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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Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
16 oz. Can. Thank you Tom! Aroma is mild coffee, weak barrel. Chocolate. Flavor follows. Unfortunately, the brewery has sacrificed the body of this base stout. It seems a lot thinner than it should be. Ends on oak. Just ok.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7.5 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Canned 9/27/24, drunk 9/20/25, compliments of tfontana.
Clear, dark, not super much so. Small, tan head, low retention.
Definitely some condensed milk and sugar in there. Hints of roast with very little, but not non-existent barrel. Light vanilla, sweet, fudgey, easygoing. No alcohol, but also doesn't display much richness or strength.
Soft, sweet, with condensed milk and a bit of stickiness. There's a bit of oomph but for the most part this is head-scratchingly thin and so low in barrel. Maybe some tannic oak on the finish but not even definite bourbon. It's not a Trainwreck or anything, but it's just do low in intensity for its size and displays no interesting barrel.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8.5 | Flavor - 8.5 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5
Toch alweer 3 jaar oud. Schenkt pikzwart met een bruine kraag waar een klein laagje van overblijft. Geur van bourbon, geroosterde mout, zoetig, chocola, umami, hout/tannines. In de mond is er vooral bourbon, vanille en chocola. Smaak is vrij zoet (maar niet te), wat tannines, lichte bitterheid. Behoorlijk stevig alcoholgevoel, vrij heet. Redelijk volle body. Veel tannines en wat bitterheid in de afdronk.
Coffee, strong, rich
Lt
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7.5 | Flavor - 7.5 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 7.5
Canned, 473 ml, shared with Luka and MiroB. Black with tan head. Chocolate, cocoa, coffee, bourbon. Bit warming. Somewhat thin for the style and reputation.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 9.5 | Flavor - 9.5 | Texture - 9 | Overall - 9
Аромат вроде бы весьма классический, и даже не особо мой любимый, сухость, черный шоколад, кофе приятное, какао даже местами, бочка яркая, намеки на ваниль. Цвет угольной черноты, пенка средняя, кофейная. Вкус потряс, а точнее послевкусие, просто невероятной силы ноты кофе, причем отлично гармонирующие и с бочкой, и небольшой сладость от ванили и черного шоколада. Прям реально как будто пьешь отличный кофе выдержанный в бочке. Очень понравился баланс всего. Топовый двойной стаут в более менее классическом варианте.
Refrigerated pint can poured into a glass. Blank with medium brown head. Aroma is rich coffee, thick body, medium carbonation, and little lacing. Taste is rich coffee and decadent chocolate.
Appearance - 9 | Aroma - 8.5 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 9 | Overall - 8
Tap @ Væskebalancen Bar, Aarhus. Black with a beige head. Aroma is sweet, roasted malt, heavy coffee and bourbon. Flavor is quite sweet and rather bitter. Dry and rather bitter finish with warming alcohol. Oily. 310125
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 7.5
Keg at Brewdog Paddington, London. A black coloured pour with a medium beige head on top. Rich, sweet, boozy, coffee, bourbon, chocolate, caramel, vanilla aroma and taste. A decent imperial stout but I expected more at the high price point.