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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9.3
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 9.5 | Flavor - 9.5 | Texture - 10 | Overall - 9

Almost black colour, moderate sized creamy brown head; aroma of dark chocolate, coffee, dairy milk, pecan, vanilla, some cinnamon, dried dark berries and slight ash notes; taste has similar notes to the aroma with some prune and raisins; amazing beer! Thanks so much for sharing, Kapusil!

Tried from Can on 17 Oct 2025 at 17:27

gave a cheers!

8.8
Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 9

0.44l can. Black body with a brown head. Sweet aroma with notes of chocolate, pecan, lactose, raisins and a hint of coffee. Taste of chocolate, caramel, lactose, plums, raisins and a bit of coffee. Bold, sweet RIS. Great one.

Tried from Can on 17 Oct 2025 at 17:15

gave a cheers!

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

Pitch black colour with medium beige head.Aroma of bourbon and vanilla mild coconut nuts and spicy nice with good full body and nice warming finish really nice overall beer.

Tried from Draft at Taphouse on 17 Oct 2025 at 13:34


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

Dark brown. No head. The aroma has a bit of cinnamon, the palate has a solid coffee base, with a shot of chocolate. Good body. Solid work, that bit of churro-level cinnamon vanilla sugar is tasty, coffee more restrained than many speedways, and overall it's balanced.

Tried from Can on 15 Oct 2025 at 06:44


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

Poured from 473mL can (pkg 10/16/2024). Black with small tan head. Cinnamon forward, mild bourbon, feint coffee and vanilla, a touch boozy. Medium body. Decent, but could use a touch more body and a tad less cinnamon.

Tried from Can on 15 Oct 2025 at 06:33


8.4
Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 9 | Overall - 8

Can. Pours inky black, medium beige head, great lacing. Aroma is rich espresso, mocha, coconut. Flavor is medium sweet, light plus bitter. Full body, creamy mouthfeel. Speedway remains one of the best no BA impys out there.

Tried from Can on 14 Oct 2025 at 02:00


6.4
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6.5 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 6

Golden colour, medium-sized white head and lace. Crisp, grassy aroma. Light-bodied. Grassy, some citrus, clean, hoppy. Good pils but no need to export them over the big ocean.

Tried from Can from Alko (Webshop) on 12 Oct 2025 at 18:04


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

Muddy dark amber colour with small white head.Aroma of dark drid fruit and toffee caramel nice smooth pine flavour and hint of coffee medium body and mild finish.

Tried from Draft at Taphouse on 12 Oct 2025 at 05:02


6.8
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


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

A golden beer, a head is medium and blond. Aroma is very fruitfull and juicy, mango, pineapple, papaiya. Taste is also juicy, mango, pineapple, then something harsh notes. Medium bodied. Very fruitful. Pretty nice.

Tried from Can from Alko (Turku Kupittaa) on 10 Oct 2025 at 11:34