Speedway Stout - Kopi Luwak Coffee
AleSmith Brewing Company in San Diego, California, United States 🇺🇸
Stout - Pastry / Flavoured - Imperial Rotating Out of Production|
Score
8.09
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Kopi Luwak is one of the World's most expensive and rare coffee varieties. The beans are specifically selected for their ripeness and quality by the civet, a small jungle marsupial that feeds off the fruit of the coffee cherry. They are then gathered by humans from the jungle floors of Indonesia, thoroughly cleaned, and sun-dried. A precise roasting by San Diego's Ryan Bros. coffee leads to an extremely aromatic and exceptionally smooth final product that complements this imperial stout amazingly well. Good to the last dropping!
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8.1/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
75 cl bottle (12%) @ PBF Ⅸ Huge thanks to mr. tiong!
Aroma has mocha coffee, some tobacco, dark chocolate, ash and vegetables typical to coffee beers. Flavour has mocha, some dark and bitter chocolate and vegetables typical to mocha beers. Alcohol is well hidden and this is even a bit thin for this ABV. Alcohol notes get stronger towards the end of the glass. Rather good, but I must say that I expected more.
Aroma has mocha coffee, some tobacco, dark chocolate, ash and vegetables typical to coffee beers. Flavour has mocha, some dark and bitter chocolate and vegetables typical to mocha beers. Alcohol is well hidden and this is even a bit thin for this ABV. Alcohol notes get stronger towards the end of the glass. Rather good, but I must say that I expected more.
Tried
from Bottle
on 27 Jun 2014
at 12:00
8.3/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottle @ Van Moll tasting shared by Countbeer. Many thanks Kamiel! Opaque pitch black color, medium to full sized light brown head that lasts for a long time. Aroma and taste are malts, roastyness, coffee, bitter, some hops, lightly spicy, a hint of pepper. Full body, medium carbonation. Nice!
Tried
from Bottle
on 19 Apr 2014
at 10:17
8.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 9
Bottle @ proeftafel Van Moll shared by cuntbeer. Black colour, small light brown head. Smells coffee, roasty, sweet, chocolate. Tastes wood, roasty, coffee, chocolate, very nice. Full body, soft carbo.
Tried
from Bottle
on 19 Apr 2014
at 10:12
7.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Brown bottle, 1 pint 9.4 ounces, from and with Stephen Morris (merci!), savoured on December 13 2013; eye: dark brown, opaque, no effervescence, tiny sheet of beige head, light lacing; nose: coffee liqueur, chocolate liqueur, light acidity, vanilla, light alcohol; mouth: coffee liqueur, chocolate liqueur, light acidity, vanilla, light alcohol, light acridness, alcoholic finale with presence of coffee liqueur, full body, below-average carbonation, alcoholic texture; overall: quite good FRANÇAIS Bouteille olive, 1 pinte 9,4 onces, de et avec Stephen Morris (merci!), savourée le 13 décembre 2013; œil : brun foncé, opaque, pas d’effervescence, petite couverture de mousse beige, légère dentelle; nez : liqueur de café, liqueur de chocolat, légère acidité, vanille, léger alcool; bouche : liqueur de café, liqueur de chocolat, légère acidité, vanille, léger alcool, légère âcreté, finale alcoolique avec présence de liqueur de café, corsée, carbonatation sous la moyenne, texture alcoolique; en résumé : très bon
Tried
from Bottle
on 15 Apr 2014
at 13:40
7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7
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 also dominating. Taste is a mix between some deep dry roasted malt notes with bitter and dry coffee notes which almost veers into astringency territory. Body is quite full with good carbonation and no apparent alcohol. Good but almost too extreme on the coffee side which diminish the drinkability.
Tried
from Bottle
on 17 Feb 2014
at 11:57
8.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 9
Bottle at California 10k shared by dodgrblu. Aroma is coffee, but seems a rather high class coffee. Med body or better. Flavor is extremely tasty coffee and a little chocolate. Finishes light/slightly treacle/malty. Delicious.
Tried
from Bottle
on 10 Feb 2014
at 13:56
8.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 8
A deep dark stout with a thin dark brown head. In aroma, bitter chocolate with licorice, celery salts, coffee, light soy sauce and molasses. In mouth, beautiful chocolate with coffee, light vanilla, warming alcohol, licorice and loads of alcohol, very good. Xmas Ottawa gathering Dec 13 2013.
Tried
on 14 Dec 2013
at 06:37
8.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Bottle shared by Dennis at Alan’s. Pours black with brown head. Nose and taste of coffee, chocolate malt, roast, vanilla, roasted peanuts and coffee bean. Medium -full body.
Tried
from Bottle
on 25 Nov 2013
at 15:16
8.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
750ml bottle shared by Brad. Wow. Mellow, especially for the ABV. Choco-coffee aroma. Perfect mouthfeel, very impressive, completely perfect on the palate. Big coffee, refined molasses awesomeness. World Class coffee beer all the way.
Tried
from Bottle
on 11 Nov 2013
at 20:02
8.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 9
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 9.5
Bottle sampled at RBSG. From notes. Loads of coffee, dark chocolate and vanilla. Very awesome. Been wanting to try this for a while.
Tried
from Bottle
on 12 Oct 2013
at 23:07