Speedway Stout - Vietnamese Coffee
AleSmith Brewing Company

Speedway Stout - Vietnamese CoffeeSpeedway Stout - Vietnamese Coffee
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From:
AleSmith Brewing Company
 
California, United States
Style:
American Imperial Stout
Ranked #67
ABV:
12%
Score:
99
Ranked #177
Avg:
4.5 | pDev: 6.67%
Reviews:
200
Ratings:
2,011
Status:
Active
Rated:
Feb 02, 2024
Added:
Nov 13, 2011
Wants:
  530
Gots:
  294
This Vietnamese coffee version of Speedway Stout is and continues to be AleSmith's most popular variation of the ever-growing Speedway Stout collection. Since 2012 we have been adding this blend of four Vietnamese coffees, known in Vietnam as cà phê sa đá, to our popular imperial stout. The coffee beans were slowly roasted at low temperatures and then brewed by AleSmith with a traditional phin-style filter that gently percolates water through the ground coffee. The result is an intensely aromatic and bold tasting coffee that complements the notes of chocolate and roast in this massive stout.
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Ratings by DavoleBomb:
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Reviewed by DavoleBomb from Pennsylvania

4.57/5  rDev +1.6%
look: 4.5 | smell: 5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.5
Poured into a snifter from a 32 oz. growler. Huge thanks to anotherjoe for this.

4.5 A: Black color. Two fingers of mainly cream, minorly frothy tan head. Retention is pretty good given the ABV and plenty of lacing is left, which is impressive given the coffee.

5.0 S: This smells amazing. I can't really remember what the regular Speedway smells like at the moment, but I'm just going to say that this is different and better. The coffee is sweeter and more chocolatety. Supple roast, caramel, light molasses, chocolate, sweet neutral maltiness. Big pithy coconut, vanilla, and a lactose-like creaminess.

4.5 T: Tastes mainly like the nose, but isn't quite as powerful and impressive. Chocolate, roastiness, neutral maltiness, caramel, molasses, coconut, lactose, coconut, vanilla. Coffee is tangy, super smooth, chocolatety, and wonderfully roasty. Quite tasty.

4.0 M: Heavier medium body. Good moderate carbonation. Super smooth and goes down incredibly easy. My only complaint is that it's not quite creamy enough. Still good here though.

4.5 D: Definitely a winner. I love the original Speedway, but wasn't impressed with the barrel aged version, but now I'm all about trying variants of this again.
Dec 25, 2012
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Speedway Stout - Vietnamese Coffee from AleSmith Brewing Company
Beer rating: 99 out of 100 with 2011 ratings