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 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Bottle 0.355 at home, Espoo. Vintage 2022. Color is very dark brown with very slightly brownish head. Aromas and flavors: Coffee, some bourbon, roastes malts... very nice.
Tried
from Bottle
on 12 Jan 2024
at 15:12
8.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 8
Texture 10
Overall 8.5
355ml bottle. Thx VastActiv. Poured pitch black in color. Pillowy with coffee and smoothness. Vanilla, barrel notes, dark fruits. Long coffee finish. Awesome.
Tried
from Bottle
on 12 Jan 2024
at 15:11
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
(Bottle, 0.355l - vintage 2022, thanks VastActiv, at VastActiv, 20240112) The beer poured black. Its head was medium sized and lightly brown. Aroma had wood, vanilla, dark chocolate and coffee. Palate was full bodied and dry with medium carbonation. Flavours were burnt malts, coffee, wood vanilla, dark chocolate, ash and bitterness. Aftertaste was burnt, woody and bitter. Pleasant. The high ABV was well hidden.
Tried
from Bottle
on 12 Jan 2024
at 15:09
7.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
BBT 12/2023. Dark brown color with beige head. Aroma of coffee, marzipan, dark chocolate. Taste is coffee, dark malt, chocolate, vanilla.
Tried
on 28 Dec 2023
at 17:51
7.8/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottle at BBT 12/2023. Full body, rather high carbonation. High bitterness, medium sweetness. Lots of coffee, maybe even too much for my liking, little place for other things. Moderate warming alcohol, borderline bothersome. Med-light bourbony barrels. Moderate speculoos, biscuity, caramelly maltiness. Some chocolate. Overall quite good.
Tried
from Bottle
on 28 Dec 2023
at 17:49
8.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Bottle @ BBT 12/2023 F: medium, tanned, average retention. C: black, opaque. A: rich coffee, cocoa, chocolate, dark fruits, caramel. T: full malty base, chocolate, coffee, cocoa, dark chocolate, vanilla, bourbon, woody, nice balanced bitterness, good one, medium carbonation, fully enjoyed.
Tried
from Bottle
on 28 Dec 2023
at 17:48
7.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Bottle at BBT. Malty aroma and taste, coffee, roastyness, chocolate, alcohol, light sweet, medium bitter. Full body, thick texture, malty coffee bitter sweet finish. Ok.
Tried
from Bottle
on 28 Dec 2023
at 17:45
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottle picked up from Beer Republic webshop, Breda, Netherlands and consumed at home in the company of Jude and Baz, Tuesday 5th December 2023 Loz cooked Chicken Kiev, I made Christmas Pudding, Jude and Baz made Gingerbread Men. Listening to Alabama 3. Pours shark eye black it's got an oily consistency, slim brown head. Nose is some barrel ageing but predominantly bitter chocolate and a little coffee. Creamy mouthfeel, a little boozy, rich and indulgent, vanilla intertwined with chocolate and of course the coffee along with dark roasty malts. Very good.
Tried
from Bottle
on 07 Dec 2023
at 05:57
8/10
Tried
on 30 Oct 2023
at 17:42
8.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 9
Tried
on 18 Aug 2023
at 21:13