AleSmith Speedway Stout

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

Serve in Snifter

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UPDATED: AUG 2, 2006 2003 Bottle: (9,4,8,5,17), sampled on 2/15/04: Pours with very little head, but with a thick oily black body. Aroma is still a rich complex mix of coffee, chocolate, and dark fruits. Body is slightly more bitter and dry than the 2002 version, with more coffee presence. Still has a great robust syrupy mouthfeel and good amount of sweetness. Still a world class imperial stout.

My 500th rating: (9,5,9,5,19) 2002 bottle, sampled on 4/9/2003: Pours a deep brown molasses with full dark tan head. Smells like walking into a Starbucks. Rich chocolate coffee nose. First sip is velvety sweet with a light touch of brown sugar and dark chocolate. Great complexity is buried in its viscosity. Medium bitterness and a roasted coffee finish round out one of the best imperial stouts I’ve had. This rivals dark lord and worldwide 18%. Masks its alcohol masterfully. I cannot wait until this year’s batch!

Aroma of coffee, chocolate, slight alcohol, pours dark with thick head that is persistent through out and tons of lace taste strong coffee, espresso, sweet alcoholic, chocolate some bitterness, lot’s going on with this one this is big in every way. full body, thick somewhat sticky dry with dry coffee finish at 12% this one grabs you and hangs on, great stout! find it and try it.

Shared by someone at the Monte’s Krown tasting yesterday. Pours a very deep black, solid, just a hint of red around the edges of the glass when held directly up against a lightbulb. 2 finger tan head. Notes off coffee, roast, chocolate milkshake in the nose. Taste is hoppy, coffee, chocolate. Very good.

Pours a dark black with a thinning brown head and aroma of coffee and espresso. Taste is sweet and strong, of roasted malt, coffee, liquorice, alcohol, and chocolate with a heavy mouthful throughout and a slight bitter finish. Strong, flavorful brew from AleSmith.

Pours black as night with a small mocha head. Appearance is stunning! Nose wafts of coffee and some chocolate malt. Taste is nothing but flavor, with strong coffee, espresso and slight licorice. Taste is also sweet with some bitterness that gives away. Finish is dry and sweet , a wonderful stout. Don’t leave home without one in your frig. Amazing Imperial Stout, Quaff Score 9 / 10

Shared 750 ml bottle @ Cosmic Comic Cafe. Pours black, no tinges, with a huge, thick, mocha-colored head. Gorgeous. Aroma is heavy with coffee and roasted malts. Some dark fruits and hints of salty liquorice. Taste is quite sweet with a lot of roasted malt, quite a bit of bitter, dark chocolate, lots of coffee. Aftertaste has dark fruits as well. Palate is surprisingly just medium, not much carbonation.

Poors dark nice brown head. Taste is of coffee, chocolate, caramel. The taste is not overbearing like some other coffee stouts. This is very drinkable and not bitter. It is smooth and does not have much of an after taste. The alchohol is present but not harsh at all. This is an amazing stout. Wish I could get this more readily in the midwest.

Pours black with nice amount of brownish head. Aroma is roasty, lots of coffee. full body, creamy, average carbonation. Really great beer.

Pours dark brown with a medium head. Aroma roasted malts, coffee, nuts. Strong full body with an oily texture. Not Bad.

750 ml bottle @ O’Connell’s, Tampere.
Pours a pitch black colour with a beige head. High viscosity. Looks beautiful. Strong aroma of roasted malts, strong dark chocolate, licorice and some tar with syrupy sweetness. Flavour is strong as well with notes of roasted coffee, roasted malts, dark chocolate, tar, raisins and plums. Full bodied, thick and smooth mouthfeel. Finishes warming, roasty, dry, vinous and mellow fruity finish. Some bitterness after a while. Truly a treat as this is so complex and packed with flavour. Top 10. I’m glad to have a bottle in my cellar.

75 cl bottle @ O’Connel’s, Tampere.
Originally rated on 20100721.
Pours pitch black color with medium-sized beige head. Aroma of dark roasted malts, dry dark chocolate notes, some dried fruit notes and mild peat and hints of vanilla. Flavour of tasted malts, very dry ashy chocolate and cocoa, mild dark dried fruit notes, mild coffee and some caramel and vanilla hints. Some mild liquorice notes present themselves as the nectar warms up a bit. Very dry chocolaty and mild creamy palate with a long, dry fruity and chocolaty finish. Excellent.
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