AleSmith Brewing Co

AleSmith Brewing Co. secures #6 as a San Diego icon, with its legendary Speedway Stout earning a 95/100 rating from Beer Advocate, but this rank shows it’s losing ground to younger, hipper competitors. Its annual production of 30,000 barrels is 20% lower than #3's output, and the taproom's growth rate (2% year-over-year) trails the category average of 8%. While the stout remains a benchmark, AleSmith’s portfolio diversity is 15% less than the typical rival in the top 5.