Bottle shared at a tasting at Beer Market Jaffa. Thanks troganmi for this bottle! Black with a foamy light brown head. Aroma of bourbon, coffee, vanilla, a bit of coconut, dark fruits and dark chocolate. Bittersweet flavor, liqueuer-like, with roast, coffee, dark chocolate, vanilla, coconut, bourbon, raisins, prunes and a bitterish, slightly alcoholic and slightly vinous finish. Full rounded mouthfeel. Great stuff.

Bottle. Pours a black color with a small tan head. Has a roasted malty coffee aroma with woody bourbon and chocolate hints. Roasted malty woody bourbon chocolate and coffee flavor with hints of dark fruit and licorice. Roasted malty woody bourbon chocolate and coffee finish.

On tap at the brewery. Ara is very balanced with quite a bit of chocolate and roast, but with complimentary medium light coffee notes and medium barrel character adding notes of bourbon and vanilla. Pours black with a thick mocha head that recedes fairly quickly to the edges where it lingers. Faint lacing and fairly long legs. Flavor has a nice medium roast note with moderate coffee character. Medium barrel notes with some light vanilla. Moderate chocolate character with some medium light bitterness and medium alcohol spice in the finish. Mouthfeel is medium full to full bodied with medium low carbonation. Low astringency and medium low alcohol warmth. Overall a really nice barrel aged coffee stout with balanced notes of coffee, bourbon and the base beer. Nice vanilla and bourbon notes with a good coffee character.

Bottle shared between CBC 2014 session 1 and 2 friday. Pours black with a small l brown head. Aroma of roasted malt, dark chocolate, coffee, aok and bourbon. Flavor is rich malts, coffee, bitter dark chocolate, aok, light vanilla, bourbon. Full body, soft / flat carbonation, light warming alcohol. 020514

At cbc break Deep black... Thin tan lacing... Dark biter chocolate roast... Soft meaty malts.... Soft smooth... Massive bourbon... Soft roast dark chocolate... Light coffee

Olive bottle, 1 pint 9.4 ounces, with and from Stephen Morris (thank you!), savoured on December 13 2013; eye: black, opaque, no effervescence, tiny sheet of beige head, light lacing; nose: bourbon, roasted barley, coffee liqueur, light woody, light vanilla, light bourbon, light alcohol, finale in coffee liqueur with presence of chocolate liqueur, medium-full body, below-average carbonation, mildly sweet, oily texture; overall: exceptional FRANÇAIS Bouteille olive, 1 pinte 9,4 onces, de et avec Stephen Morris, savourée le 13 décembre 2013; œil : noire, opaque, pas d’effervescence, petite couverture de mousse beige, légère dentelle; nez : bourbon, orge torréfiée, liqueur de café, léger boisé, léger vanille, léger bourbon, léger alcool; bouche : bourbon, orge torréfiée, liqueur de café, léger boisé, léger vanille, léger bourbon, léger alcool, finale en liqueur de café avec présence de liqueur de chocolat, corps moyen-corsé, carbonatation sous la moyenne, moyennement sucrée, texture huileuse; en résumé : exceptionnel

Bottle thanks to Tom. Pours a very dark brown with beige head that lasts leaving sticky lacing. The aroma is strong coffee, roast, toffee, oak. Medium mouthfeel with sweet roast, strong kopi, toffee, vanilla. Really enjoyed this one.

66cl via trade with Dennoman. thin creamy tan. Chocolate aroma and smooth taste. A lovely brew. Very very nice

Bottle: Poured a pitch-black color stout with a nice large foamy head with good retention and some lacing. Aroma consists of deep roasted barley malt with notes of dry coffee with some hazelnut notes with light bourbon undertones which rounds off some of the rough edges. Taste is a mix between some dry roasted malt notes with coffee notes and some hazelnut and bourbon notes which helps rounds off the flavours. Body is quite full with good carbonation and nice creamy body and no apparent alcohol. This is definitely one of the best versions of Speedway that I have ever tried. All the flavours are well balanced and don’t clash between each other’s. The complexity level is quite high but the drinkability is also quite high.

Bottle with thanks to Cocoapuph! Pours opaque black with a small tan head that dissipates fairly quickly with some lacing. Aroma is pretty strong espresso, roast, chocolate, bourbon, vanilla. Light plus sweet and only lightly bitter, with light woody astringency. Full bodied and rich. Fairly hot, but otherwise a very good blend of stout and barrel that clearly exceeds the original.