About
AleSmith is an American microbrewery that specializes in wide variety of handcrafted ales. AleSmith brewer was founded in 1995 by Skip Virgilio and Ted Newcomb in San Diego, California. AleSmith beers are known for their deep and complex quality of beers, high alcohol content and strong hoppy flavors. For this reason, AleSmith brewery has a wide appeal to microbrew and hoppy beers enthusiasts. Over the years, AleSmith brewery has won numerous medal awards from different national and international competitions. Currently, AleSmith brewing company is under the management of successful home brewer, Peter Zien. AleSmith brewery producers more than 15 types of beers nationally and internationally.
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Utseende: Sort.
Lukt: Kaffe, lakris.
Smak: Kaffe, lakris, svak alco.
Skum/kullsyre: Tynt skum.
Medium: Rating:8-8-8-8-8=8, Bottle@750ml, ABV@13.3%, Når@2026.08.08.
Hvor: Café Humlen
Navn: Speedway Stout - Caribbean Highlander
Stil: STOUT - PASTRY / FLAVOURED - IMPERIAL
Bryggeri: AleSmith Brewing Company
Lukt: Kaffe, lakris.
Smak: Kaffe, lakris, svak alco.
Skum/kullsyre: Tynt skum.
Medium: Rating:8-8-8-8-8=8, Bottle@750ml, ABV@13.3%, Når@2026.08.08.
Hvor: Café Humlen
Navn: Speedway Stout - Caribbean Highlander
Stil: STOUT - PASTRY / FLAVOURED - IMPERIAL
Bryggeri: AleSmith Brewing Company
Tried
from Bottle
at
Café Humlen
on 08 Aug 2026
at 20:16
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
0.473l can, shared with Sima & David. Aroma of cinnamon, roasted malt, spices and nuts. Pours dark brown color with thin soapy light brown head and fair lacing. Taste starts
with rich and sweet roasted malt, follows by cinnamon, vanilla and wood, mouthfeel is warm alcoholic, while finish is pretty bitter. Full body, oily texture and average carbonation in palate. Speedway spice…
with rich and sweet roasted malt, follows by cinnamon, vanilla and wood, mouthfeel is warm alcoholic, while finish is pretty bitter. Full body, oily texture and average carbonation in palate. Speedway spice…
Tried
from Can
from Beer Republic
on 07 Aug 2026
at 18:52
8.4/10
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Appearance 9
Aroma 8
Flavor 8.5
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Fantastic. Smooth and creamy, with notes of unsweetened chocolate, caramel, roast, coffee, and a touch of cascara, followed by a firm, lengthy bitterness and lingering roasted malt. My new platonic ideal of a nitro stout.
Tried
from Can
on 07 Aug 2026
at 00:21
7.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
4th August 2026
Can. Almost clear dark brown beer, small tan head. Fairly light palate for the style, a little dryness, decent fine minerally carbonation. Thin bodied dark malts, a thin but pleasing dark malt cream. Mild chocolate. Some milk chocolate where the modest vanilla intersects the dark malts. The cinnamon is quite a revelation, comes over as a fruity tea like flavour, very modest spice. Light smooth finish. Comes together very well into an Impy off the beaten track and, rather quaffable with it.
Can. Almost clear dark brown beer, small tan head. Fairly light palate for the style, a little dryness, decent fine minerally carbonation. Thin bodied dark malts, a thin but pleasing dark malt cream. Mild chocolate. Some milk chocolate where the modest vanilla intersects the dark malts. The cinnamon is quite a revelation, comes over as a fruity tea like flavour, very modest spice. Light smooth finish. Comes together very well into an Impy off the beaten track and, rather quaffable with it.
Tried
from Can
on 04 Aug 2026
at 22:30
9.5/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 9.5
Flavor 9.5
Texture 9
Overall 9.5
C: opaque dark brown
N: uber-chocolate, fudge, vanilla, vanilla pudding, cocoa
P: full bodied, heaps of chocolate, vanilla, vanilla pudding, super balanced overall. Although it has a big dose of vanilla, still a very straight forward imperial stout. Alcohol is present, but it's nice and warming. Superb. Well worth the 15€ I paid.
N: uber-chocolate, fudge, vanilla, vanilla pudding, cocoa
P: full bodied, heaps of chocolate, vanilla, vanilla pudding, super balanced overall. Although it has a big dose of vanilla, still a very straight forward imperial stout. Alcohol is present, but it's nice and warming. Superb. Well worth the 15€ I paid.
Tried
from Can
on 04 Aug 2026
at 19:05
9.6/10
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Appearance 9
Aroma 10
Flavor 9.5
Texture 10
Overall 9.5
Chestnut to mahogany colour, medium sized dense beige-ish head; aroma of raisins, prune, some dried cherry, cinnamon, clove, burnt sugary, rhum, oak barrel and slight cocoa notes; taste has the same notes as can be felt in the aroma; amazing beer! Thanks so much for sharing, Kapusil!
Tried
from Can
on 01 Aug 2026
at 15:57
9.4/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 9
Flavor 9
Texture 10
Overall 9.5
0.44l can. Clear mahogany body with a thin white head. Bold oak, raisins and orange zest notes in the aroma with some cinnamon, cloves and dates. Taste of orange zest, sugar cane, oak, cinnamon, caramel, cloves and raisins. Sweet beer with a some spices.
Tried
from Can
on 01 Aug 2026
at 15:47
8.5/10
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Appearance 9
Aroma 7
Flavor 9
Texture 10
Overall 8.5
Aus der Dose (canned 13.10.2025) im 2026-07 getrunken. Die Basisversion des Speedway Stout halte ich für eine der ausgewogensten IStout, die ich bisher im Glas hatte. Und hier in der Edition zeigt sich diese wunderbare Basis genauso. Nur das auch noch ein deutlicher Mokka- und dunkel Beeren-Anteil das Stout hier eine besondere Note verleihen. In der Nase zeigt der Mokka-Anteil eine feine typische grüne Paprika-Note, die aber nur fein im Hintergrund bleibt. Denn dazu gesellen sich leicht die Aromen der Dunklen Beeren, die dann am Gaumen umso deutlicher werden. Ein wunderbares Stout!
Tried
from Can
on 31 Jul 2026
at 20:39
7.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7.5
Texture 8
Overall 8
4 oz draft. Decent. Aroma is rye whiskey, coffee, chocolate.
Flavor is the same. Decent mouthfeel. Mild warming after the sip. Better than in a can. But in all seriousness, something changed with the base stout. Thinner texture. Just not what it used to be.
Flavor is the same. Decent mouthfeel. Mild warming after the sip. Better than in a can. But in all seriousness, something changed with the base stout. Thinner texture. Just not what it used to be.
Tried
from Draft
at
AleSmith Brewing Company
on 31 Jul 2026
at 05:31
7.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 9
Overall 8
8 oz draft. Deep copper appearance. Aroma‘s dominated by rum. Flavor follows with some raisins, prunes, mild sugar. Medium-ish body. It is alright.
Tried
from Draft
at
AleSmith Brewing Company
on 31 Jul 2026
at 05:26