Speedway Stout - Barrel-Aged Vanilla Shake
AleSmith Brewing Company in San Diego, California, United States 🇺🇸
Collab with: MikkellerStout - Pastry / Flavoured - Imperial Series
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Score
7.96
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This barrel-aged blend of Speedway Stout and Beer Geek Vanilla Shake has been aged in premium bourbon barrels with the addition of locally roasted coffee and three varieties of vanilla beans. Each sip transports your taste buds to a world of silky smoothness, where the bold flavors of coffee and vanilla dance harmoniously with the subtle hints of sweet bourbon.
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8.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8.5
Flavor 8.5
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
16 ounce can from Tavour. Jet black pour. Frothy tan head. Aromas of dark roasted malt, mocha and vanilla bean. First sip yields notes of bittersweet chocolate, warming alcohol in middle, vanilla and espresso. Rich and luxurious. Notes of bourbon and oak appear as the brew warms. This is a big, brash brew with tons of flavor and complexity.
Tried
from Can
from Tavour
on 23 Mar 2026
at 04:33
8.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 9
Texture 9
Overall 9
473ml can, 2024 rebrew "From the Archives" edition, canned 8th March 2024.
Pours pitch black with a thin dark brown head.
Aroma dominated by vanilla, plus chocolate, coffee, bourbon.
Taste is again dominated by sweet creamy vanilla, rich coffee and chocolate, bourbon, oak, and some pretty warming boozy notes, roasty bitterness.
Full bodied, quite thick for a BA stout, very smooth silky mouthfeel.
A little boozy, but seriously tasty stuff!
Pours pitch black with a thin dark brown head.
Aroma dominated by vanilla, plus chocolate, coffee, bourbon.
Taste is again dominated by sweet creamy vanilla, rich coffee and chocolate, bourbon, oak, and some pretty warming boozy notes, roasty bitterness.
Full bodied, quite thick for a BA stout, very smooth silky mouthfeel.
A little boozy, but seriously tasty stuff!
Tried
from Can
from Left Field Beer
on 03 Mar 2026
at 23:27
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Can 473ml @ gunnfryd. Pours black with a tan head. Aroma has notes of roasted malt, chocolate, vanilla, caramel and lactose. Taste is heavy sweet and light to medium bitter with a long warm, sweet, chocolate, vanilla, oak and coffee finish. Body is full, texture is oily, carbonation is soft.
Tried
on 28 Feb 2026
at 18:07
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Utseende: Sort.
Lukt: Kaffe, lakris, sjokolade.
Smak: Kaffe, lakris, sjokolade, vanilje, svak alco.
Skum/kullsyre: Dekkende skum.
Medium: Rating:8-8-8-8-8=8, Can@440ml, ABV@14.03%, Når@2025.05.16.
Hvor: Samling Bryne
Navn: Speedway Stout - Barrel-Aged Vanilla Shake
Stil: STOUT - PASTRY / FLAVOURED - IMPERIAL
Bryggeri: AleSmith Brewing Company
Lukt: Kaffe, lakris, sjokolade.
Smak: Kaffe, lakris, sjokolade, vanilje, svak alco.
Skum/kullsyre: Dekkende skum.
Medium: Rating:8-8-8-8-8=8, Can@440ml, ABV@14.03%, Når@2025.05.16.
Hvor: Samling Bryne
Navn: Speedway Stout - Barrel-Aged Vanilla Shake
Stil: STOUT - PASTRY / FLAVOURED - IMPERIAL
Bryggeri: AleSmith Brewing Company
Tried
from Can
on 16 Aug 2025
at 13:51
8.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8.5
Flavor 9
Texture 9
Overall 9
Pint can, another in a long line of imperial stouts from AleSmith that I usually enjoy. It is time to see about this one. Snifter catches the pour, black body of course with a descending head of tan foam. A considerable amount of coconut in the nose with some chocolate and grain. The taste, oh my, this is good. Vanilla in front of everything else, chocolate , some boozy bourbon, a bit of caramel, malt, coffee and marshmallows. Tasty as always, considerably sweet and rich, up there with their best.
Tried
from Can
on 31 Jul 2025
at 01:15
7.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7.5
Flavor 8
Texture 9
Overall 8
16 oz can, thank you Clarkvv on the share. Can dated May, 24. Aroma moderate vanilla with decent bourbon. Good amount of vanilla with soft barrel throughout the sip.Mild warming without any alcohol.
Tried
from Can
on 27 Jul 2025
at 17:19
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7.5
Texture 7
Overall 7.5
Canned 5/3/24, drunk 7/27/25.
Clear, I think. Dark. Medium-sized, tan head.
Noticeable bourbon in the nose is sweet and round and gains a fruitiness as it mixes with the tasteful vanilla. No alcohol, fairly malty, though does smell like it could be in the sweet side.
Rich, malty, quite barrel-forward and an absolute ton of vanilla, mixing with the fudgey malts to give a creamy marshmallow and vanilla shake impression. For a vanilla shake, it's well-done. But it is sweet, despite the bourbon. Maybe could use an additional six months to a year to dry out some more.
Clear, I think. Dark. Medium-sized, tan head.
Noticeable bourbon in the nose is sweet and round and gains a fruitiness as it mixes with the tasteful vanilla. No alcohol, fairly malty, though does smell like it could be in the sweet side.
Rich, malty, quite barrel-forward and an absolute ton of vanilla, mixing with the fudgey malts to give a creamy marshmallow and vanilla shake impression. For a vanilla shake, it's well-done. But it is sweet, despite the bourbon. Maybe could use an additional six months to a year to dry out some more.
Tried
from Can
from Tavour
on 27 Jul 2025
at 13:55
7.8/10
Bourbon vanilla cake batter.
Tried
from Can
on 27 Jul 2025
at 10:00
Can from Hopduvel. Cloudy black, small, foamy, beige head. Intense aroma of vanilla bean, cappuccino, chocolate sauce, bourbon, coffee cream, toasted almond, tonka, Irish coffee, crème brûlée. Taste has sweet milk chocolate, vanilla & cream, balanced by slightly bitter nuts, coffee bean & fondant; whiff of liquorice somehwere. Earthy hops in the finish, lots of coffee & cream with a hint of wood and warming bourbon alcohol. Full body, creamy texture, soft carbonation. Quite heavy and creamy, but all in all it's a collab that delivers!
Tried
on 16 Jul 2025
at 13:44
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
TCBW2025. Black colour, small brown head. Aroma is vanilla, alcohol, liquorice, chocolate and some mild roasted tones. Flavour is chocolate, some syrupy and mild liquorice tones with some nutty elements as well as vanilla, alcohol and some tasted tones to it. Alcohol also giving a warming feel and a slight burn on the gums.
Tried
from Draft
on 13 Jun 2025
at 19:55