AleSmith Speedway Stout

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

Esta la voy a recordar como la que me intrujo a este vicio de andar probando birrias.. Buenisima

#100. 25.4 oz bottle. Pours a thick black that is impossible to see through with a 2 cm tan foamy head that is slowly diminishing. Aroma is totally dominated by coffee with hints of malt and alcohol. Initial flavor is coffee heavy with a hint of chocolate that changes to a balance of previous flavors plus malts and a slight hop bite at the end. Ends moderately bitter, lasts, can feel the alcohol here. Tons of lacing, medium body, very light carbonation, and obvious alcohol hanging around. Drinkable, yes, best stout around, maybe, best I have tasted yet, absolutely.

Bottle. Poured opaque with a quickly dissipating coke colored head. A viscous lacing. Aroma is strong dark roasted malts, sweet dark chocolate hints. A very rich dry roast penetrating flavor with no hint of burn or char. Very dry finish. Great imperial stout.

Pours a deep black with a foamy brown head. Aroma is lots of dark roasted coffee and some dark chocolates. Flavor is mostly coffee up front, but then roasted malts, grains and chocolate sweetness come through. Seemed a little thin on the palate, at least against my expectations. Still, a great brew.

750ml bottle, 2007 vintage. Gorgeous cocoa foamy head. Huge aromas of coffee, mocha and chocolate. Intense coffee flavour with a wonderful creamy mouthfeel and palate. Nice complexity on this with several layers of flavours being evident. Coffee bitterness paired perfectly with the hop presence helped to lend a wonderful balance to the malt backbone. Hardly a hint of alcohol noticed considering the high level inside my glass. This is outstanding and probably my top imperial stout. Tasting this next to a Darklord, I can say that the DL has more viscosity and is more aggressive. assertive and in-your-face. Speedway is more complex and refined. You can actually taste the various layers of complexity. Coffee, specialty grains, creamy palate and mouthfeel. Just outstanding and so well done.

Thanks RSamayoa. Bottle: Sampled at a RateBeerians session in San Salvador. Starts with a delicate creamy Hershey’s Chocolate note, moves into coffee with a great smokey & malty undertone. Delicious.

750 mL bottle - thanks Jason! This one absolutely lives up to the hype. The pour is black with a dark tan head. The aroma is mostly coffee with undertones of roastiness and a little chocolate. The flavor is amazing. If it’s possible, I think that the addition of the coffee actually mellows the flavors that you get out of an impy stout of this strength. There’s a very pronounced coffee tone with a little less astringency than I’d expect. This one is big, but damn is it ever smooth... The mouthfeel is very creamy with a little bit more alcohol as it warms. This one just didn’t disappoint. Great beer. The best I’ve had in this style.

Bottle 20$ from capones, split with Brian K. Jet black impst with creamy white/tan head. Flavor and aromatics are coffee, chocolate, etoh, and very roasty. A good stout.