Speedway Stout - Boxcar
AleSmith Brewing Company in San Diego, California, United States 🇺🇸
Stout - Pastry / Flavoured - Imperial Rotating Out of Production|
Score
8.09
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Imperial Stout Aged in Premium Bourbon Barrels for one year with Madagascar Vanilla Beans, Brazil Forastero Cocoa Nibs, Hatch & Mulato Chilis, and a unique blend of Columbian & Burundi Coffee locally roasted by Swell Coffee
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9/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 9
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 9
On tap at Alesmith Brewing/Anvil&Stave. Pours black with beige head. Roasted malts, coffee, some milk chocolate, cocoa, vanilla, some moderate chilli spiciness, bourbon. Sweet with bitterness in finish. Full bodied.
Tried
from Draft
at
AleSmith Brewing Company
on 28 Jul 2017
at 13:42
8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 9
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 9
Can shared thanks to Maakun for his 5k tick! Black with a ring tan head. Aroma of bourbon, fruity chillis, malt, chocolate, cocoa, vanilla and fudge. Flavour is heavy sweet. Full bodied with soft carbonation. The chilli burn is a little too much and out of balance. It’s great, but with the chilli toned down it would have been superb.
Tried
from Can
on 10 May 2017
at 13:49
8.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 9
Can shared, rating 5000! Totally black with small brown head. Molasses, some cocoa, quite some fruity bourbon, vanilla, light coffee. There’s quite some fruity chilies with also decent heat. Some strawberries, fudge, toffee, light roast, licorice. Quite sweet with medium bitterness. Full bodied with medium chili heat finish. Very good, but maybe a touch too hot. Love it though.
Tried
from Can
on 10 May 2017
at 13:44
8.3/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 9
33cl can shared with Maakun and kermis. No head. Clear black pour. Bourbon notes and some fruit and chocolate. Very nice.
Tried
from Can
on 10 May 2017
at 13:42
9/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 9
Flavor 10
Texture 6
Overall 9
Can, many thanks Max! Aroma is espreeso, chili, black chocolate, vanilla, so much of everything in there. Taste is chili, chocolate, oak sugar, a bit vanilla, then the chili catch comes in and carries on into the rich and hot finish. The flavour has a deep complexity but retains perfect balance (for me that is - I like spiciness). Fizzy carbonation, which takes away from an otherwise unbelievably great beer. Wowza - I suppose this is a perfect treat from the hand pump, the carbonation is the only thing that bugs me.
Tried
from Can
on 03 May 2017
at 16:10
8.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 9
Texture 10
Overall 8
Can. Pours darkest brown, almost no head. Aroma is bourbon, vanilla, coffee, caramel, nuts, peppers. Body is strong and heavy, very sweet, strong chili, fizzy carbonation. Really spicy. Long hot sweet palate. Quite balanced, but not quite as great as others of this series. Still: Very, very good!
Tried
from Can
on 03 May 2017
at 16:07
7.5/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 8
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 7
Can. A black beer with a brown head. The aroma has notes of roasted malt, coffee, chocolate, and chili. The flavor is sweet with notes of chili, roasted malt, alcohol, chocolate, and coffee, leading to a chili finish.
Tried
from Can
on 03 May 2017
at 13:26
8.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Can@Jens - black pour with thin tanned ring head. Bold roasted and sweet malty aroma and taste, with notes of opulent chocolate and coffee, nice roast, chilli profile then kicks in, some nice chilli heat building up, finish with bourbon and vanilla into the close, lovely stuff.
Tried
from Can
on 02 May 2017
at 12:18
8.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
12 fl oz can. Pours pitch black with a brown head. Aroma is roasted, dense dark malty, thick liqourice too. Dense dark roasted. Roasted dark malty and liqourice to dense chocolate. Chili? Seems so. Warming alcohol finish.
Tried
from Can
on 02 May 2017
at 11:59
8.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 10
Overall 9
Can thanks to Chow. Pours black with medium tan head that diminishes to nothing. Thick, chewy, nice sweetness. The aroma/flavor is strong roast, peppers, wood, vanilla, boozy, really enjoyed this.
Tried
from Can
on 26 Apr 2017
at 02:18