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AleSmith Speedway Stout

AleSmith Speedway Stout - Imperial Stout

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100
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Brewed by AleSmith Brewing Company
Style: Imperial Stout

San Diego, California USA

bottled
common

on tap
common

Broad Distribution
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 Ratings  Average  Score  ABV  Style Pctl  Serve in 
12154.34/5.04.33/5.012%99.5Snifter
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Commercial Description:
Bottle conditioned.
Speedway Stout is a HUGE Imperial Stout, with pounds and pounds of coffee added during conditioning for a little extra kick! This is a limited-edition Formula and it'll definitely get you racing! It is available in 750 ml. champagne bottles. Appearance: Jet Black, with a toast-brown head. Flavor: Starts with a strong coffee and dark chocolate sensation, then fades to a multitude of toasty, roasty and caramelly flavors. Finishes with a nice fullness but dry enough not to be cloying. Aroma: COFFEE! And some other stuff. And coffee. Mouthfeel (body/texture): Velvety smooth texture. Clean and crisp, full-bodied. Warmth from the high alcohol content lightens up the feel a bit. Still, you won't fool your taste buds -- this beer is HUGE!
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 aplusbreaks (330), , Colorado, USA
4.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/105/59/105/518/20
Dec 29, 2008  
750 ml thanks to sparky27. Pours an impenetrable black with a big mocha head. Great lacing and head retention. Aromas of coffee, smells like a used up pile of coffee grounds and I like it. Other aromas of molasses, caramel, roasted malts and booze. Flavors of coffee, chocolate, roasted malts, and a slight alcohol tingle. Palate is thick, rich, and velvety. Damn Fine beer here, this one lives up to the hype. Thanks again Eric!


 agl108 (503), Manayunk, Pennsylvania, USA
4.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/103/58/105/517/20
Dec 28, 2008    Updated: Jan 1, 2009
750 mL bottle courtesy of lamas. Poured jet black with scant head. Grossly undercarbonated. Very complex with chocolate, molasses, roasted malt, and tons of coffee. Smooth drinking with a bitter finish, but WAY too easy to drink. Just a slight amount of alcohol noticeable, wow is this really 12%?


 JaBier (1130), Capital City, Ohio, USA
4.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
9/105/59/105/518/20
Dec 27, 2008  
750mL bottle. Pours black with a medium tan head. Malty and sweet aroma with a hint of hop and coffee. Sweet malty flavor up front, followed by chocolate and a touch of alcohol. Bitter coffee finish. Still one of my absolute favorites.


 DalzAle (476), Eden Prairie, Minnesota, USA
4.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
9/104/59/104/517/20
Dec 25, 2008  
Bottle received via trade with StFun. Pour was pitch black and left a brown cookie colored head. Aroma was coffee, toasty malts and chocolate. Flavor was heaven to a coffee drinker like me. Flavors of bittersweet espresso, and tones of chocolate and vanilla. Definitely enjoyable and worth trading for!


 KimJohansen (6676), Copenhagen V, Denmark
4.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
9/104/59/105/519/20
Dec 24, 2008  
Black with medium deep beige head. Sweet and very vinious aroma with roasted malt, dark bitter chocolate and coffee notes. Sweet flavour with plenty of roasted malt, dark chocolate, coffee and port notes. Very vinious and well balanced. Excellent!


t4h2c0 (80), seattle, Washington, USA
3.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/105/57/103/516/20
Dec 23, 2008  
Dark black and very smooth, velvety tasting on the palate but almost light tasting. I would have never guessed this beer was 12% by drinking it blind. Strong coffee flavor and aroma but still well balanced and smooth. Almost tastes like a coffee dry stout. Probably one of the more overhyped beers I have tried. I was seriously disappointed when I first tried this out of the bottle. Bad Bottle? I doubt it, imperial stouts dont go bad. Now I need the barrel aged version, seriously.


 fata2683 (837), Panama City, Florida, USA
4.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
9/105/58/105/518/20
Dec 23, 2008  
250th rating. Bottle, pours thick black with a medium/thin dark beige head. Strong coffe with chocolate and taosted malt aromas. Flavors are powerful. Strong bitter coffee with bakers chocolate and bitter hops. The mouth is full of a faint carbonation and a creamy feel. The finish is light with an alcohol burn and coffee in the finish. It stays with you for a good minute. Awesome.


 nickd717 (1276), Palo Alto, California, USA
4.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
9/105/510/105/518/20
Dec 19, 2008    Updated: Nov 6, 2009
2008 bottle. Wow, at the time this was the best beer I had ever tasted. That lasted for about 1 minute until I took my first sip of Dark Lord (side-by-side tasting). Absolutely phenomenal beer. They do not get much better than this. Viscous and black with a small brown head. Aroma is coffee and roasted malt, some hops. Flavor is INTENSE coffee, bitter chocolate, roasted malt, and well-balanced hop bitterness. Full mouthfeel, not quite as full as Dark Lord, but full in comparison to your average RIS. Drinkable for what it is, almost sickeningly so.



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