AleSmith Speedway Stout (Kopi Luwak)

Brewed by AleSmith Brewing Company
Style: Imperial Stout
San Diego, California USA

Serve in Snifter

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Pours black. Nose is huge coffee, roasty grains and sweet malts. Flavor is Fresh coffee, roasted barley, hints of smoke and ash. Damn fine coffee beer. Would expect no less.

UPDATED: MAR 15, 2011 pitch black pour with huge amounts of coffee on the nose and flavor. This was good, but I was just expecting a little bit more.

Thanks, Chris! Nose is super creamy with really nice coffee and a bit of vanilla. Chocolate and a bit of roast. Huge upgrade over regular Speedway.

On tap at Alesmith. Drank 4 variations of Speedway today. This was my favorite of the 4. Aroma is lots of roasted coffee, similar to espresso. Taste follows. Similar to regular speedway, but just dialed up a notch.

thick black, with a finger if dark milk chocolate head. Deep, heavy coffee on the nose. Same thick mouthfeel as normal speedway, with the classic dark roast and chocolate flavors. The difference is in the coffee tones. It’s a more distinct, standout coffee flavor than normal speedway, but not as intense coffee as the beer geek weasel. Still it’s fantastic

Black pour. Coffee nose. Amazing smooth. Has a mild booziness, very malty and finishes with coffe. Doesnt taste like poop at all.

2013 750 ml bottle (thanks for sharing, jpdurden24). Pours jet black with a thin, bubbly head and consistent lacing. Lovely aroma of chocolate, perfectly roasted coffee, licorice, and rhubarb with some sweetness throughout. Complex, layered flavor of baker’s chocolate, bitter coffee, a spicy nuttiness, rye, and cinnamon, with a solid malt backbone and an ever-present earthiness. Medium to heavy body with an abrupt nutty, bitter finish. I’ve wanted to try this for years, and the beer came damn close to meeting the hype.

thanks Mr CatSeal .. . deep brown .. mild headring .. . coffee, chocolate coffee grounds, espresso breath .. . mild mouth, medium finish .. . enjoyable brew for sure! .. . . i have a yellow car that cuts my nails

On tap. Woodshop 5.0 Dinner. Pitch black, chalky viscous texture with a thick, tall head of tan mousse. Huge coffee dominates the nose, but delivers a soft complexity immediately identifiable as a world class coffee. Soft and earthy, with notes of of dark chocolate, deep roast, and faint licorice. No detectable burned/boiled qualities, just a richness that promises that coffee bean oily-ness that can only come from a fine espresso. Restrained alcohol adds a pleasant spiciness. Spectacular coffee aroma, but overwhelms some of the hop and fruity malt subtleties present in the standard Speedway. Full bodied, moderately carbonated mouthfeel with a velvety texture lightened by the carbonation. The flavors are what the aroma suggests - big coffee complimented by some warming alcohol and the chewy body from the malt. A bit more hop flavor comes across in the flavor, contributing a pleasing herbal grapefruit complexity. Dark chocolate and licorice, but mostly coffee. While the coffee flavor in and of itself is outstanding, I find it tends to make the beer rather one-dimensional. I’d love to find out if the coffee would be equally impressive if kept at a similar level to regular Speedway, thereby allowing some of the mid-malt fruity subtleties to be more apparent. Regardless, this beer delivers what it promises - an impressive, over the top coffee flavor integrated into a wonderful imperial stout.

25.4 oz bottle. Dark brown with a tan head. Nose is chocolate, prune, molasses and coffee. Thick with a tang and some heat. Taste is dark chocolate, dark roast and burnt sugar. Develops more depth with espresso, fudge brownie and toasted coconut. A little bit too much coffee now.