AleSmith Speedway Stout

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

2006 *did not like would not buy* aroma: rasins and figs and dark fruits. sweet dark malts. no smoke no bitter. app: black Flavor: sour metalic stale garbage. to many hops. hot booze, out of balance. not for me. IS IT THE GREEN BOTTLE?? 2 years of age in a bottle made for swill?? come on. sweet almost avery sugar spiked fake booze. NO! Palate: thin. OA: what a let down.

750ml bottle. Pours a dark heavy black with a light brown head. Aroma of coffee and some chocolate. Flavor of coffee and chocolate. Some alcohol noted as it is a 12% abv brew. Very rich tasting and smooth overall. May be the best stout I have tasted. Highly recommended if you have not had this one before. Good job Alesmith.

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.