Speedway Stout - Thai
AleSmith Brewing Company in San Diego, California, United States 🇺🇸
Stout - Pastry / Flavoured - Imperial Rotating Out of Production|
Score
7.76
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Inspired by our brewers' love of the assertive, bright flavors of Thai ingredients, this intensely flavored brew incorporates the vibrant quality of several Thai-inspired ingredients into our classic imperial stout. Powerful notes of citrus, botanicals, and tropical fruit balance the stout's rich chocolate, caramel, and coffee character. The result is an amazingly flavorful and complex beer that pays tribute to the flavors of Thailand.
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8.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Tap @ Beers Behind Bars. Nice head with good duration. Color is black. Aroma and taste are rich roast malt, chocolate, tropical fruits, flowers, caramel and hops. Nice.
Tried
from Draft
on 05 Oct 2019
at 11:32
9/10
Tried
from Draft
on 09 May 2019
at 15:57
7.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Thai-themed version of AleSmith's legendary Speedway Stout, 75 cl bottle shared with Craftmember, Goedele and Hinke. Creamy, pale yellowish beige, papery-lacing but quickly thinning and opening head over a black beer with hazy mahogany edges. Very spicy and intriguing aroma: dry ginger, bitter cocoa, camphor, nutmeg, lime peel, soy sauce, dried out lemongrass, almond, pecan nut but not so much coconut, whisky, black chocolate, coffee cream, Thai basil, green matcha tea, banana peel, mocha ice cream, vanilla beans. Sweet onset, candied dates and a touch of raisin but nothing cloying, light sourish edge from the lime as well as a light soy sauce-like umami effect, soft carb, full and oily body. Very thick pecan-nutty and black-chocolatey malt base drenched in aromatic spiciness, quite perfumey and with the lime and lemongrass components adding some refreshment; complex spicy finish with a lot of heating, whisky-like alcohol while black chocolate and nuttiness linger, coconut meanwhile remaining a bit understated; ginger and bitter cocoa prevail, with the Thai basil adding a subtle sweetishness in the end. A bit of a challenge, this one, intense with a lot of bold flavours bravely fighting each other for dominance; took a while to get used to, but this combo is in any case highly fascinating and interesting. Some of the flavours, most notably the coconut and even the coffee, remain relatively weak whereas others attract full attention; I was left wondering if this mishmash of flavours is really flattering to the familiar basic beer, but I had no problems enjoying the entire glass. One to revisit, if it weren't so expensive...
Tried
from Bottle
on 05 Jan 2019
at 02:11
8.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 9
Texture 10
Overall 8.5
750ml bottle. Jet black colour with average to huge, thick, creamy, moderately lasting and lacing, tan head. Spicy, Tom Kha Gai-like aroma, notes of lemongrass, ginger, lime, a touch of coconut, widely disguised, dark malty background. Taste is sweet-ish, dark malty and citrusy spicy, notes of lemongrass, lime, some mocha, coconut overtones. Creamy texture, smooth, soft and silky palate, fine carbonation. Clean, well balanced, harmonious, not overpiced, quite refreshing due to the citrusy flavours, well hidden alcohol. Very good!
Tried
from Bottle
on 31 Dec 2018
at 22:59
5.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 6
Creamy tan head. Lemongrass/roasty nose and palate.Strong alcohol heat. Thinner than expected. Coffee notes
Tried
on 05 Nov 2018
at 02:18
8.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 8
Texture 10
Overall 8
Pours black with a dark tan head.Nose shows coconut, basil, ginger, roasted malt, soft coffee and lime.Flavours include more ginger, coconut, coffee, heavy roast, liquorice and a fair whack of sweetness.
Tried
on 04 Nov 2018
at 00:34
6.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 5.5
Bottle shared at a tasting at Tom L's place. Black, tan foam. Coffee, roast, ginger, lemongrass, lime, sweet, slightly sourish, caramel, chocolate, full-bodied. Kinda weird.
Tried
from Bottle
on 19 Oct 2018
at 10:32
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
From tap at the Hoppy pub. Black color with beige brown head. Malty aroma, roasted, spicy, herbal, lime, chocolate, light coffee. Sweet and bitter spicy taste like aroma. Medium to full silky oily body with soft carbonation.
Tried
from Draft
on 08 Oct 2018
at 08:32
7.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 8
Tap at Beertemple. Black with creamy tan head. Big sweet roasty chocolate and caramel malts, ginger, lemongrass, massive spices on top of sweet black goop. Big sweet, strong spices but not spicy, strong roasty bitter. Full crramy body and soft carbonation.
Tried
from Draft
on 06 Sep 2018
at 18:02
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Tap at BeerTemple. Black with dark brown head. Lots of chocolate, lemon grass, Thai basil, ginger, coconut, coffee, dark sugary notes, massive Thai curry in a chocolate? Quite sweet and medium bitter. Full sugary body.
Tried
from Draft
on 06 Sep 2018
at 17:59