{"id":7816,"date":"2015-10-30T21:44:18","date_gmt":"2015-10-31T01:44:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/adamchandler.beer\/?p=3027"},"modified":"2015-10-30T21:44:18","modified_gmt":"2015-10-31T01:44:18","slug":"review-alesmith-wee-heavy-scotch-ale-barrel-aged","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/adamchandler.me\/blog\/2015\/10\/30\/review-alesmith-wee-heavy-scotch-ale-barrel-aged\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2605 Review: AleSmith Wee Heavy Scotch Ale &#8211; Barrel Aged"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class='__iawmlf-post-loop-links' style='display:none;' data-iawmlf-post-links='[{&quot;id&quot;:5780,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/www.flickr.com\\\/photos\\\/adamjackson\\\/22122962489&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/web-wp.archive.org\\\/web\\\/20251104153114\\\/https:\\\/\\\/www.flickr.com\\\/photos\\\/adamjackson\\\/22122962489&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2025-11-15 08:26:38&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2025-11-24 23:17:57&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-02-03 08:42:59&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200}],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-02-03 08:42:59&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;},{&quot;id&quot;:5781,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/www.flickr.com\\\/photos\\\/adamjackson\\\/22122080738&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:null,&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;},{&quot;id&quot;:5782,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/www.flickr.com\\\/photos\\\/adamjackson\\\/22122080028&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/web-wp.archive.org\\\/web\\\/20190127081325\\\/https:\\\/\\\/www.flickr.com\\\/photos\\\/adamjackson\\\/22122080028\\\/&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2025-11-04 15:28:05&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2025-11-15 08:26:43&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2025-11-24 23:18:07&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-02-03 08:43:02&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200}],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-02-03 08:43:02&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;}]'><\/div>\n<p><a title=\"View &#039;AleSmith Wee Heavy Scotch Ale - Barrel Aged&#039; on Flickr.com\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/adamjackson\/22122962489\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img  loading=\"lazy\"  decoding=\"async\"  style=\"display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\"  title=\"AleSmith Wee Heavy Scotch Ale - Barrel Aged\"  src=\"data:image\/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAEAAAABAQMAAAAl21bKAAAAA1BMVEUAAP+KeNJXAAAAAXRSTlMAQObYZgAAAAlwSFlzAAAOxAAADsQBlSsOGwAAAApJREFUCNdjYAAAAAIAAeIhvDMAAAAASUVORK5CYII=\"  alt=\"AleSmith Wee Heavy Scotch Ale - Barrel Aged\"  width=\"427\"  height=\"640\"  border=\"0\"  class=\" pk-lazyload\"  data-pk-sizes=\"auto\"  data-pk-src=\"https:\/\/farm1.staticflickr.com\/731\/22122962489_5074f759e5_z.jpg\" ><\/a><\/p>\n<p>4.3\/5 Overall<\/p>\n<p>AROMA 9\/10 APPEARANCE 5\/5 TASTE 8\/10 PALATE 5\/5 OVERALL 16\/20<\/p>\n<p>AdamChandler (3809) &#8211; Enfield, New Hampshire, USA &#8211; OCT 17, 2015<\/p>\n<p>75CL from Ehammond split 3 ways. Bottled February, 2014.<\/p>\n<p>A &#8211; Pours black, crimson red with brown edges. a single finger tan head.<\/p>\n<p>S &#8211; Aroma is raisin, toffee, and a lot of vanilla. A light sweetness and just a little bit of booze. Smell is weak but really nice.<\/p>\n<p>T &#8211; Holy crap. There is so much vanilla! it\u2019s delicious. Raisins, toffee for sure with cinnamon, some candy bar like chocolate and nougat and the bourbon is at the finish. Really exceptional taste.<\/p>\n<p>M &#8211; Creamy and thick mouthfeel. boozy, oily, sweet<\/p>\n<p>O &#8211; I\u2019m thoroughly impressed. This is probably the best scotch ale I\u2019ve ever had. Just phenomenal<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"View &#039;AleSmith Wee Heavy Scotch Ale - Barrel Aged&#039; on Flickr.com\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/adamjackson\/22122080738\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img  loading=\"lazy\"  decoding=\"async\"  style=\"display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\"  title=\"AleSmith Wee Heavy Scotch Ale - Barrel Aged\"  src=\"data:image\/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAEAAAABAQMAAAAl21bKAAAAA1BMVEUAAP+KeNJXAAAAAXRSTlMAQObYZgAAAAlwSFlzAAAOxAAADsQBlSsOGwAAAApJREFUCNdjYAAAAAIAAeIhvDMAAAAASUVORK5CYII=\"  alt=\"AleSmith Wee Heavy Scotch Ale - Barrel Aged\"  width=\"640\"  height=\"519\"  border=\"0\"  class=\" pk-lazyload\"  data-pk-sizes=\"auto\"  data-pk-src=\"https:\/\/farm6.staticflickr.com\/5660\/22122080738_e7787a639a_z.jpg\" ><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"View &#039;AleSmith Wee Heavy Scotch Ale - Barrel Aged&#039; on Flickr.com\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/adamjackson\/22122080028\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img  loading=\"lazy\"  decoding=\"async\"  style=\"display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\"  title=\"AleSmith Wee Heavy Scotch Ale - Barrel Aged\"  src=\"data:image\/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAEAAAABAQMAAAAl21bKAAAAA1BMVEUAAP+KeNJXAAAAAXRSTlMAQObYZgAAAAlwSFlzAAAOxAAADsQBlSsOGwAAAApJREFUCNdjYAAAAAIAAeIhvDMAAAAASUVORK5CYII=\"  alt=\"AleSmith Wee Heavy Scotch Ale - Barrel Aged\"  width=\"427\"  height=\"640\"  border=\"0\"  class=\" pk-lazyload\"  data-pk-sizes=\"auto\"  data-pk-src=\"https:\/\/farm1.staticflickr.com\/607\/22122080028_640be380f7_z.jpg\" ><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"4.3\/5 Overall AROMA 9\/10 APPEARANCE 5\/5 TASTE 8\/10 PALATE 5\/5 OVERALL 16\/20 AdamChandler (3809) &#8211; Enfield, New Hampshire,&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"apple_news_api_created_at":"2016-03-17T02:03:51Z","apple_news_api_id":"e02db375-c970-4489-a817-a6bb8699dff7","apple_news_api_modified_at":"2016-03-17T02:03:51Z","apple_news_api_revision":"AAAAAAAAAAD\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/w==","apple_news_api_share_url":"https:\/\/apple.news\/A4C2zdclwRImoF6a7hpnf9w","apple_news_cover_media_provider":"image","apple_news_coverimage":0,"apple_news_coverimage_caption":"","apple_news_cover_video_id":0,"apple_news_cover_video_url":"","apple_news_cover_embedwebvideo_url":"","apple_news_is_hidden":"","apple_news_is_paid":"","apple_news_is_preview":"","apple_news_is_sponsored":"","apple_news_maturity_rating":"","apple_news_metadata":"\"\"","apple_news_pullquote":"","apple_news_pullquote_position":"","apple_news_slug":"","apple_news_sections":[],"apple_news_suppress_video_url":false,"apple_news_use_image_component":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"csco_singular_sidebar":"","csco_page_header_type":"","csco_custom_appearance":"","csco_disable_excerpt_posts_layout":false,"csco_page_load_nextpost":"","csco_post_video_location":[],"csco_post_video_location_hash":"","csco_post_video_url":"","csco_post_video_bg_start_time":0,"csco_post_video_bg_end_time":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[160],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-7816","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-reviews","7":"cs-entry","8":"cs-video-wrap"},"apple_news_notices":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pb3IC4-224","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":3321,"url":"https:\/\/adamchandler.me\/blog\/2016\/03\/08\/review-terrapin-tiramisu-hoo\/","url_meta":{"origin":7816,"position":0},"title":"\u2605 Review: Terrapin Tiramisu-Hoo","author":"Adam Chandler","date":"March 8, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"Overall 4\/5 AROMA 9\/10 APPEARANCE 4\/5 TASTE 8\/10 PALATE 3\/5 OVERALL 16\/20 AdamChandler (4089) - Enfield, New Hampshire, USA - FEB 20, 2016 Thanks AFH for sharing this bomber. 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