AleSmith Brewing Company
Regional Brewery
in
San Diego,
California,
United States 🇺🇸
Associated with 2 Venues
Established in 1995
Contact
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.
7.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
16 oz. can, pours black with a small tan head. Aroma is like a Reese’s peanut butter cup, with plenty of coffee and some cocoa. Flavour is full of medium-roast coffee, plenty of peanut butter, cocoa nibs, and gentle sugars to back. Really great incorporation of the PB, which harmonizes well with the coffee. Excellent.
Tried
from Can
at
RidgeWood Bottle & Tap
on 30 Nov 2025
at 03:55
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
473mL can. Pours nearly black with a fast-fading tan head. Roasted malts, toasted peanuts, and dark chocolate on the nose. Flavour has lots of roasted salted peanuts, dark chocolate, and good, dry roasted malt base. Heavy body. Very well executed.
Tried
from Can
at
RidgeWood Bottle & Tap
on 29 Nov 2025
at 23:53
7.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 7
Overall 8
Rotary Pub 2025-11-21 Göteborg
AR: roasted malt, dry, chocolate, wee coffee
AP: dark brown, creamy lid
F: Rotary Pub 2025-11-21 Göteborg AR: roasted malt, dry, ro
AR: roasted malt, dry, chocolate, wee coffee
AP: dark brown, creamy lid
F: Rotary Pub 2025-11-21 Göteborg AR: roasted malt, dry, ro
Tried
from Can
at
Rotary Pub
on 24 Nov 2025
at 21:15
8.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7.5
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 9
Can from Tavour. Pours dark brown with a decent tan head that didn't persist long. Aroma of roasty caramel malt, treacle and rum. Full in body. Not dry but not sugary. Or not much. Not bitter but the rum and perhaps some oak balance things out. Rum! Yum!
Tried
from Can
from Tavour
on 24 Nov 2025
at 00:26
8.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8.5
Texture 8
Overall 8
Can Rotary Pub 2025-11-22 Göteborg AR: wee dust, vanilla powder, wee tart chocolate AP: dark brown F: wee dust, vanilla powder, wee tart chocolate
Tried
from Can
at
Rotary Pub
on 23 Nov 2025
at 13:29
8.3/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8.5
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
From tap at BeerTemple, Amsterdam. Bourbon and vanilla aroma with roasted malt, chocolate, booze. Medium sweet, boozy, rich. Full bodied, big beer.
Tried
from Draft
at
BeerTemple
on 23 Nov 2025
at 10:15
7.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8.5
Can. Black beer with a brown head. Chocolate and spice aroma. Chocolate and cinnamon flavor with brown sugar and light coffee. Medium bodied. Chocolate and cinnamon linger with coffee and brown sugar.
Tried
on 19 Nov 2025
at 03:55
8.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 8.5
Texture 8
Overall 8
Very solid Speedway variant. Plenty of coffee character. Black pour with good mocha head and lacing. Some caramel. Dark chocolate. Light chicory. Bitter ass finish with a hint of sweetness. Can.
Tried
from Draft
on 17 Nov 2025
at 02:09
7.3/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 6.5
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
16 oz can poured into a snifter. Canned 8/11/2025. Black with tan head. Aroma has roasted coffee, sweet coconut, dark chocolate. Taste is coffee forward with roasty notes, bitter dark chocolate, coconut, maybe a hint of star anise on the backend. Full body.
Tried
from Can
at
Dominion Wine and Beer
on 16 Nov 2025
at 04:30
7.5/10
Clear, strong carbonation.Medium body.
Piney,citrus.Fruity.
Medium/strong bitterness,smooth.
Canned:07/02/2025
Piney,citrus.Fruity.
Medium/strong bitterness,smooth.
Canned:07/02/2025
Tried
from Can
on 15 Nov 2025
at 19:54