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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6.6/10 Appearance 7 Aroma 6.5 Flavor 6.5 Texture 7 Overall 6.5
From can. Roasty aroma with chocolate, milk sugar, coffee, caramel. Sweet flavour, mild bitter. Above medium body. Hmmm okay, but not a great Speedway.
Tried from Can on 22 Feb 2026 at 16:01

7.6/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 7.5
Taster showing pitch black and no head.

The nose shows moderately intense notes of bourbon, biscuit, and light dark chocolate.

The palate is well carbonated and full bodied. Fully dry with a strong bourbon background and a medium coffee forwardness. Moderate bitterness on the finish.
Tried from Bottle on 22 Feb 2026 at 09:13

7.6/10 Appearance 7 Aroma 7.5 Flavor 8 Texture 7 Overall 8
Can from Kvickly Odder @ Home. Pours black with a brown head. Aroma of roasted malt, caramel, coffee, chocolate, coconut. Flavor is sweet, roast malt, caramel, coffee, dark chocolate, coconut. Medium body, average carbonation, sweet finish with a little warming alcohol. 210226
Tried from Can on 21 Feb 2026 at 21:28

8.4/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 8.5 Texture 9 Overall 8.5
Dark brown. Minimal head. Deep, rich fruitiness on the nose. Dates, bourbon, stewed peach, sirop de Liege. Big, rich body, again a lot of barrel. Great depth on this, what a fantastic beer.
Tried from Can on 21 Feb 2026 at 16:59

9/10 Appearance 9 Aroma 9 Flavor 9 Texture 9 Overall 9
Can web SB 2026-02-19 Göteborg
AR: bourbon vanilla, bourbon, rich chocolate, heavy fruity coffee
AP: dark brown, wee lid
F: bourbon vanilla, bourbon, rich chocolate, heavy fruity coffee
Tried from Can from Systembolaget webbeställning on 18 Feb 2026 at 23:14

8.5/10 Appearance 9 Aroma 8.5 Flavor 8.5 Texture 8 Overall 8.5
16oz can from Alesmith. Nose is expresso, roast, cocao, vanilla, and bourbon. Black with a big cinnamon head. Flavor is lightly sweet latte with a hint of bourbon.
Tried from Can at AleSmith Brewing Company on 17 Feb 2026 at 00:18

7.6/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7.5 Flavor 7.5 Texture 8 Overall 7.5
Can shared at Anti-Carnavalstasting 2026, morning after. Dark brown color, small head. Aroma and flavor are malts, sweetish a bit, though decent roasty bitter notes as well. Didn't really get the coffee that much. Solid though.
Tried on 15 Feb 2026 at 09:25

8.1/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7.5 Flavor 8 Texture 9 Overall 8.5
Can shared at Anti-Carnavalstasting 2026. Opaque black color, average sized brown colored head. Aroma is malts, chocolate, nutty, vanilla, coffee. Flavor is similar, with some booze. So I guess whiskey. Awesome. Good.
Tried on 14 Feb 2026 at 19:30

7.6/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7.5 Flavor 7.5 Texture 8 Overall 7.5
Bottle shared at Anti-Carnavalstasting 2026. Opaque black color, average sized beige head. Aroma and flavor are malts, chocolate, pecan notes, decently bitter. Quite alright.
Tried on 14 Feb 2026 at 19:19

6.3/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6
Can shared at Anti-Carnavalstasting 2026. Black color, small off-white to beige head. Smell.and taste malts, weird sweetness, but afterwards it has a decent malt and dark malts bitterness. The banana ish shit is there, but fortunately not too much. However, I've only tried a sample. Not my kind of beer, definitely not.
Tried on 14 Feb 2026 at 18:04