AleSmith Brewing Company

Regional Brewery in San Diego, California, United States 🇺🇸
Associated with 2 Venues

Established in 1995

Contact
9990 AleSmith Ct., San Diego, CA, CA 92126, United States
Description
AleSmith is an American microbrewery that specializes in wide variety of handcrafted ales. AleSmith brewer was founded in 1995 by Skip Virgilio and Ted Newcomb in San Diego, California. AleSmith beers are known for their deep and complex quality of beers, high alcohol content and strong hoppy flavors. For this reason, AleSmith brewery has a wide appeal to microbrew and hoppy beers enthusiasts. Over the years, AleSmith brewery has won numerous medal awards from different national and international competitions. Currently, AleSmith brewing company is under the management of successful home brewer, Peter Zien. AleSmith brewery producers more than 15 types of beers nationally and internationally.

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8.4
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8.5 | Flavor - 8.5 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5

16 ounce can from Tavour. Jet black pour. Frothy tan head. Aromas of dark roasted malt, mocha and vanilla bean. First sip yields notes of bittersweet chocolate, warming alcohol in middle, vanilla and espresso. Rich and luxurious. Notes of bourbon and oak appear as the brew warms. This is a big, brash brew with tons of flavor and complexity.

Tried from Can from Tavour on 23 Mar 2026 at 04:33


7
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 7

Can from the local Grocery Outlet. Pours sort of clear apricot with a moderate white head that didn't persist. Aroma is balanced lime and raspberry. Med body or so. Slightly sour and a little salty. Flavor is more raspberry than lime, but lime is substantial. Fun flavor.

Tried from Can on 22 Mar 2026 at 23:54


7.8
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 9

Can. Black beer with a brown head. Banana cream and chocolate aroma with light coffee. Banana and vanilla flavor with chocolate, caramel, and coffee. Fuller bodied. Banana and vanilla linger with chocolate, caramel, and coffee.

Tried on 20 Mar 2026 at 18:26


7.9
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

16oz @ SF shared with Brian and Phill.
Aroma: fruity, cinnamony, some sweetness.
Taste: along the same lines, roasty, chocolatey. A bit thicker than the rest due to milk sugars added.
Overall: good one.

Tried from Can on 20 Mar 2026 at 03:56


7.6
Appearance - 9 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 7.5

16oz @ SF shared with Brian and Phill. Canned on 2025-Aug-11.
Aroma: roasted malt, coffee.
Taste: brown sugars, tons of toasted coconut, coffee, moderately sweet, on the thinner side (well, it's a usual thing for the series).
Overall: good. --- Beer aliased from original tick of Speedway Grand Prix MMXXIV: Toasted Coconut Vietnamese Coffee on 14 Jan 2025 at 17:20 - Score: 7. Original review text: Some coconut and coffee, a bit of sweetness. Along the same lines, good body, roasted malts, coconut. Pleasant.
8 4 8 4 15 = 39

Tried from Can at Belmont Station on 20 Mar 2026 at 02:04


7.5
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8

Can. Black beer with a brown head. Light chocolate and light coffee aroma with light berry. Vanilla and blackberry flavor with light chocolate and light coffee. Medium-plus bodied. Vanilla and blackberry linger with light chocolate and light coffee.

Tried on 19 Mar 2026 at 21:03


7.6
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8.5

Can. Black beer with a tan head. Chocolate and caramel/light toffee aroma with nuttiness. Chocolate and caramel flavor with light baking spices and light nuttiness. Medium-plus bodied. Chocolate and light molasses linger with caramel, light baking spices, and light nuttiness.

Tried on 19 Mar 2026 at 20:33


7.6
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8.5

Can. Black beer with a brown head. Apple and cinnamon aroma with light caramel. Apple and cinnamon flavor with chocolate and light coffee. Medium-plus bodied. Apple and cinnamon linger with chocolate and coffee.

Tried on 19 Mar 2026 at 18:20


8.5
Appearance - 9 | Aroma - 7.5 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 9 | Overall - 8.5

Can at home shared with Laura. Opaque pitch black color, full sized dark brown colored head that diminishes fairly quickly. Aroma is malts, insane espresso. Flavor is malts, again insane espresso, roast, roasty bitter, dark chocolate. Wow this is intense! And lovely. Absolutely lovely.

Tried on 18 Mar 2026 at 21:36


7.4
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7.5 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 7

Weicher, mild süßer Beginn. Etwas Kaffee, mild herb, cremig, weich, zunehmend Kakao. Süffig, was angesichts des Alkoholgehalts schon speziell ist, intensiv, mittellanger Abgang mit deutlichem Espressoaroma. 10/12/10/10/9/10

Tried from Can on 17 Mar 2026 at 20:31

gave a cheers!