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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8/10 — Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 8
Bottle 75cl. @ TFODRBSG 2008, Ulfborg, DenmarkLight unclear medium to dark red amber color with a average to large, frothy, good lacing, mostly lasting, light beige head. Aroma is moderate to heavy malty, caramel, heavy hoppy, grass, orange. Flavor is moderate to heavey sweet and bitter with a long to average duration. Body is medium to full, texture is oily, carbonation is soft. Very nice ;0)) (230808)
Tried from Bottle on 18 Nov 2008 at 03:13

8.6/10 — Appearance 6 Aroma 9 Flavor 9 Texture 10 Overall 8.5
Bottled, thanks Marsblursi! Deep mahogany colour, brief bubbly head. Aroma of vanilla and caramel. Sweet and softly malty. Full bodied and velvetty, chocolatey and syrupy with lots of bourbon and spun sugar. A massive and compelc beer with a richness that is seldom seen. The character of teh Wee Heavy is really well suited for barrel aging, and this is nicely done. In the finish warming alcohol prevails. A mindlowing beer. If there is anything i could change I’d try to make it less sweet.
Tried from Bottle on 17 Nov 2008 at 10:30

7.4/10 — Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 8.5
Cask at Callahan’s in San Diego. The brew pours a clear dark reddish-amber color with a thick and foamy beige head that diminishes slowly. Thin sheet of sticky lacing on the glass. The aroma is rich and malty with notes of piney hops and fruit. Medium, smooth body with a hops and malt presence that complement each other well. Also notes of toasted read, pine and fruits. The finish is clean and fruity. Overall this was enjoyable, and I definitely want to try it on the tower sometime as the cask most likely muted some of the more robust flavors.
Tried from Cask on 02 Nov 2008 at 01:20

8.1/10 — Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 8.5
Bottle, thx to Dedollewaitor. It pours an unclear, amber body under a dense beige head. Sugary-sweet on the nose, with beefstock and piney, resiny and tropical-fruity hops. The flavor is sweet and malty too, with beefstock, some spicyness and piney hops giving decent bitterness. Full-bodied, almost sticky, slightly warming and effervescent. Bitter end. A lovely and demanding beer combining sweetness, warmth and bitterness nicely. (080823)
Tried from Bottle on 27 Oct 2008 at 05:15

8.2/10 — Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 9
Thanks to Beer_Hawk for sharing this one! Bottle 152/280. Sampled side by side with the regular 2005. Pours clear dark amber with an off-white head. Complex aroma of dark dried fruits. Very smooth and highly drinkable. Very Tasty!
Tried from Bottle on 19 Oct 2008 at 14:33

8/10 — Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 8
Thanks to Beer_Hawk for sharing this one! Pours a clear dark amber with a lasting off-white head. Complex aroma dark fruits, caramel, raisin. The flavor follows the aroma. Very tasty sipper that is holding up (improving?) very well. Yummy.
Tried on 18 Oct 2008 at 10:23

8.1/10 — Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 8.5
Bouteille 750ml, courtoisie de Hogtownharry. De couleur brune-rouge foncĂ©e et voilĂ©e. Nez maltĂ© de chocolat noir, de malt rĂ´ti, de fruits (raisins lĂ©gèrement vineux, moyen de prunes, notes de dates), moyen d’’alcool, de caramel toffee et de houblon aux notes terreuses et avec des petites notes de vanille et boisĂ©es. Moyenne-ronde en bouche avec un pĂ©tillement moyen et une texture riche, moyennement crĂ©meuse et aux notes sirupeuses. GoĂ»t fruitĂ© (raisins sucrĂ©s et moyennement vineux, prunes, notes de dates) accompagnĂ© d’un lĂ©ger goĂ»t de vanille et des traces de chocolat au lait (notes lactiques) lors de l’entrĂ©e en bouche auquel se rajoute rapidement un goĂ»t de malt rĂ´ti, lĂ©ger de caramel toffeeaux notes terreuses et avec des petites notes de sucre brun et de mĂ©lasse. Parallèlement, l’on retrouve un goĂ»t rĂ©chauffant d’alcool doux jusqu’en finale oĂą vient se joindre Ă©galement un moyen goĂ»t de cafĂ© ainsi qu’un moyenne amertume de houblon herbeux aux notes terreuses et des petites notes boisĂ©es. Post-goĂ»t long et un peu sec, moyennement amer d’alcool, de rĂ´ti, de chocolat noir, de cafĂ© et avec un moyen goĂ»t fruitĂ© (moĂ»t de raisins, notes de pelures de prunes) et des notes boisĂ©es.
Tried on 15 Oct 2008 at 22:55

8.4/10 — Appearance 8 Aroma 9 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 8.5
750 mL from stefanje’s AWESOME summer secret santa shipment. Deep, dark reddish brown pour with a medium head that fades to a thin disc atop the beer. Rich chocolate aroma with notes of alcohol, dark fruits and coconut. Taste is roasted malts, espresso, chocolate, dark fruits, some hop notes and warming alcohol. Full bodied and quite nice. A worthy 900th rating. Thanks Stefan!
Tried on 12 Oct 2008 at 21:22

8.1/10 — Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 8.5
Hazy amber with huge beige head. Sweet aroma with loads of hops and notes of pine, grapefruit and caramel. Powerfull hops in the flavour with notes of grapefruit, caramel and pine needles. Solid bitter finish.
Tried on 03 Oct 2008 at 17:43

6.8/10 — Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7
bottle At Fins BIG thanks to WeeHeavySD for this one Had along side Caseys normal Bottle and for me the Normal was the better though neither blew me away ...Deep Deep black ... meaty roast malts light oak ... slightly sweet slightly salty ... lots of bourbon ... some vanilla ... bitterness in linger ... just didnt work for me... sweeter than the normal but vanilla tones are a bit high for me... REALLY glad to have shared this with two guys who enjoyed it more than me. I even think most of the Girls took to it better than me as well but since they dont rate they dont coun t:-)
Tried from Bottle on 29 Sep 2008 at 05:29