AleSmith Barrel Aged Speedway Stout

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

Bottle shared by Dennis the Stone rep in the wee hours at BCTC late Saturday night when we had finished drinking for a while and were sitting around contemplating bed. Then this showed up and sleep was happily pushed back. Pours a deep dark black with a thin to medium tan head that falls off rather fast. Lightly boozy bourbon notes, huge coffee, and a touch of vanilla. Flavor is full of roast and coffee, along with some slightly oxidized plum tones. Finishes up with a nice roast fueled bitterness.

Bottle shared from iowaherkeye. Gingerbread, sweet cream and molasses aromas. Dark brown, sweet, chocolate, coffee, light alcohol burn, developing bitterness, some cheese and cherries, very weill balanced and drinkable. Quite good. Thanks Joey.

2006 vintage that may have lay a bit too long. Watery Bourbon flavor, not much of the original speedway goodness. Something lost in translation. Pour is flat (and I graded it on a curve anyway considering the barrel aging). Smell is a bit better with some chocolate sneaking around the bourbon. Flavor is where it falls apart. Palate is doable, but the overall impression isn’t helped by the fact that this was probably second only to the Westy 12 in my expectations.

2006 bottle #219/ 235. Pours black with a perfect tan ring. Bourbon, vanilla, cocoa dust and a hint of booze and light oxidation on the nose. Flavor starts off with heeps of bourbon, sweet oak, creamy vanilla and a slight boozy finish. I can’t believe it took me so long to open this, freakin amazing!

2003, bottle something out of 196, i think there were 2 releases thus 196 is the production from the more recent release. The nose on this was amazing, fresh brownies, burnt sugar, molassas, touch of dry coffee. Cold to very warm the profile changed which just added to the experience. This could last another 5 years. Looks like almost no carbonation, but when it hits the palate is sparkles. Super smooth and subtle. Booze hits you but later on... Finish is good, malty, but not super long. Amazing bottle of 6 yaer old beer. Amazing it was only $22

Bottle #79/235 from the 2006 batch. Rating #4000. Thanks to MaltOMeal for this one! Pours a black color with a small tan head. Has a roasted malty coffe and chocolate aroma with some hints of bourbon and vanilla and some oak hints. Strong roasted malty chocolate and coffee flavor with some hints of vanilla and dark fruit. Raosted malty dark chocolate and molasses finish with some woody vanilla hints in the aftertaste and also some bitterness in the aftertaste. Lovely!! Thanks agian Bill for this bottle.

2006 Bottle @ Anders37. Black with a dark brown head. Smooth, oily, lot of vanilla and toffee.

Bottle #191 of 477 form the 2007 batch..Shared by hophead22 thanks to Badlizard.. I’ve been waiting a long time to try this beer and finally when I get that chance I’ll be damned if the bottle isn’t soured..Pours balck with a mocha head. The beer looks kinda thin in appearance.. Smell is a little bourbon, some alcohol and a slight sourness. Flavor is tangy and sour, you probably wouldn’t know it was speedway if you weren’t told..Very thin.... F**K!!!!!