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AleSmith X

AleSmith X

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An American Pale Ale brewed by
AleSmith Brewing Company

San Diego, California USA

bottled
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3773.62/5.03.62/5.05%97.1Lager glass, Shaker P  Stats

Commercial Description:
AleSmith X Extra Pale Ale is a clean, light-colored, light-bodied ale. The People's Choice award winner at the 2000 San Diego Real Ale Festival and the second runner-up in 2001, it has a good dose of dry hops balanced by a gentle sweetness, giving an almost sweet-and-sour effect. Appearance: Light golden color, and a nice white head, with good retention when properly served. Flavor: Starts off with almost tingling flavors of citrus and pine, balanced by a nice malty sweetness, then fades to a dry finish with a lingering hoppiness. Aroma: Strong lemony-citrusy character, with sweet malt and pine in the background. Mouthfeel (body/texture): Smooth, light-bodied.

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 Hophead22 (462), Redlands, by way of Wisconsin,, California, USA
3.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/56/104/516/20
Dec 26, 2008  
22oz bottle. Gold pour with a nice white head. Good hop nose, very fresh aroma, nice and floral. Very drinkable, with a nice little bite too it. Pretty decent session beer.


 AlabastorJones (652), San Francisco, California, USA
4.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/104/59/105/517/20
Dec 24, 2008  
butter popcorn nose, helles esque, clear straw color, having this on draft at the tap room in Pacific Beach and they poured it for me into a miller lite glass, and it honestly looks like miller lite, clear and filtered clean, thin white head, juicy hop wildness hidden beneath balanced malt flavor, BALANCE, so well balanced, the hop flavor doesnt jump out as overwhelming but its back there, at its fruity, juicy fruit centennial finishing flavor well done, likely the best american pale ale i have ever had


 Lagunitasfan (152), San Diego, California, USA
3.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/58/104/516/20
Dec 24, 2008  
Bottle at Holiday Alesmith tasting. Smell is bitter and citrussy. Lemon stood out. Taste is fresh and clean. Clear. Hoppy and a sharp bitter, but its still light in the mouth. Great beer


 KimJohansen (5208), Copenhagen V, Denmark
3.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/57/103/514/20
Dec 24, 2008  
Clear golden with medium white head. Fruity aroma with notes of hops and flowers. Sweet flavou with toasted malt, caramel and hoppy notes. Slightly bitter finish.


 caesar (2696), Bunnik/Utrecht, Netherlands
3.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/58/104/515/20
Dec 7, 2008  
Bottled. Hazy yellow color, short white head. Aroma of fresh hop, some malt, bit citrus, pine. Nice refreshing hop taste, bitter, some pine and citrus. Very nicely balanced.



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