San Diego Pale Ale .394
AleSmith Brewing Company in San Diego, California, United States 🇺🇸
Pale Ale - American Style / APA Regular|
Score
7.27
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In early 2014, Tony Gwynn’s team approached AleSmith to create a distinctive beer for the baseball legend. A meeting was called at the Gwynn household, which included a sampling of AleSmith beers to identify Tony’s preferences. He wanted the beer to be “light with a kick” which he elaborated further to mean full of hop character and light in body and color. The result of the Gwynn family’s feedback on test batches rendered a golden pale ale full of American hop flavor and aroma, with a subdued bitterness and a malty sweet finish. AleSmith San Diego Pale Ale .394 pays tribute to the city that Tony loved and the career-high batting average that he achieved in ‘94. Discover what happens when a Hall of Fame perfectionist crafts a beer with a world-class brewery. A portion of the proceeds will go to the Tony and Alicia Gwynn Foundation (TAG).
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6.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6.5
Flavor 6.5
Texture 8
Overall 6
A dark yellow beer, a head is medium and blond. Aroma has grapefruit, wood, some pine. Taste has pine, citrus, wood. Shoud be more fruitful or piney.
Tried
from Can
from
Alko (Turku Kupittaa)
on 11 Oct 2025
at 15:40
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7.5
Texture 7
Overall 7.5
Tap at BeerTemple, Amsterdam, 12th June 2025. Pours light, aroma is citrus and subtle. Taste is fine, nothing outstanding, but easy drinking
Tried
from Draft
on 14 Jul 2025
at 19:54
7/10
Draught at Sea world. Pours amber brownish. Clean malty hops, grapefruit resin and pine
Tried
on 20 May 2025
at 01:43
7.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Can from Beer Republic.
A: clear golden, thin, off-white head.
A: orange peel, grapefruit, pine, mango, melon.
T: sweetish melon & orange, bitter grapefruit, some dank onion.
F: piney hops, bitter orange & grapefruit peel.
P: medium body, oily texture, average carbonation.
Firm bitterness, very nice.
A: clear golden, thin, off-white head.
A: orange peel, grapefruit, pine, mango, melon.
T: sweetish melon & orange, bitter grapefruit, some dank onion.
F: piney hops, bitter orange & grapefruit peel.
P: medium body, oily texture, average carbonation.
Firm bitterness, very nice.
Tried
on 27 Mar 2025
at 08:45
8.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Can from Beer Republic. Aroma is fruity and resinous hops with citrus, pine resin, orange, malt, grapefruit, some caramel, mango. Flavour is moderate sweet and medium bitter. Body is medium. Beautiful balance between fruits and hops on the one side and pine resin and malt on the other side. Delicious West Coast APA!
Tried
from Can
on 07 Feb 2025
at 12:00
6.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Poured from the tap @ Alesmith. Clear yellow gold with small white head. Mild biscuit malt, pine hops, light resins, prefer this over the XPA, but would rather just go with the IPA.
Tried
from Draft
on 22 Oct 2024
at 23:54
7.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7
On tap at Rockin' Baja Lobster Cantina, San Diego. Pours a dark amber with a thin white head. Faint light fruit nose. Nutty taste, hoppy fruity finish. Very drinkable.
Tried
from Draft
on 23 Aug 2024
at 20:54
6.9/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Draft. A cloudy amber beer with a lazing beige head. The aroma has notes of spices, pine needles, hops, and malt. The flavor is sweet with notes of citrus fruit, hops, spices, and malt, leading to a bitter finish.
Tried
from Draft
on 11 Mar 2024
at 12:19
7.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
35cl Blik van Beer Republic. Licht mistig diepgouden kleur, witte kraag. Citrus, bloemig, licht harsig, goed oldskool zonder teveel in de caramel te zitten, hint van biscuitjes, goed bitter. Lichte body.
Tried
on 25 Feb 2024
at 18:34
7.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8
Clear golden colour with thin lacy head. Nice malty base and a rounded hop bitterness. Slightly earthy and piney.
Tried
on 24 Feb 2024
at 17:27