AleSmith Speedway Stout

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

Serve in Snifter

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Bottle. [ Courtesy of drewbeerme ] The night Nicki did win his second worldchampionship in speedway ;o)). Dark black color with a average to large, creamy, excellent lacing, fully lasting, light brown head. Aroma is moderate to heavy malty, caramel, dark chocolate, strong coffee, vanilla, licorice, alcohol. Initial flavor is moderate to heavy sweet and bitter, middel flavor is moderate to heavy sweet and bitter, finish flavor is moderate sweet and moderate to heavy bitter with a long duration. ( Coffee and chocolaste bitter ). Body is medium to full, texture is creamy, carbonation is soft, finish feel is light alcoholic. ;o) (220907)

There is a lot of alcohol in the aroma of this beer, but also coffee and prunes. The color is pitch black and it has a fine disappearing head. The flavor is lovely; coffee bitterness and hops on a sour background. It ends on a very dry hoppy note. Really a good beer.

UPDATED: SEP 8, 2007 (Bottle 75 cl) Courtesy of Storm. Pours completely opaque black - almost tar like - with a tiny, light brown head. Vinous, malty lightly raisiny nose. Extremely full-bodied and a chewy malt character with tons and tons of roasted malt and a burned edge. Extreme alcohol. Certainly a huge and complex beer, but frankly I find it a bit too much. It’s quite an effort to chew your way through this. 150306 and 070907

UPDATED: NOV 14, 2009 RBSG07. From 22 oz bottle. Pours pitch black with little brown rim. Aroma is chocolate, roasted malt and liqourice. Flavour is liqourice and chocolate. Hints of coffee as well. Raisin sweet notes too. Finish is liqourice spiced and sweet.8-5-8-4-16 4.1

Blind tasting at sk8vikings porter / stout tasting, beer no 5. Pours dark black with finer thick creamy brown head. Liqourice and chocolate aroma. Thick mouthfeel. Thick roasted malt, chocolate and liqourice flavour, quite alcohol heavy. Chocolate finish, slight coffee. Very nice, but lacks a bit of refinement. 7-4-8-4-15 3.8

Extremely black, intransparent, rich creamy brown head. Big aroma of licorice and coffee. Full bodied is a vast understatement. Sweet, roasty and really salty, thick mouthfeel, some molasses. Finishes bitter and salty. Probably would gain from spending some time in the cellar, but who can wait? Thanks Gusler!

Bottled. Thick black colour with mediumsized brown head. Aroma is sweet malts, coffee, chocolate, licirice, alcohol and some sour smoked wood. Also a bit vanilla as it warms up. Flavour is very much the same kicking you in the face while drinking. A very nicely balanced big ABV Imperial stout, which still manages to be both powerful yet so smooth and nice.

Bottle. Black coloured with a beige head. Roasted aroma of chocolate, vanilla and wood. Roasted flavour of chocolate, vanilla, wood and coffee.

Bottle. Strong, peppery liquorice aroma. Very black colour. Small brown head. Coffee aftertaste.

UPDATED: JAN 17, 2009
Date: November 16, 2002
Mode: Bottle
Source: Tasting
Appearance: black, frothy tan head
Aroma: dry roasted malt aroma
Flavor: rich malt flavor, good dose of bitterness, hint of alcohol, lots of coffee character that becomes the overwhelming flavor profile
Overall: (brewed with Ryan Bros coffee beans)

Date: November 25, 2004
Appearance: solid black with no edges
Aroma: sweet liquorish aroma
Flavor: huge roasted and coffee flavor
Overall: easy drinking for an evening of entertainment

Date: December 01, 2005
Mode: draft
Source: brewery
Aroma: big roasted coffee aroma
Flavor: huge rich chocolate and roasted malt flavor, lots of coffee, lots of roasted bitterness

Date: February 25, 2006
Source: blind coffee stout tasting
Appearance: black, scant head
Aroma: sweet chocolate aroma
Flavor: huge sweet malt flavor, alcoholic, licorish, lots of chocolate, hint of roasted, lactose sweetness

Date: November 29, 2006
Mode: nitro
Source: Naja’s
Aroma: standard aroma
Body: very cream body
Flavor: roasted and coffee flavor comes through strong, chocolate shows up late
Overall: nitro does not make much of a difference

Date: January 01, 2009
Mode: bottle
Source: cellar stock
Aroma: roasted and coffee aroma, touch of dark chocolate
Body: rich and creamy body
Flavor: lots of roasted flavor, strong coffee character, lots of dark chocolate, nice caramel sweetness comes in to take the bitter edge off the coffee and bring out more of the chocolate character
Overall: becomes a rich and cre

Dark brown; poor head. The aroma is original: sweet, malt, roasted malt, caramel, sweet liquorice, fudge, very light phenol, dark chocolate. Very thick, the thickest!, oily, sweet, good malt, roasted malt, coffee, caramel, liquorice and a touch of Fernet Branca. So powerful!
Thanks a lot Philippe (Bov) for sharing this excellent beer.