Speedway Stout Grand Prix MMXXV - Blackberry Pie
AleSmith Brewing Company in San Diego, California, United States 🇺🇸
Stout - Pastry / Flavoured - Imperial Series|
Score
7.46
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The Speedway Grand Prix hits the road again for 2025, and this time, we’re serving pie. Our legendary imperial stout pulls into the fast lane with four bold, dessert-driven variants inspired by classic American pies. From rich fillings to flaky finishes, each brew is a turbo-charged slice of nostalgia. Originally crafted for San Diego Beer Week, this mixed 4-pack captures the spirit of the celebration and drops it straight into your glass, no pit stop required.
Blackberry Pie Edition - Imperial Stout with Blackberries, Vanilla, and Coffee
Blackberry Pie Edition - Imperial Stout with Blackberries, Vanilla, and Coffee
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7.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8
Can. Black beer with a brown head. Light chocolate and light coffee aroma with light berry. Vanilla and blackberry flavor with light chocolate and light coffee. Medium-plus bodied. Vanilla and blackberry linger with light chocolate and light coffee.
Tried
on 19 Mar 2026
at 21:03
7.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Can @ Benzai's Anti-Carnival Valentine's Day Tasting, Feb 26. Pours dark, with a thinning tan head. Confident coffee with integrated roast, offset by a very gently stewed blackberry undertone.. good
Tried
from Can
on 05 Mar 2026
at 14:16
7.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Can shared at Anti-Carnavalstasting 2026. Opaque dark brown to black color, average sized beige to light brown colored head. Aroma is malts, roasted malts and chocolate. Flavor is malts, roasted malts, light red and dark fruit notes coming through, so pretty well brewed I'd say. I like it.
Tried
on 14 Feb 2026
at 14:37
7.3/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 7
Overall 7
16 oz can purchased as a single at The Wine Thief & Ale Jail in Crystal, Minnesota. The pour is an opaque black brown with a ½ inch khaki head that falls with a sheet of lace. The aroma is roast, a bit of blackberry sweetness, cane sugar, a whisper of soy and more char roast. The taste is sweet blackberry fruit, toffee malt, cane sugar, a touch of fruit tartness and finishes with soft roast. The palate is medium to heavier boded, soft natural carbonation and the roast and blackberry sweet to the finish. As with others, nice integration of flavors mask the high ABV well.
Tried
from Can
from
The Wine Thief & Ale Jail - Crystal
on 12 Feb 2026
at 01:39
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6.5
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
16oz can from Alesmith. Nose is coffee and a little blackberry with a very light hint of vanilla. Black with a medium tan head. Flavor is light sweetness, a hint of tartness, and a prickly feeling on my tongue and mouth.
Tried
from Can
at
AleSmith Brewing Company
on 19 Jan 2026
at 20:30
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7.5
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Can: Poured dark brown black with ring brown head. Aroma is roasted malts, chocolate, blackberry. Taste is roasted malts, chocolate, fruity, blackberry, boozy.
Tried
from Can
from
Earlybird's Bottle Shop
on 10 Jan 2026
at 02:57
7.6/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7
16 oz. can, pours jet black with a small tan head. Aroma is rich, with tons of blackberry puree, gentle vanilla, some coffee, and medium roast. Flavour marries the blackberry very well with the coffee and roast, with some vanilla overtones and attenuated out dark sugars. The berries aren’t too dominating, and the solid malt base still holds everything together. Very good.
Tried
from Can
from
The Beer Junction
on 09 Jan 2026
at 07:56
8.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8.5
Flavor 9
Texture 9
Overall 9
Pint can pours with a nice dark colored body that supports a thin tan head of foam. The aroma offers up a slap to the face in tart blackberry notes with thin ribbons of malts, dark roasted malts and dark roasted coffee well off in the background. The taste delivers a far more balanced experience than the nose was hinting at. I get fairly smooth slick malts and dark roasted coffee blending into dark berries and a berry tangy tartness as well. This is going well together and the sharper berry notes are playing against the smooth richness and roastiness of the base beer. As I'm typing the after taste comes through with addition of tasty chocolate malts. This one works really well.
Tried
from Can
at
AleSmith Brewing Company
on 18 Dec 2025
at 04:31
7.4/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8
Can from Tavour. Pours dark brn/blk with a slight, transient creamy tan head. Aroma is blackberry with notes of coffee and vanilla. Med body. Drier than expected and fairly bitter. Flavor is burnt/roasty malt, blackberry and coffee with a light vanilla note.
Tried
from Can
from Tavour
on 04 Dec 2025
at 00:33