Speedway Stout - Rye Whiskey Barrel-Aged Vietnamese Coffee (2025)
(Batch of Speedway Stout - Rye Whiskey Barrel-Aged Vietnamese Coffee)
AleSmith Brewing Company in San Diego, California, United States 🇺🇸
Stout - Pastry / Flavoured - Imperial Rotating|
Score
7.93
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We aged our Speedway Stout for 12 months in freshly emptied rye whiskey barrels, adding a distinctive spicy warmth that balances the stout's rich, roasted malt character. Blended with our favorite Vietnamese cà phê sữa đá, this special treat delivers notes of toasted oak, dark cocoa, smooth vanilla, and a dry, peppery finish. A complex stout crafted for those who appreciate bold flavors and barrel-aged depth.
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7.5/10
Can. Lots of delicious coffee going on here, some booze and alcohol, hints of dark chocolate. Cocoa. Quite dry, tannins. Overall, nice indeed, but a bit too dry, on the cocoa side. 747415 260813
Tried
from Can
on 13 Aug 2026
at 19:32
9/10
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Appearance 9
Aroma 9
Flavor 9
Texture 9
Overall 9
Pint can pours with a nice dark chocolate colored body that supports a thin ring of dark tan foam. The aroma offers up chocolate malts, coffee and then some thin rye to oak notes. The taste delivers such great balance and depth. Alesmith is the standard to compare to regarding barrel aging beer to attain the right barrel to beer flavor balance. Wow. I get smooth slick dark chocolate followed quickly by dark roasted coffee that's tempered and blended into the maltiness. To midway the barrel character begins to create a pleasing boozy rye twang cutting perfectly against the sweeter richer base beer notes. Wonderful. Typical Alesmith.
Tried
from Can
at
AleSmith Brewing Company
on 31 Mar 2026
at 03:38
8.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Dark brown, no head. Lots of coffee, rich, slightly nutty. Excellent, has some rye character. Nice rye barrel signature.
Tried
on 09 Mar 2026
at 03:08
8.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 8.5
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Tall US can @ Benzai's Anti-Carnival Valentine's Day Tasting, Feb 26. Pours pitch black with a deep tan head. Prominent coffee nose. Big coffee presence to taste alongside deep chocolate layers, confident roast.. great complexity.. proper.
Tried
from Can
on 05 Mar 2026
at 09:59
6.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 6
16 oz can. Aroma is chocolate, vanilla, boozy, wet stone, coconut, woody, soy sauce, oxidation, coffee, cooked broccoli, molasses. Pours nearly black with a half finger tan head with decent retention. Taste is bittersweet with flavors like the aroma. Tastes past its prime.
Tried
from Can
on 28 Feb 2026
at 03:42
8.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7.5
Flavor 8
Texture 9
Overall 8.5
Can shared at Anti-Carnavalstasting 2026. Opaque black color, average sized brown colored head. Aroma is malts, chocolate, nutty, vanilla, coffee. Flavor is similar, with some booze. So I guess whiskey. Awesome. Good.
Tried
on 14 Feb 2026
at 19:30
8.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8.5
Flavor 8.5
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
16 oz can (2025) shared. Dark brownish black cola color with tan head. Aroma and taste has dark chocolate, roasted coffee, light whiskey. Full body. Tasty barrel aged imperial stout, would like a bit more barrel character.
Tried
from Can
at
Dominion Wine and Beer
on 09 Dec 2025
at 02:08
10/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 10
Flavor 10
Texture 10
Overall 10
Can from Tavour
Appearance: dark brown with a thin tan head
Aroma: roasty, vanilla, woody, rye whisky, coffee
Flavor: medium sweetness, medium bitterness
Texture: light carbonation, creamy feel, full body, long finish
Delicious
Appearance: dark brown with a thin tan head
Aroma: roasty, vanilla, woody, rye whisky, coffee
Flavor: medium sweetness, medium bitterness
Texture: light carbonation, creamy feel, full body, long finish
Delicious
Tried
from Can
from Tavour
on 07 Dec 2025
at 00:12
9/10
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Appearance 9
Aroma 9
Flavor 9
Texture 9
Overall 9
Can. Color: Black, brown head. Aroma: Coffee, Rye, roasted malt. Taste: Smooth, roasted malt, dark coffee, combined woth nice spicy notes of the Rye Whiskey. Boozy hints, but overall the alcohol is pretty well hidden. Lightly warming mouthfeel at the long lasting finish. Moderate to over moderate sweet and bitter. Over medium to full body, below average carbonation. One of the best versions of Speedway Stout, in my opinion.
Tried
from Can
from
Hoptimaal
on 14 Nov 2025
at 20:59
7.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7.5
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Aromas are dark malt, roast, molasses, coffee. Flavors are similar to nose. Loses most of the molasses and is just right sweet and perfectly balanced with bitter and soft carbonation. Really good.
Tried
from Can
from Tavour
on 25 Oct 2025
at 03:24