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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6.4/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
Pale gold, not much head, lots of krush on the nose, not as candyish as it sometimes is. Cleanish pale malt, modest bitterness. I’s okay but I probably will never get into krush.
Tried on 09 Mar 2026 at 03:05

6.6/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
Pale, slight haze. Dry, appley, a bit strong, the alcohol comes through a fair bit.
Tried on 09 Mar 2026 at 03:04

7.4/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 7.5
Dark, nitro head. Aroma is nutty, lots of coffee. Nitro body. Has medium bitterness, lots of nutty coffee character, quite roasty in the finish. Finishes balanced. Solid, though as usual I’d prefer no nitro.
Tried on 09 Mar 2026 at 03:03

8.5/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 8.5 Flavor 8.5 Texture 9 Overall 8.5
Darkish brown, not much head. Big nose, lots of figs, honey, layers of sugar and bourbon. Similar palate, sticky and rich. Fantastic sugars, tannins, the cognac is all over the palate.
Tried on 09 Mar 2026 at 03:03

7.3/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 7
Hazy, pale, slightly warm colour, medium head. Quite fruity, stone fruit, some berry maybe, papaya, a fruit punch of a beer. Decent bitterness, clashes a bit with the sweet fruit.
Tried on 09 Mar 2026 at 03:02

7.9/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 7.5
Bright gold, thick head from lukr tap. Clean pale malt, nice saazy note. Medium bitterness, the malt is clean. Solid.
Tried on 09 Mar 2026 at 03:01

7.4/10 Appearance 7 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 8
Vrijwel zwarte body en een lichtbruine kraag met fijn schuim waar een dun laagje van overblijft. Geur is zoet, lactose, vanille, wat rood fruit. Retronasaal ook zoet, lactose, vanille, iets kaneel, wat kunstmatig. Smaak is vrij zoet, maar ook iets bitter, met licht fruit. Medium body, smooth mondgevoel. Warmende alcohol. Finish is toenemend bitter en geroosterd, hier komt de koffie ook (eindelijk) tevoorschijn.
Tried from Can on 06 Mar 2026 at 20:31

7.6/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 7.5
Can @ Benzai's Anti-Carnival Valentine's Day Tasting, Feb 26. Pours dark, with a thinning tan head. Confident coffee with integrated roast, offset by a very gently stewed blackberry undertone.. good
Tried from Can on 05 Mar 2026 at 14:16

5.8/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 6 Flavor 5 Texture 6 Overall 5
Can @ Benzai's Anti-Carnival Valentine's Day Tasting, Feb 26. Pours very dark, deep tan head. Aroma brings to mind sweet American gas station apple pie, a little astringent to taste, bitter roast linger.. sugary apple pie drifts in, cinnamon kiss.. some likeable aspects.. but doesn't come together too well
Tried from Can on 05 Mar 2026 at 13:52

7.5/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7.5 Flavor 7.5 Texture 7 Overall 7.5
Can @ Benzai's Anti-Carnival Valentine's Day Tasting, Feb 26. Pours very dark - I'd like to say black but my heart says brown - with a deep tan head. Banana foam sweets dominate with some moderate roasted malts. I quite like banana foam sweets so it's not a bad thing I suppose 🍌🍌🍌
Tried from Can on 05 Mar 2026 at 13:15