Speedway Stout - Barrel-Aged Vietnamese Coffee
AleSmith Brewing Company in San Diego, California, United States 🇺🇸
Stout - Pastry / Flavoured - Imperial Rotating|
Score
8.47
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16oz can from Tavour. Black pour, a few bubbles. Sweet, roasty aroma, chocolate, mellow coffee notes. Taste is dark chocolate, coffee, roasty, sweet. Heat is there and appears late. So smooth.
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Rating #9000: 0.355 l bottle from 'Beer Republic', 2022 vintage, cellared for almost a year. Pitch black with a medium large, frothy, slowly diminishing, light brown head. Intensely sweetish-malty, gently roasty, minimally fruity aroma of praline, hazelnut, coffee, caramel, vanilla and bourbon. Fairly sweet, malty, heavily roasty, minimally fruity taste of dark chocolate, hard roasted coffee, roasted hazelnut, vanilla, bourbon, some wood and hints of dark fruits, followed by a long, fairly roasty-bitter, almost ashy, slightly boozy finish. Full body, a little astringent and gently effervescent mouthfeel, soft carbonation. Massive beer, incredibly intense, great flavours. Could be smoother though, would even prefer more prominent bourbon flavours as well. However, that's moaning on a very high level.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5
Black with quickly receding dark cream head. Aroma of alcohol, Bourbon, chocolate and coffee. Lots of sweet elements in the taste. Especially Bourbon whiskey. More bitterness would be welcome. The fine and slightly too intense carbonation is another minus. Good but I expected great considering the hype and price.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
Bottle. A black one, with a dense bright beige head. Roasted malts booze, coffee, vanilla, dark chocolate and some toffee in the aroma. It's full bodied, warming and smooth, with a gentle bitterness. Roasted malts, alcohol, coffee, dark chocolate, caramel and hints of spices and vanilla. Lasting finish. Nice indeed. 250209
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355ml bottle. Jet black colour with small, frothy to creamy, half-way lasting, minimally lacing, tan head. BA supported, roasty, dark malty, slightly woody aroma, notes of coffee, cedar wood, some Bourbon, vanilla, some caramel in the background. Taste is roasty, chocolately, dark malty, slightly caramel malty, woody, notes of dark chocolate, dark caramel, coffee, cedar wood, hints of Bourbon, vanilla, low residual sweetness, some hop bitterness; a minimally warming, alcoholic touch in the finish, well hidden alcohol overall. Oily-watery texture, minimally dry palate, fine, dense, mildly prickly carbonation. Homogeneous, quite woody, rather dry, almost a bit simple - good.
Smooth, roasty and sweetish with loads of coffee, some chocolate, vanilla, oak and wood, hints of bourbon.
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Bottle 0.355 at home, Espoo. Vintage 2022. Color is very dark brown with very slightly brownish head. Aromas and flavors: Coffee, some bourbon, roastes malts... very nice.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 10 | Overall - 8.5
355ml bottle. Thx VastActiv. Poured pitch black in color. Pillowy with coffee and smoothness. Vanilla, barrel notes, dark fruits. Long coffee finish. Awesome.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
(Bottle, 0.355l - vintage 2022, thanks VastActiv, at VastActiv, 20240112) The beer poured black. Its head was medium sized and lightly brown. Aroma had wood, vanilla, dark chocolate and coffee. Palate was full bodied and dry with medium carbonation. Flavours were burnt malts, coffee, wood vanilla, dark chocolate, ash and bitterness. Aftertaste was burnt, woody and bitter. Pleasant. The high ABV was well hidden.