Speedway Stout - Barrel-Aged Vietnamese Coffee
AleSmith Brewing Company in San Diego, California, United States 🇺🇸
Stout - Pastry / Flavoured - Imperial Rotating|
Score
8.45
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We traditionally brew gallons of Vietnamese Coffee with a phin-style filter that gently percolates water through ground coffee. The result is a chocolatey and bold-tasting coffee that perfectly compliments the notes of oak, vanilla, and bourbon barrel in this massive barrel-aged stout, a true AleSmith legend.
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8.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Can shared by Kyle, thanks! Pours black with a brown head that dissipates to the edges. Aroma has strong dark grains with bitter coffee and a nice bourbon note supporting. Flavor has a nice combination of bourbon and coffee with dark grains and a bit of roast backing.
Tried
from Can
on 25 Oct 2024
at 03:14
8.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Poured from the tap @ Alesmith (vintage 2024). Very dark brown with small beige head. Bourbon and oak up front with roast underlay and a very feint hint of coffee. The bourbon overpowers any coffee character here, but very tasty nonetheless.
Tried
from Draft
on 22 Oct 2024
at 20:01
8.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 9
16 ounce can from Tavour. 2024 vintage. Jet black pour. Creamy tan cap. Sweet roasted malt aroma. Notes of coffee, vanilla and oak. Flavor is big and boozy. Dark roasted malt, coffee, vanilla, bittersweet chocolate, treacle and oak. Remarkably smooth and complex! What a beer! And a perfect choice for celebrating the New York Yankees winning the 2024 American League Pennant! Yeah!!!!!!
Tried
from Can
on 20 Oct 2024
at 03:51
8.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 10
Overall 8.5
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.
Tried
from Can
on 05 Oct 2024
at 02:33
8.2/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
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.
Tried
from Bottle
on 21 May 2024
at 17:00
7.6/10
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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.
Tried
on 24 Feb 2024
at 22:07
9/10
Tried
from Bottle
on 10 Feb 2024
at 23:37
7.4/10
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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
Tried
from Bottle
on 10 Feb 2024
at 01:02
7.9/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 9
Flavor 9
Texture 6
Overall 8.5
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.
Tried
from Bottle
on 15 Jan 2024
at 23:27
8/10
Smooth, roasty and sweetish with loads of coffee, some chocolate, vanilla, oak and wood, hints of bourbon.
Tried
from Bottle
on 12 Jan 2024
at 17:11