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.
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Rating #400. 22 oz. Bomber from South Bay Drugs Pharmacy via mail order. Shared with csbosox on the porch on a perfect early summer afternoon. Pour is a slightly cloudy deep orange with a big rocky white head. Aroma is pine, grapefruit and resiny hops. A nice maltiness is in the background of the nose. Taste is more of the hops, especially the grapefruit all nicely balanced with the malt backbone. The finish is a nice bit of sourness to it. Very nice beer all the way through.
Tried
on 18 Jun 2007
at 07:59
7.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
(Bottle 65 cl) Courtesy of Storm. Hazy, amber golden with a creamy, off-white head leaving laces. Fresh, citrusy hop aroma. Medium body, light notes of caramel and very distinct citrus and peach from the hops. Rather hoppy finish. Solid West Coast IPA. 310507
Tried
from Bottle
on 05 Jun 2007
at 08:42
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Thanks to Shigadeyo for sharing this bottle with us at the Tennessee Spring(ish) Tasting! Pours with a lasting tan head over a clear, light brown body. Big juicy malt aroma with a touch of hops. Bitter flavor with plenty of underlying malt. Smooth and full mouthfeel. Very nice beer.
Tried
from Bottle
on 03 Jun 2007
at 16:16
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Small, diminishing head atop a dark amber, murky body. The nose is mostly malty with notes of grain and cookie. Some perfume hops are part of the aroma as well. The flavor is moderately sweet and slightly bitter. Medium body and watery texture. Above-average carbonation. Thought this was fairly average and that the flavors were somewhat muddled. Nice enough to drink as a session beer.
Tried
on 29 May 2007
at 19:17
8.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 10
Overall 9
Aged 1 year. Pours jet black into a snifter. Fluffy mocha, shiny pancake head with excellent retention. Espresso, dark chocolate and sharp alcohol aromas. Creamy, smooth dark chocolate and espresso. Lasting espresso and caramel alcohol sting.
Tried
on 19 May 2007
at 18:21
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Bouteille, courtoisie de Hogtownharry. De couleur dorée et légèrement voilée. Nez de levures fruitées (agrumes et pelures, léger de pommes, notes d’abricots et de poires), malté de caramel très doux et de sucre bonbon, d’alcool moyen, moyennement épicé (coriandre, léger de clou de girofle, traces de poivre) et avec des notes de houblon floral et herbeux. Plutôt ronde-moyenne en bouche avec un pétillement moyen et une texture légèrement crémeuse et sirupeuse. Goût de levures fruitées aux faibles notes acides (agrumes et pelures, orange bonbon, léger de pommes vertes, notes d’abricots et de poires, traces de pelures de bananes) et épicé (coriandre, notes de clou de girofle et de cannelle) lors de l’entrée en bouche auquel se rajoute un goût malté assez sucré de sucre bonbon et léger de caramel doux (notes de pain et de miel) parallèlement à un moyen goût d’alcool réchauffant puis en finale, l’on retrouve une moyenne amertume de houblon floral et herbeux ainsi qu’un goût asséchant de levures épicées (léger de poivre). Post-goût long et moyennement sec, moyennement amer d’alcool, de levures et de houblon floral et herbeux avec un goût fruité (zest et pelures d’agrumes, pelures de pommes).
Tried
from Can
on 16 May 2007
at 23:20
9.2/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 9
Flavor 9
Texture 10
Overall 9
Bouteille, courtoisie de Hogtownharry. De couleur noire brune et opaque. Nez de malt rôti, de café noir, de chocolat noir, moyen de mélasse, léger de caramel toffee (faibles notes terreuses), de houblon herbeux (notes florales) et d’alcool ainsi que des notes fruitées (prunes, traces de raisins vineux) de vanille et boisées. Ronde en bouche avec un pétillement moyen et une texture riche, crémeuse et aux petites notes liquoreuses. Goût légèrement fruité (prunes, notes de raisins) aux notes boisées avec un léger goût de vanille et de faibles notes de crème et de réglisse noire lors de l’entrée en bouche auquel se rajoute rapidement un goût amer de malt rôti (légèrement brûlé), de café espresso intense, de chocolat noir et moyen de mélasse ainsi qu’un léger goût de caramel toffee parallèlement à un goût d’alcool moyen légèrement réchauffant puis en finale l’on assiste à un léger regain d’amertume grâce à la présence de houblon herbeux et de café noir accompagné de faibles notes de noix. Post-goût très long, amer de café, de malt rôti et brûlé, de chocolat noir d’alcool moyen et de houblon herbeux avec un léger goût fruité (moût de prunes).
Tried
on 16 May 2007
at 21:29
8.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 9
Thanks to marc for this. Pours deep caramel gold with a frothy tan head. Aroma is of dark fruit, hops, sweet malts, and molasses. Thick and creamy body. Very smooth, very chewy. Delicious. Taste is floral, caramel, dark fruit, hops, candied malts. Finishes very bitter and dry. Outstanding. this is a truely great brew.
Tried
from Can
on 06 May 2007
at 07:29
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottle: Dark ruby pour with a big, creamy biege head. Good lacing. Nose is malty and of sweet, dark fruit. Taste is dark fruits, malty, caramel, and winelike. Some woodiness present. Very enjoyable scotch ale, thanks padrefan98 for sending this in trade.
Tried
from Bottle
on 05 May 2007
at 19:09
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Bottle Pours a hazy deep chestnut with a dense light tan head and sheeting lacing. Malty light roast aroma with some woody peaty notes. Flavor was slightly sweet and malty, with brown sugar and woody malts. Low on bitterness, and big on malty flavor. Very nice. Thanks to Jake65 for this one.
Tried
from Bottle
on 05 May 2007
at 01:13