Speedway Stout - Beer Geek Speedway - Kopi Luwak Coffee
AleSmith Brewing Company

Speedway Stout - Beer Geek Speedway - Kopi Luwak CoffeeSpeedway Stout - Beer Geek Speedway - Kopi Luwak Coffee
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From:
AleSmith Brewing Company
 
California, United States
Style:
American Imperial Stout
ABV:
12%
Score:
95
Avg:
4.28 | pDev: 6.54%
Reviews:
24
Ratings:
247
Status:
Retired
Rated:
Apr 25, 2020
Added:
Jan 19, 2015
Wants:
  69
Gots:
  81
This beer is the culmination of the efforts of two world-class brewers to create the most vitalizing coffee stout in the world. AleSmith and good friend Mikkeller join forces, blending the legendary Speedway Stout and Beer Geek Brunch Weasel together into one massive imperial oatmeal stout with enough coffee and oats to substitute for your weekend brunch.
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Ratings by Duff27:
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Rated by Duff27 from Illinois

4.34/5  rDev +1.4%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.25

Feb 07, 2015
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Reviewed by Harrison8 from Missouri

4.54/5  rDev +6.1%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.75
One of my major wants, being reviewed and enjoyed for my 2200th review on Beer Advocate. As always, I'll do my best to be impartial.

Pours black with a finger and a half of caramel-colored foam. Head formation is impressive out of a 5-year-old bottle. Head retention is good, leaving a lasting ring of foam around the top of the beer for a long while. Aroma is nutty, toffee, caramel and roasty qualities up front that mingle with coffee. Coffee is fading, but still present. Coffee carries a heavy roasty quality. Just beyond the initial smatterboard of flavors is roasty and toasty malts that come through in a big way, with a little nutty, earthy malt behind. That roastiness in the coffee and underlying stout hit with a little extra bitterness. Flavor profile is, well, exactly what would be expected after consuming Mikkeller's Beer Geek Breakfast and Alesmith's Speedway for years. It's coffee forward, although not coffee centric, using the coffee to elevate the flavor profile and not drive the flavor profile. Of course, this could vary based on the age of this stout. Coffee is roasty, mingling with notes of nutty, earthy, roasty and toasty malts. Caramel, dark chocolate and molasses add a little sweetness, just enough to take the edge off the bitter bite out of the roasty qualities. Alcohol is mute in this conversation, blending into the mix well. Mouth feel is creamy and decadent while being carried by a medium-thick to thick consistency. More thick as it warms. Consistency is such that makes it dangerously slippery considering the ABV content, while still providing a little presence. Overall, this stout brings to light both Mikkeller's and Alesmith's strengths in blending stouts with coffee, while retaining a sip-able balance.

Served in a 15.5oz Speigalau tulip from a 750mL bottle.
Apr 25, 2020
 
Rated: 4.53 by grapeshops from California

Apr 18, 2018
 
Rated: 4.25 by Jamison85 from Indiana

Feb 05, 2018
 
Rated: 4 by Hayley_86 from Netherlands

Jan 15, 2018
 
Rated: 4.33 by madelf66 from Pennsylvania

Oct 23, 2017
 
Rated: 4.25 by jschott75 from Illinois

Oct 03, 2017
 
Rated: 4.25 by PA-Michigander from Pennsylvania

Jul 23, 2017
 
Rated: 4.17 by kidzord from Illinois

May 20, 2017
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Rated by Huhzubendah from District of Columbia

4.16/5  rDev -2.8%
look: 4 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
Bottle shared by Matthew. Thank you! Really dry finish. Chalky, lots of oatmeal character.
Apr 29, 2017
 
Rated: 4.27 by kylehay2004 from Illinois

Mar 25, 2017
 
Rated: 4.06 by trevorpost from Pennsylvania

Dec 29, 2016
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Reviewed by alpineclimber from Canada (AB)

4.35/5  rDev +1.6%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
Received this one in a trade.

A pour produces a deep impenetrable black brew with a thick foamy tan head. I never tire of the light stealing black brew in the chalice that sits before me.

An amazing nose of coffee and imperial stout. The coffee is powerful in this one and takes over.

The taste comprises of liquorice, dark chocolate, cold coffee and a beautiful velvety stout. Perfect!

Great thick mouthfeel. Overall awesome beer! One of the better coffee infused imperial stouts that I have had in a while.
Jul 16, 2016
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Reviewed by brentk56 from North Carolina

4.39/5  rDev +2.6%
look: 4.75 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.75 | overall: 4.25
Appearance: Quite an impressive pour which I will ascribe to the Mikkeller influence (rightly or wrongly); the pitch black liquid is capped by a massive quantity of beige foam; stickage is excellent and plenty of lacing completes the picture

Smell: Very roasty and has that fruity quality I associate with espresso; chocolate, coffee and an oatmeal raisin cookie aspect

Taste: Roast, chocolate and bitter, roasty coffee forward, with the roasted aspect building; underneath, if you can sneak a peak underneath all the roast, is the brown sugar and oatmeal raisin cookie; the roasted coffee bean aspect returns, after the swallow, and dominates the finish

Mouthfeel: Full bodied but, at the same time, has that delicate Belgian character; moderate carbonation

Overall: I like my coffee flavors more delicate and am very sensitive to over-roasted coffee beans; there is a lot to like here but the roast is a bit much

Thanks, mabermud, for the opportunity
Jun 25, 2016
 
Rated: 4.1 by ericat78 from Texas

May 21, 2016
 
Rated: 4.06 by 4thFloyd from Indiana

May 04, 2016
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Reviewed by NilocRellim from Minnesota

4.34/5  rDev +1.4%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 4.5
Pours a very dark brown, almost black. Smells of sticky fruits, treacle and dark chocolate. Tastes bitter, syrupy, VERY sweet, dense, raisin, sticky fruits, little to no carbonation, coffee-bitterness. Intense and flavourful beer.
May 01, 2016
 
Rated: 4.29 by wellsnb from Ohio

Apr 28, 2016
 
Rated: 4.5 by tmbgnicu from Pennsylvania

Apr 16, 2016
 
Rated: 3.94 by Ryannotbryan from Texas

Apr 04, 2016
Speedway Stout - Beer Geek Speedway - Kopi Luwak Coffee from AleSmith Brewing Company
Beer rating: 95 out of 100 with 247 ratings