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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7.5/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7.5 Flavor 8 Texture 7 Overall 8
Black with a brown head - Dark malt , coffee and some spicy notes in the aroma - Dark malt body with some coffee and some spicy flavours - Malt and some spicy flavours goes into the finish - This was good
Tried from Can on 02 Mar 2026 at 17:15

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Can 473ml @ gunnfryd. Pours black with a tan head. Aroma has notes of roasted malt, chocolate, vanilla, caramel and lactose. Taste is heavy sweet and light to medium bitter with a long warm, sweet, chocolate, vanilla, oak and coffee finish. Body is full, texture is oily, carbonation is soft.
Tried on 28 Feb 2026 at 18:07

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Can 473ml @ gunnfryd. Pours black with a tan head. Aroma has notes of roasted malt, chocolate, peanuts, caramel, alcohol and coffee. Taste is medium to heavy sweet and medium bitter with a long warm, chocolate, caramel, peanuts and coffee finish. Body is full, texture is oily, carbonation is soft.
Tried on 28 Feb 2026 at 16:11

8/10
Can. Delicious coffee, some peanut nuttyness. Roasted malts, burnt hints and some alcohol. Hints of chocolate and toffee. Delicious. Especially the coffee. 848416 260228
Tried from Can on 28 Feb 2026 at 16:03

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KKRYGG Black color with a tan head. Aroma and flavor is coffee, peanut, chocolate, caramel, alcohol, roasted malt.
Tried from Can on 28 Feb 2026 at 06:26

6.5/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 8 Overall 6
16 oz can. Aroma is chocolate, vanilla, boozy, wet stone, coconut, woody, soy sauce, oxidation, coffee, cooked broccoli, molasses. Pours nearly black with a half finger tan head with decent retention. Taste is bittersweet with flavors like the aroma. Tastes past its prime.
Tried from Can on 28 Feb 2026 at 03:42

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Reviewed from notes.
Growlette from Winooski Beverage.
Poured into a snifter.
Appearance: dark brown close to black with a finger's worth of khaki foamy head which dissipated nicely to leave some light lace
Aroma: coffee sweet and coffee roastiness, coconut, coriander, some citrusy notes, some chili peppers and a light ginger note
Flavor: blends all those prior noted aromas to a nice sweet to spicy quality; finishes the same way
Texture: medium bodied, good sipper, some smoothness but also some dryness and spicy punches semi-assertive effects to the tongue
Overall: a very nicely done unique impy stout I would very much return to.
Tried from Growler on 25 Feb 2026 at 13:57

7.4/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7.5 Flavor 7 Texture 7 Overall 7.5
Reviewed from notes.
Bottle to becher glass.
Appearance: yellow pale to semi-clear color with a one finger white foamy head which dissipated at a good pace to leave some light lace
Aroma: citrusy, piney and floral hops with a nice clean malt bill
Flavor: blends the prior noted aromas to a nice bittersweet quality; finishes citrusy and malty
Texture: light to medium bodied, sessionable, light smoothness. Just a tad of hop bitterness edging over the tongue
Overall: good APA worthy of coming back to.
Tried from Can on 25 Feb 2026 at 13:44

6.3/10 Appearance 7 Aroma 6 Flavor 6.5 Texture 6 Overall 6
Reviewed from notes.
Can to becher glass.
Appearance: pale yellow color with a quickly dissipating head which didn't leave any lace
Aroma: orangey sweetness - somewhat like candy, some bready malts
Flavor: blends those aromas to the sweet side; finishes orangey candy sweet
Texture: light to medium bodied, sessionable, some smoothness
Overall: odd beer, I mean, well, it's very orange candy-like so the sweetness is pretty excessive
Tried from Can on 25 Feb 2026 at 13:38

7.5/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7.5 Flavor 7.5 Texture 8 Overall 7
Reviewed from notes.
Can to lager glass.
Appearance: clear yellow color with a small cap of a little white foamy head which dissipated fairly nice but barely left any lace
Aroma: light corn malty sweetness then the lime
Flavor: lime and corn sweetness and the same in the finish
Texture: light bodied, sessionable, good smoothness
Overall: though there's not much here, it came across fairly good, I didn't see any true flaws. And this might be good on a hot Summer's day.
Tried from Can on 25 Feb 2026 at 13:29