AleSmith Speedway Stout - Vietnamese Coffee
Speedway Stout brewed with Vietnamese Coffee and no Lactose
4.2
596 reviews
San Diego, United States
Community reviews
On tap @ Ghetto Something. Aroma of caramel, coffee, chocolate, nuts and some alcohol. Pours almost black color with thin creamy light brown head and fair lacing. Tastes of sweet and rich roasted malt and coffee, chocolate, vanilla, hazelnuts and licorice, mouthfeel is smooth and warm with well hidden ABV. Full body, thick texture and average carbonation in palate. Good morning Vietnam...
On tap at brewery. Pours bownish black. Vanilla, creamy nutty coffee aroma. Creamy body, sweet vanilla, big coffee and malts. Massive awesome beer. Again I prefer the og, but this is great.
(Keg at Panema Kallio, 20190312) The beer poured black. Its head was medium sized lightly brown. Aroma had burnt malts, dark chocolate and coffee with cream. Palate was full bodied with medium carbonation. Flavours were burnt malts, coffee with cream, sweetness, dark chocolate and bitterness. Aftertaste was sweet, burnt and bitter. A delicious burnt brew with sweetness, and coffee and dark chocolate notes.
On tap at AleSmith. Insanely aromatic - packs a coffee punch. Light bodied but full of flavor. Very intense coffee finish. Great.
Tap@O'Connel's, Tampere, Finland. Great implementation with great base. Nothing too distinctive though. 7 4 8 4 16
Fat på Babajan i Stockholm. Luktar choklad, kaffe, rompralin, karamell, kola, russin i en perfekt harmoni. Smakar massvis med choklad med vanilj och kola... en perfekt dessertöl som är ren njutning
Sampled at Zio Pig Bar, Gijon, Spain. Black with beige head. Chocolatey, syrupy, fresh coffee. Full bodied, low carbonation. Semi sweet, medium bitterness.
On tap at Fakin Craft bar, Zagreb. Shared with Vlatkica! Dark brown to black, small beige head. Coffee, roasty, prunes, alcohol, very nice old fashioned imperial. Dark chocolate syrup. Coffee, molasses, chocolate. Thick, sweet, full, nice finish, good balance. A classic.
On tap at Fakin Zagreb. Pitch black coloured, small to medium sized brown head, coffee and chocolate in the nose with whiff of alcohol. Roasted malt, dark chocolate mousse cake, light coffee and touch of alcohol with again chocolate in the finish. Well done.
Draft at HOTB. Smooth cocoa and coffee, mint chocolate notes. Medium heavy body. Roast malt with some warming alcohol. Good stuff.
Pours a deep dark red wit a dark tan head. Aroma of coffee. Taste is dark roasted coffee creamy seeet with an earthy hop note
Tap at Fakin. Pitch black and a tiny tan head. Lovely, creamy milk chocolate going towards caramel, with coffee clear underneath. Chocolate pudding-like. Very little to no alcohol. Classy! Excellent creamy milk choco-coffee notes in the taste, very drinkable for 12%. Chocolate milk made beer. Not as coffee-like as I expected, but I don't mind, this is definitely cool. Ends dry which keeps it drinkable. So clean! This is excellent by all means!
Smells of chocolate, coffee and milk. Pitch black pour. Taste is Vietnamese coffee, condensed milk, chocolate, malty, and alcohol finish.
On tap at Cardinal Pub & Bar, Stavanger. Pitch black colour, moderate tan head. Aroma of roast malts, coffee, exotic woodwork and dark chocolate. Sweet flavour with distinct notes of coffee, vanilla and dark chocolate.
0,5 litre Can from Alesmith, San Diego, Ca. Black with brown head. Roasted malts, coffee, Chocolate, some sweetn
Tap at Luppolo Station in Rome. Black color with a tan foam. Nose: green coffee, hidden signs of oxidation, sweet cocoa. Mouth: does not go anywhere, it talks to a good beer which got lost along the way, bummer.
On tap @Luppolo Station (Rome). Nera, densa, impenetrabile, schiuma color cappuccino, discretamente persistente. Al naso note di caffè, cacao, cioccolato fondente, liquirizia, leggero etilico. In bocca è equilibrata e rotonda, attacco dolce, cioccolatoso, con finale caffettoso amaro. Corpo pieno, carbonazione media. Gran bella birra, ma non all'altezza della sua fama.
Thin head, poor carbonation.Deep intense coffee nose and palate, diacetyl notes, quite sweet
Dark brown. Sweeter than regular speedway, with less chocolate and less roast. Balanced, but pleasant sweetness - less than your average pastry stout, for example. Rich chocolate taste.
10/18 absurdalna tez slodyczy ale godna sprawa.Nie czuc zbytnio kawy
On tap at Lajbah, Ljubljana. Pours pitch black, topped with medium sized beige creamy head. Ok lasting. Medium strong roasted coffee with some chocolate and dark cocoa later on. Creamy body. Medium roastiness in the taste, some bitterness. Very roasted coffee-like finish. Dark chocolate. Some alcohol warmth, just a hint of burn perhaps. Pretty easily drinkable for what it packs inside.
Aroma: chocolate, noble alc., delicate smooth and velvet coffee. Taste: nice balanced, coffee, semi bitter, carbonation at low lvl. Quite nice head.
Tap (Craftova, Wrocław). Czarne z mala, beżową pianą. Aromat slodki z nutami czekolady, kawy i likieru. W smaku likerowa słodycz skontrowana wytrawna kawą. Pełne w odbiorze, ułożone, zbalansowe, zdecydowanie do długiej degustacji.
Tap (Craftova, Wrocław) Bardzo ładnie wygląda - czarne z ładną pianą, która niestety szybko opadła. W aromacie słodycz kontrowana przez kawę. W smaku podobnie jak w aromacie. Alkohol dobrze ukryty. Sztos
Draft. Black beer with a brown head. Coffee aroma. Coffee and roast flavor with chocolate and light marshmallow. Medium-plus bodied. Coffee and roast linger with chocolate and light caramel.
Barwa czarna, piana mała.
Aromat kawa, czekolada, pumpernikiel, lekka żywica.
W smaku mnóstwo kawy, zbożowość, czekolada, wiśnie w czekoladzie.
Pifko lekkie w odbiorze, alko ukryte, trochę mało ciała.
Fajne pifko.
Keg at BBB cons 2018-10-11 Göteborg
AR: bourbon vanilla, rich coffee, nougat
AP: dark brown, dark brown wee lid
F: rich carbonated, coffe, bourbon vanilla, nougat, dry, wee home brewed alcoholic
Draught @ Cooper's Craft & Kitchen. Opaque dark brown with small foamy tan head, coffee aroma, low carbonation, a bit tart, medium bitter coffree beans taste with molasses/rum flavor, smooth thickish body, long rich finish. Very well covered alcohol content; very fulfilling.
27 September 2018. Birthday Antwerp Pub Crawl - cheers to Anke! At Gollem.
Pours cloudy black with a lasting, thin, frothy, dark beige head; little lacing. Intense & very complex aroma of vanilla, soy sauce, blackcurrant, lemon even, milk chocolate, coffee & cream, kahlua, hazelnut, dates, coffee beans, apple cake with cinnamon. Medium to heavy malty sweet onset, quite chocolatey, never cloying, lots of umami notes of soy & stew to balance it out, a bit nutty; light to medium roasted bitter in the middle, hints of coffee & fondant; retronasal, sourish accents of lemon & raisin. Dry, toasty, peppery hoppy finish, lingering coffee, cream & raisin, warming whisky alcohol. Full body, creamy, not perfectly oily texture, soft carbonation. Very deep in aroma & flavour, massively tasty... one of the best!
(on tap)
Aroma: vanilla with strongly roasted coffee.
Taste: sweet, flavour of vanilla, sweet chocolate, coffee and roasted malt.
Palate: full body, low carbonation.
Overall: Nice smooth vanilla-driven brew.