3 Must Try Craft Beers From AleSmith Brewing San Diego

By Chilled Magazine

AleSmith Brewing Company, a San Diego-based artisanal craft brewery, has been rated a top 10 brewery in the world every year for the past 10 years on RateBeer.com, being rated as #1 in 2013 and 2005.

Summer YuleSmith

Summer YuleSmith

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Summer YuleSmith

This Double IPA is the summer edition of AleSmith’s YuleSmith seasonals. The flavor imparts orange, grapefruit, and tangerine hop notes with earthy, spicy, and resinous pine undertones. A sturdy malt backbone balances out the profound hop bitterness to create a refreshingly assertive and vibrant beer that offers an unapologetically bold expression of fresh American hops.


San Diego Pale Ale .394

San Diego Pale Ale .394

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San Diego Pale Ale .394

In early 2014, Tony Gwynn’s team approached AleSmith to create a distinctive beer for the baseball legend. A meeting was called at the Gwynn household, which included a sampling of AleSmith beers to identify Tony’s preferences. He wanted the beer to be “light with a kick” which he elaborated further to mean full of hop character and light in body and color. The result of the Gwynn family’s feedback on test batches rendered a golden pale ale full of American hop flavor and aroma, with a subdued bitterness and a malty sweet finish. AleSmith San Diego Pale Ale .394 pays tribute to the city that Tony loved and the career high batting average that he achieved in ‘94. Discover what happens when a Hall of Fame perfectionist crafts a beer with a world-class brewery.


San Diego IPA

AleSmith IPA

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IPA

A San Diego classic, AleSmith IPA showcases the versatility of American hops. Aromas of grapefruit and tangerine lead into an abundance of fresh pine and tropical fruit notes followed by a crisp, resinous bitterness. The complex hop profile is supported by a firm malt presence to create an incredibly flavorful and well-balanced IPA.

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