AleSmith X

Brewed by AleSmith Brewing Company
Style: American Pale Ale
San Diego, California USA

Bottle Pours a golden hued yellow, with nice fine carbonation and a dispersed frothy off-white head. Aroma of chipotle, light fresh grain bin, and very subtle and gentle grassy hops. Wheaty sweet flavor, without a lot of body and depth, but an extreme level of drinkability. There’s a strong ring of playdough and some peculiar spicy light florals that I can’t put my finger on, but don’t seem to be coming from the hops. I could be wrong. It’s almost a sweet fruity grain character showing through. Smacks of light grass and some green teas, with a tooth of bran. Palate is a grainy dry glow. Thanks Andy!

(Bottle 65 cl) Pours pale amber with a slight haze and a rough, white head with a splendid retention. Lovely, lightly citrusy nose. Medium body with a vague caramelish sweetness. Dry, hoppy and very aromatic finish. 240206

Bottle at Enniskillen’s tasting

Pours a nice gold with a healthy head. Aroma is lemon grass and a faint rice. Flavor is honey, rice, and weak hops. Watery Palate. Despite the sum of its parts, it’s an enjoyable beer. Nice balance of ingredients and alcohol.

Bottle (courtesy of Hogtownharry): Poured a light yellow color ale with a medium bubbly white head with average retention. Aroma of hops if mostly floral with small touch of ester, which was slightly displeasing. Taste is quite refreshing with a strong hops presence. Lighter body then expected but I didn’t mind because APA is a style that doesn’t necessarily gain from full body.

This beer pours an amber gold with a frothy white head that dissipates in to a thick film that lasts and laces the whole way down the beer. The smell hits you initially with the aroma of the hops. First of all the distict floral and citrus flavors that are so common. There is also a hint of some lightly toasted pale malts. The taste is also fantastic. The hops are obviously the focus of the beer but this does not prevent the beer from preventing some delightful sweet and toasted malts. Again the normal floral/citrus hops are most prevalent but once the beer is tasted the citrus flavor seems to dominate. The mouthfeel is carbonated well with some nice thickness. There is also a welcome dimension of bitterness associated with this beer. Overall I really enjoy this one. This is one I will come back to again and again.

I can not believe this is rated so low. I loved this one. Light with a gentle sweetness (like Piscator as a child - LOL). Nice dry finish. Perfect end to a Saturday afternoon.

This is a beautiful pale ale.. as a rater I can’t judge much between tastes more than others have here, but this is definitely a potent and tasty pale ale-and if you happen to be able to get some go for it. Alesmith has better brews.. but this is definitely worth tasting.

MN Winter Get Together, 2006: Gold color with no head. Slight ctirus hop aroma. Dry hoppy taste with a little honey on the finish. Not much malt and not nearly as bombastic as I figured it would be, but a nice and simple Pale Ale.