla notes, Speedway’s chocolatey coffee layers, and Old Numbskull’s caramel undertones. Share and celebrate this exclusive specialty with friends and family now or age at a cool temperature to enhance the beer’s numerous complexities. Cheers to twenty years!

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154 reviews

San Diego, United States

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4.3 Overtone of speedway, and balance of old numbskull, oak, vanilla, roast and dark coffee. Light bourbon spirit, balance, delicious

4.2 Poured from a 750ml bottle into a snifter. Dark brown, almost black with a thin tan head that slides cleanly off the glass. The aromas are many. Dark fruit, chocolate, roasted malts, woody, and with hints of bourbon. The taste starts sweet and then has waves of complexity that pick up everything in the aroma, but in varying ways. Full body with fine carbonation and somewhat viscous on the palate. The finish is long, and it continues in the same vein of complexity. Wow! So much going on ... and it all works in harmony. Nicely done.

4.1 AleSmith Brewing Company by Reforged XX Rami Rami is drinking a Reforged XX by AleSmith Brewing Company at Muzeum Azji i Pacyfiku Duzo beczki, kokos, czeko, owoce, dziegc, troche alko, srednio ciala, wanilia, takie ciut dziwne, ale ewidentnie bbbbbbdb Rami Rami: Tak sobie wyobrazam old ale

4.2 Bottle shared at RBSG. The beer is a dark brown with a khaki head of foam. Sweet, roasty, and boozy. Herbal and boozy taste. Big body and medium carbonation.

4.1 Bottle at RBSG. Dark brown pour with a small ring of beige head. Huge aroma is sweet with layers of bourbon barrel notes, vanilla, dark fruits, and brown sugar. Rich malty flavors and again more barrel influence. Bourbon and vanilla, some chocolate. Heavy enough roast to provide a little relief from the sweetness, but overall a very decadent beer with layer upon layer of flavors.

3.8 RBSG Boise Grand Tasting Dark brown with a medium sized tan head, good lacing. Dark malts, brown sugar, oak, bourbon and vanilla Good

4.1 Bottle from trade... Dark black pour... Dark caramel, vanilla, bourbon... Flavor is dark caramel, vanilla, dark fruits, berries, chocolate... really nice beer

4.4 Bought a bottle at the brewery...wow, just wow! Wasn’t sure how these incredible beers would blend. Not sure why I doubted someone I have such confidence in! Aggressive yet delicate. Intense yet subtle. Complex...I know you are waiting for dichotomy here, but it just doesn’t exist. Robust and rounded flavors. Cocoa, toffee, butterscotch, oak, vanilla, and bourbon...it actually tastes better than my descriptors. Wish I had a second bottle!

4.7 Black as old oil with brown head. In aroma: brown sugar, chocolate, honey, plum and bourbon (tons of coconut and vanilla). In taste: caramel, bourbon, chocolate, honey. Verry complex. This is definitely one of the best beers that I have had.

4.6 Bottle sharing w Multi Qlti. Piana gruboziarnista. W aromacie wanilia, kokos, gorzka czekolada, szlachetny alkohol. I to wszystko na poziomie intensywności "wow". W smaku na początku słodycz deserowej czekolady, beczka, rozwija się w karmel, suszone owoce, aż po burbonowy, szlachetny alkohol. Piwo niewiarygodnie rozwija się w ustach. Słodycz jest spora, ale balansowana przez odczucie wyżej wspomnianego alkoholu. Rozpierdol, jedno z najlepszych piw jakie w życiu do tej pory wypiłem.

4.8 Pours opaque chocolate with a nice tan head. Aroma delivers bourbon, woody, roast malt, chocolate and quality coffee tones. Flavor features roasted malt, semi-sweet chocolate, bourbon, woody and molasses notes, mouth-boggling deliciousness. Viscous body presents perky fizz. Reforged for maximum taste.

4.1 Bottle. Cotteridge. Clear, deepest chestnut brown. Halo and film of tan head. Nose has loads of vanilla and bourbon. Cocoa powder. Missus says cold chocolate milkshake. Woody and slightly boozy. Some banana esters. Rich, booze steeped, vine fruits. Taste is rich, sweet and vinous. Some cocoa, woody bitterness. Soft, smooth mouthfeel. A tad too fizzy, maybe. Rich, fruity, coffee grind bitter finish. Lovely. Bit bonkers. But lovely.

4.3 18/XI/16 - 75cl bottle @ Seb’s Farewell Tasting (Eugene’s place) - BB: n/a (2016-1329) Thanks to Benzai for sharing the bottle! Clear dark brown beer, small irregular beige head, little stable, non adhesive. Aroma: lots of dark chocolate, vanilla, bit sweet, caramel. MF: ok carbon, medium to full body. Taste: pretty roasted, caramel, ripe fruits, dried fruits, vanilla, alcohol, bourbon, soft roast. Aftertaste: alcohol, more bourbon, bit malty, lots of dark chocolate, bit of coffee, more vanilla and bourbon, nice stuff!

4.1 Cask @ the brewery. Pours a dark amber brown color with a small off-white head. Has a fruity malty bourbon woody vanilla aroma. Fruity malty spicy woody bourbon vanilla caramel flavor. Has a fruity malty woody bourbon spicy caramel finish with hints of vanilla.

4.3 Bottle at tasting. Aroma of bourbon vanilla, raisin, malt, caramel and ripe fruit. Rich flavor of thick bourbon vanilla, riasin, ripe fruit, milk chocolate, red fruit, sweet coffee, cream and caramel. Oily mouthfeel, long rich finish. Delicious.

4.4 Wow, this is a big one. Darn brown, not much carbonation but still a bit of foam. Aroma has everything you’d expect a decadent bourbon barrel aged beer to have. Malts, caramel, toffee and coffee, alcohol kick and some warmth. Tastes mind-blowing with all these dried fruits, prunes, figs and vanilla.

4.3 Very dark brown color. Very sweet nose with tons of bourbon, brown sugar, burnt raisins, coffee, vanilla in the nose. The mouth is really malty, vanilla, bourbon, oaky, brown sugar, very rounded. Perfectly integrated. Slightly tart. Just perfectly put together. Long bourbon finish

3.5 Bottle with MF666. Dark hazelnut brown with a medium sized tan head with good retention, lace and regeneration. Dominated by bourbon followed by white wood, brown sugar, vanilla and warming alcohol. Full bodied. Ok boosty bourbon stuff.

4.1 Bouteille 75cl courtesy of Benzai @ Sebletitje’s Farewell Tasting. Brune foncée, col beige. Arôme au nez malté, caramel avec pas mal de Bourbon, biscuité en rétro avec note de vanille, petite note caramel, crystal et chocolate. Palais est assumé avec belle dose d’alcool, barrique vraiment bien placé, petite note épicée pour effervescence modérée et renforcement Bourbon arrivant en fin de bouche. Niveau Scotch retrouve une touche de fruits noirs.

3.9 Thank you Benzai! 750 ml. bottle sampled @ Sebletitje’s Farewell Tasting. Black, little tanned head. Nose is thick mocha, molsses, hugely boozy, very simple sugar, mocha background. Taste is sweet mocha, sugar, strange red grape, red grape note is bit odd, black chocolate, syrupy, sugar, leading into massively boozy finish. Thick sugar body with grape, finish is far too boozy, stupidly so. Lacks some depth for me, far too boozy. Quite good but definetly expected more from this one.

4.2 Bottle shared by me @ Sebletitje’s Farewell Tasting. Dark brown color, medium to full sized light brown colored head. Aroma and taste are malts, bourbon. Taste malts, bourbon, slightly vanilla, some roast, some alcohol, some sweet hints and some bitterness.

4.1 Bottle shared @ Sebletitje’s Farewell tasting, shared by Benzai thanks! Bourbon, vanilla, pretty awesome indeed.

4.4 Backlog, ocena przepisana z untappd, w ramach uzupełniania profilu na ratebeer.

4.1 750 ml. bottle. Thanks Mike! Pours black with a small tan head. Aroma of fruit, malt, chocolate, and bourbon. Taste is dark fruit, chocolate, vanilla, molasses, roasted malt, and bourbon. Excellent.

4.4 750ml bottle from Saveur-Biere Pure black colour with a small beige head. Chocolate, coffee, oak, bourbon, sweetness, warming alcohol, smooth, easy to drink. So awesome but too pricy also.

3.9 Bottle @cgarvieuk - The Xmas Tasting 2016. Pours black with an off white smallish head. Nose is coconut, chocolate, biscuit, boozy but there is something and i cant put my finger on it that i don’t like. Taste is so much better than the nose, chocolate, coconut, coffee, toffee, warming alcohol.

4.6 Black with a frothy little head. Deep caramel, molasses, chocolate, and light dried fruit. Body is thick and very enjoyable. I can certainly detect the alcohol, but rich and creamy mouthfeel along with caramel and chocolate flavors is extraordinary.

5.0 The 2015 barrel aged tapped at the epic barrel aged tasting room at Alesmith. Pitch black color, beige head. Mind blowing aroma of milk chocolate, plums, fruit marmalade red wine, cognac, caramel. Taste mirrors the aroma plus a refreshing character with no alcohol detected. It tastes like a chocolate ice cream. Alcohol only in the finish and warming. Epic beers!

4.0 Finally cracking this one with the crew. Blend of barley wine, stout, and scotch, all barrel aged and getting a bit of each one. The stout is probably the mildest part of this whole thing which I was surprised at. Some fruit from the barley wine. Some earthy grittiness on the texture. A sweetness working through out. Some bitter malt later on the sip. Finally you are left with a long lasting chocolate malt character, thanks to the stout. Solid blend of all three beers.

4.5 Dark brown color with tan head. Aroma has brown sugar, dark malts, molasses and bourbon. Taste is sweet with caramel, bourbon, bitter chocolate, quite complex and tasty.