Speedway Stout - Hammerhead
AleSmith Brewing Company in San Diego, California, United States 🇺🇸
Stout - Pastry / Flavoured - Imperial Rotating|
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8.05
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Some would argue that Speedway Stout, easily one of the finest coffee-infused imperial stouts in the world, needs no embellishment, that this burly yet beguilingly smooth and easy-drinking beer is perfect on its own. We’re not ones to disagree, but a thirst for experimentation leads us to tinker with our recipes—even those of the highest order. In the case of Hammerhead Speedway Stout, we endeavored to maximize java intensity as baristas do with the classic coffee-house offering, the “hammerhead,” in which a shot of espresso is added to a cup of coffee. For this beer, we take our already coffee-rich Speedway Stout and add a plentiful dose of crushed Ethiopian and espresso beans. The result is a sultry, velveteen beer with eye-opening bite.
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8.6/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 9
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
On tap at Sandar. It’s a jet black beer with a dense, finger thick tan head. Nice curtains. It has an intense roasted aroma with loads of coffee, some chocolate and burnt notes, hints of dark dried fruits and a boozy alcohol touch. It’s full-bodied as hell, smooth and warming, with a nice bitterness. Coffee dominated flavor with chocolate and some burnt malts. Lots of roasted malts too. Rather sweet, and with an ever-lasting coffee finish. A superb and delicious beer I’d love to see again. 161028
Tried
from Draft
on 24 Apr 2017
at 15:35
9.5/10
Tried
from Draft
on 22 Apr 2017
at 22:00
8.3/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 9
Bierfestival Groningen 2017, Martinikerk, van tap, zwart met minimale kraag. aroma van enorme koffie bonen, filterkoffie, geroosterd, gebrand, chocolade, In de smaken overheerst de koffie ook weer enorm, voornamelijk de koffie bonen en wat later de wat filterkoffie achtige tonen, chocolade, geroosterde en gebrande mouten, denk dat de basis toch wat beter is.
Tried
from Draft
on 22 Apr 2017
at 14:25
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Poured from a 750 ml bottle. Aroma is very coffee forward with a light nuttinesst and some light dark fruit notes from the coffee. Light chocolate and roast notes. A hint of alcohol spice. Pours black with a medium sized, thick, dark mocha head that recedes to a thin film that lingers on the center and on the edges in clumps. Light lacing and moderately long legs. Flavor is fairly sweet with some moderate chocolate notes. Moderate roast notes with a ton of coffee character. Medium bitterness and some light alcohol spice. Coffee adds some nice light nuttinesst and fruit notes. Mouthfeel is medium full bodied and a bit silky with moderate carbonation. Low astringency and medium low alcohol warmth. Overall, a nice beer with a lot of coffee character. Decent chocolate and roast notes from the malt and the alcohol is well hidden.
Tried
from Bottle
on 19 Mar 2017
at 00:53
8.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 10
Overall 8.5
Tap (AleBrowar, Wroclaw). Almost black with beige, long head. Nice lacing. Intense coffee and noble alcohol, like sweet liqueur, in aroma. Coffee, chocolate in taste with delicate but really subtle sour iniezalegajaca aftertaste. Beer is medium sweet, really full body, very smooth with subtle hint of noble alcohol in the mouth and medium bitterness. Dangerously drinkable.
Tried
from Draft
on 14 Mar 2017
at 11:41
7.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
On tap at apex. Pours a jet black color with a small beige head. A big sweet coffee nose. The flavor is big sweet coffee, vanilla, cocoa, roast. Huge sweet coffee. Great.
Tried
from Draft
on 19 Feb 2017
at 00:40
8.8/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 9
Flavor 8
Texture 10
Overall 8
On tap at Elizabeth Station. Pours a very dark brown with a dark beige head. Aroma is coffee, chocolate, roasted malt, some sweetness. Taste is pretty the same with roasted malt bitterness and lots of coffee. Coffee and dark chocolate dry aftertaste. Very good.
Tried
from Draft
on 16 Feb 2017
at 20:12
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
From a 75 cl bottle. Pours black with a tan head. Aroma of coffee. Flavors of espresso and chocolate. Mile roast finish. Smooth and lucsious.
Tried
from Bottle
on 03 Jan 2017
at 19:52
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Tap. Mule Bar, Winooski, VT. Clear, very dark, cola brown. Slim halo of tan head. Lots of legs. Nose has has earthy coffee bean, by the bag full. Prune and dried date. Some cocoa bean. Taste is sticky, brown sugar sweet. Bitterness is woody and earthy, roast coffee. Medium to full body. Fairly slick. More sugary coffee on the finish. Very decent, but for me it’s like a very sugary espresso, which isn’t really my bag.
Tried
from Draft
on 20 Nov 2016
at 16:20
8.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Sandar 281016.Black color with brown head. Aroma and flavor is coffee,roasted malt, licorice,alcohol, molasses, vanilla. Full body. Complex nice beer.
Tried
on 08 Nov 2016
at 10:09