About
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.
8.3/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8.5
Flavor 8.5
Texture 8
Overall 8
11 - 14 July. Holiday retreat at Laon. Cheers! Can from Beer Republic.
Cloudy black, huge, frothy, beige head. Aroma of artisan milk chocolate, fondant sauce, butterscotch, bourbon, vanilla bean, espresso, soy sauce, black olive, beef stew. Taste has sweet raisin & prune in a thick dark-chocolatey, hazelnutty, brown-bready malt body with a touch of caramel and pronounced bitter espresso & umami black olive surrounding it. Peppery & herbal hops in the finish, lingering earthiness of coffee & chicory, some vanilla and warming bourbon-like alcohol. Full body, oily texture, soft carbonation. Rich, full and bitter, an 'old school' Speedway version as it were.
Cloudy black, huge, frothy, beige head. Aroma of artisan milk chocolate, fondant sauce, butterscotch, bourbon, vanilla bean, espresso, soy sauce, black olive, beef stew. Taste has sweet raisin & prune in a thick dark-chocolatey, hazelnutty, brown-bready malt body with a touch of caramel and pronounced bitter espresso & umami black olive surrounding it. Peppery & herbal hops in the finish, lingering earthiness of coffee & chicory, some vanilla and warming bourbon-like alcohol. Full body, oily texture, soft carbonation. Rich, full and bitter, an 'old school' Speedway version as it were.
Tried
on 29 Oct 2025
at 15:10
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Golden with a frothy, white head and a light haze. Aroma of nectarines, butterscotch and grapefruit. Taste is moderate bitter with a big, malty sweet underside. Dry and mildly citric bitter at the finish, accompanied by a very faint spice. Medium bodied, moderate carbonation, very easygoing. Tasty.
Tried
from Can
on 28 Oct 2025
at 17:49
8.3/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8.5
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
2025 can from Tavour. Pours dark brown/black with a dark tan head that tried for a Guinness then frothed away with lacing. Aroma of chocolate and rye. Arguably full bodied. Not at all dry. Coffee bitterness seems to balance dark malt sugar. Flavor is dark malt, rye spice, chocolate and a lot more. Tasty stuff.
Tried
from Can
from Tavour
on 28 Oct 2025
at 00:52
9.3/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 9
Flavor 9
Texture 10
Overall 9
Can from Tavour
Appearance: dark brown with a tan head
Aroma: roasty, coffee, coconut
Flavor: medium sweetness, medium bitterness
Texture: light carbonation, creamy feel, full body, long finish
Delicious
Appearance: dark brown with a tan head
Aroma: roasty, coffee, coconut
Flavor: medium sweetness, medium bitterness
Texture: light carbonation, creamy feel, full body, long finish
Delicious
Tried
from Can
from Tavour
on 27 Oct 2025
at 19:09
8/10
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Tried
from Can
on 25 Oct 2025
at 19:43
7.4/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 7.5
Flavor 7.5
Texture 8
Overall 7
Can Dark almost black colour with medium head.Aroma is roasted and toasted with flavour of dark drid fruit and pine even citrus and of course coffee good and tasty blend nice overall.
Tried
from Can
on 25 Oct 2025
at 10:25
7.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7.5
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Aromas are dark malt, roast, molasses, coffee. Flavors are similar to nose. Loses most of the molasses and is just right sweet and perfectly balanced with bitter and soft carbonation. Really good.
Tried
from Can
from Tavour
on 25 Oct 2025
at 03:24
6.9/10
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Appearance 9
Aroma 6.5
Flavor 6.5
Texture 8
Overall 6
Can @ home shared with Laura. Clear golden color, medium sized white head. Aroma and flavor are lightly malts, very fruity especially in the aroma, however different than usual. It reminds me of fruit tea tbh. Fruit tea with a bitter finish. Flavor is similar. Odd. I think my wife will love this btw.
Tried
on 23 Oct 2025
at 20:58
7.1/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 7.5
Flavor 7
Texture 7
Overall 7
Hazy yellow colour with medium white head.Aroma is fruity and juicy with flavour of pine and Greapfruits nice juice and good bitterness with good notes of hops perhaps a little coffee not nice overall beer. --- Beer merged from original tick of Coffee & Beer (Fort George Brewery & Coava Coffee Roasters) on 05 Sep 2025 at 18:09 - Score: Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 6.5 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 6.5. Original review text: Clear golden colour with small white head.Aroma of coffee beans and pine nice bitterness and some roasted nots good long after taste but also light body.
Tried
from Can
on 22 Oct 2025
at 07:34
