Alesmith to Release Double IPA and Mexican Speedway Stout

There are standard new-beer press releases and then there are the type of new-beer press releases that elicit salivation among craft-beer enthusiasts. This is one of the latter. On May 5, a day that will go down in history as a truly blessed 24-hour span, the clouds will part, glowing light will shine down upon this blue-green orb and the heavens shall bestow upon its populace not one, but two highly coveted beers from San Diego-based AleSmith Brewing Company—AleSmith Double IPA and AleSmith Mexican Speedway Stout.

AleSmith has produced this mega-hopped powerhouse of an imperial India pale ale dating back to 2000. Until this year, the beer went by the admittedly confusing moniker AleSmith Summer YuleSmith, a name that in no way spoke to the beer’s style or its immense hop-borne flavors and aromas of citrus fruit, pine and resinous spice. Yet, the beer has remained a favorite of the brewery’s offerings despite its odd handle and the fact it was only ever available three months out of every year during the summer season. Both of those deficiencies have been rectified this year, with a rebrand to the straightforward AleSmith Double IPA that includes a spiffy new bottle design replete with bright-green hop buds, and a new five-month window of availability that extends from May to September. Congratulations, hoppy beer fans…summer’s been extended!

And for the many, many fans of what is regarded by many as the finest coffee-infused imperial stout in the world—AleSmith Speedway Stout—we are unleashing a first-ever, culturally inspired, specialty version, AleSmith Mexican Speedway Stout. Enlivened with a sense of terroir from the utilization of tequila barrels and myriad Mexican ingredients, and as lively on the palate as a jumping-bean, this complexly delicious beer is sure to please.