AleSmith Hall of Fame: Imperial San Diego Pale Ale .394
Originally a faint idea dreamt up by Tony Gwynn and Peter Zien, the now imperial version of their collaboration, San Diego Pale Ale .394, will make an appearance in our 20th Anniversary Specialty Release Series. All proceeds from this beer will go towards raising funds for the Tony Gwynn Museum which will honor this hall of famer and raise money for TAG (Tony & Alicia Gwynn Foundation) at AleSmith’s new facility.
HALL OF FAME IMPERIAL SAN DIEGO PALE ALE .394 (ABV 9%)
AleSmith’s Hall of Fame version of the legendary Tony Gwynn .394 San Diego Pale Ale pays tribute to the one and only Mr. Padre and his commitment to excellence. Just like its predecessor, this "imperial" or "double" .394 is bursting with even more American hops, lending the beer a diverse palate of citrus, tropical fruit, and pine. Tony envisioned this beer in early 2014 and AleSmith is honored to make another one of his dreams come true.
"Tony Gwynn was incredibly proud to be a member of the San Diego community; he impacted lives all over the world. He was the heart, soul, and flavor of San Diego for so many years and now you can taste his passion with every sip." - Alicia Gwynn
HALL OF FAME IMPERIAL SAN DIEGO PALE ALE .394 (ABV 9%)
AleSmith’s Hall of Fame version of the legendary Tony Gwynn .394 San Diego Pale Ale pays tribute to the one and only Mr. Padre and his commitment to excellence. Just like its predecessor, this "imperial" or "double" .394 is bursting with even more American hops, lending the beer a diverse palate of citrus, tropical fruit, and pine. Tony envisioned this beer in early 2014 and AleSmith is honored to make another one of his dreams come true.
"Tony Gwynn was incredibly proud to be a member of the San Diego community; he impacted lives all over the world. He was the heart, soul, and flavor of San Diego for so many years and now you can taste his passion with every sip." - Alicia Gwynn
3.8
163 reviews
San Diego, United States
Community reviews
Clear, golden colored, medium white frothy head. Aroma is of some malt and caramel, pine and citrus medium hops. Taste is medium sweet malt and caramel, some biscuit, moderate hoppy pine and orange citrus, medium+ bitterness, dry finish with a lasting bitter aftertaste, bit alcohol. Medium bodied, soft carbonation, oily.
(bottle, Bierhalle Deconinck, Vichte)
Keg at Beer Gonzo Taproom, Earlsdon, Coventry, Good Friday, 30th March 2018. . Pours warm gold with a white head. Soft in the mouth, the nose is bursting with hops, a touch tropical intermingled with pine. Resiny and tropical flavours on the tongue, its juicy, soft a touch too sweet but very, very good indeed. A8 A4 T9 P4 Ov17 4.2
Appearance- golden, fairly clear, a thick rocky off-white head. Aroma- orange, tropical fruit, pineapple, caramel, toffee malt hints, hop resin, lots of hoppy fruit. Taste- hops, pineapple juice, orange peel, fruit juice, solid backbone of caramel malt, toffee, sweet malt. Full and juicy mouthfeel, fairly sticky. Good stuff.
Bottle from Beergium. A bit hazy, golden beer with good cloudy head. Aroma has citrus, tropical fruits, malts and pine. Aroma has caramel, malts, some fruits, pine, grass and more (fruity) bitter ending. Also some hints of alcohol. Medium to full body, quite low carbonation.
Bottle @ Hoppy Thursday - Oluf Bagers Gade, Ratebeer Odense. Pours hazy golden with a white head. Malt forwarded as you could expect from AleSmith. But Phat and creamy. Biscuit, caramel and crackers and some piney floral hops. Bitter finish. tasty.
Hoppy Thursday - Oluf Bagers Gade, Ratebeer Odense. Hazy golden with a big white head. Old school hoppy aroma with citrus, flowers and pine, along with malty notes of biscuit and fresh grain. Sweetish malty flavour with grapefruit and pine.
Bottle. Pours hazy Golden with a white head. Aroma of grapefruit, grassy, slight caramel, resin, rather old School, light honey dew. Bitter with pine “, grapefruit, slight malty, borderline strong ale.
Light hazy orange body with a medium light yellow to white head. Aroma is malty, tropical, grapefruit, pine, orange. Taste is sweet and light bitter. Medium body, oily texture, soft carbonation.
Draught at Haket, Göteborg, on February 1, 2018.
Hazy golden color, creamy lasting off-white head with lacing. Hoppy, caramel, malty taste. Hoppy, sweet aftertaste. Warming alcohol. Medium full though fizzy mouthfeel, medium bitterness. Fruity, hoppy, Bergamot, tea scent.
8/4/7/4/15=3.8
Draught at Haket, Göteborg, Sweden. Clear deep golden, medium white head. Bready matl, pleny of piney and perfumy hops. Medium to full bodied, medium carbonation. Dry to semi dry, medium bitterness.
Flaska från Boxbeer drucken med ölföreningen. En klassisk rejäl DIPA från Alesmith som gränsar till perfektion. Stor kropp, oljig, rund och len, massivt humlad, marmeladig, väl avvägd sötma mot beska och med andra ord klockren balans. Massor av aprikos, persika, zestig citrus, tallskott och citrusskal. Mycket gott.
On tap @ Haket Bar. Fruity and malty tones. Malt, caramel, fruit and hops. Full body with a nice bitter / fruity finish.
Tap at Grizzly’s. Slightly murky yellow gold pour with a dense frothy head. Citrus and pine. Pretty sweet for a west coast IPA, but it’ll play.
On tap at bolcso. Nose is sweet orange taste is low bitterness, some orange, medium sweetnes. Nice just a tad too sweet.
dehopinated pale. s hops and so.e .alt. urge gastropub.orange colour.ok drinkabilitu.
650ml bottle. Barely clear, yellow-ish golden colour with average to huge, frothy to creamy, moderately lasting and lacing, white head. Piney and citrusy hoppy aroma, notes of pine, pineapple, some orange and lemon. Taste delivers identical flavours in very clean mode; super smooth, soft and silky palate. Very clean and elegant as always expectable from Alesmith.
1pt 6 fl oz bottle @Cimmeria, Oviedo. 16-12-2017.
BBD: not seen.
In short: nice Imperial ale.
Pours little hazy dark gold with frothy white head. Malty, ripe fruit, herbal nose. Medium to full body, soft carbonation, slick texture. Taste is malty, hoppy punch, ripe fruit. robust. Good.
Flaska på Muris. Skön wescoastdipadoft! Njutbart! Smaken persika aprikos på ett mjukt o fint sätt. Krämig o fin efterbeska nötig!
Alesmith kan!!!
Flarra PQ . Relativt ljus och nästan klar. Doftar enormt gott med banan, blommor och mogna äpplen. Smakar mogna äpplen och päron. Inslag av blommor, parfym och underton av apelsin . Smakar galet mycket högklassig Weast coast Dipa.. Låång fin eftersmak Viiket bara kvalitets bryggerier klarar av. Om du tycker Dipa från känt Helsingborgs bryggeri smakar bra. Dåå ska du testa denna för få nya preferenser vad kvalité är.
Draft at the Capital Ale House in Short Pump, VA The ale poured a cloudy amber color in tulip glass. Off white head quickly dissipated, with some lacing, The ale has a medium body with average carbonation. The aroma was complex with orange peels and pine straw.. Nice alcohol warmth but not overpowering. Very balanced. The taste has some grapefruit and other citrus. The finish was clean and with pale malts lingering in the aftertaste. Well made!
W aromacie przyjemny karmel, trochę mocno dojrzałych cytrusów (ale nie skórki), jakieś brzoskwinie, troszeczkę igieł. W smaku dojrzałe śliwki, karmel, trochę alkoholu. Fajne.
No, jednak trochę słodko.
beatifully designed 66cl bottle.
clear yellow, small white head.
aroma is hops dominated. flowers, citrus, a little pine, some exotic, but overall dry and refreshing.
flavor is sweet malty with a good bunch of bitter hoppy pine balance. some more flowery notes as well as faint exotic fruity notes also in there. It could be a bit more intense, it's almost so subtle that you can taste the alc. flavor. Still a farly good and quite dry imperial ipa.
22 oz. bottle. Pours a thick, well retained, light ivory head, with moderate lacing, over a slightly hazy dark gold (SRM 6) body......nose is multiple fruits, with orange, tangerine, lemon tones, light mango, slight pine, mild malt notes, balance to the hops......taste is lightly malt sweet, with hints of bread, multiple citrus fruits, including orange, light lemon, mild lime, also mango, hints of pineapple, also light pine, finishing with mild hop bitterness, balance to the hops......mouth feel, medium sticky body, alcohol warmth present, low carbonation. This is an incredibly lovely, complex, super easily drinkable, example of the recent evolution of the I/DIPA style in the American craft industry. Like Belgian Triples it is a bit dangerous as the alcohol is rather hidden by primarily the hop and less so the malt backbones. BJCP 9/3/16/4/8
Fresh from the tap at Muted Horn. Light cloudy amber-orange with fine white foam layer. Interesting flower an garden aromes. Strong body behind.
16th November 2017
Light haze on this orange - gold beer, good pale cream colour head. Palate is airy and smooth. Very light malts for a DIPA, a pleasant creamy sweetness from them. Decent piney hop. Piney orange and mild hop spice nibbling away in the background. Traces of citric peel and tropical fruits. Smooth finish. A pleasant and drinkable DIPA but there is no fireworks for me.
Kran w Muted Horn. Intensywny aromat chmielowy z delikatnym słodowym tłem. W smaku chmielowo, zaznaczona goryczka.
Tap @Beer Temple, Amsterdam.
Medium head, orange/amber colour, lightly cloudy, nice lacing. Aroma: spruce, grapefruit peel, orange, pine. Bitter taste, full body, bitter finish, average carbonation. Nicely refreshing, despite being quite strong.
Fruity and excessive fruit in the smell. The flavor is fruity and a little bit creepy. Good bitterness that fills the mouth for a long time. Follow me @ Kung av öl @ Facebook for more pictures and ratings.
Very intense iipa indeed, beautiful round bouquet of fruits, hops and sweetness added, a true iipa in the sense of the word. Not as great as some others, but it’s close
Tap at BeerTemple, 2nd November 17. Pours clear and amber. Aroma is ripe citrus, taste is ripe citrus fruit, some bitterness, dank, mango, tropical fruit, lovely rich mouth feel. Bitter sweet finish