Speedway Stout - Salted Caramel Brownie Edition
AleSmith Brewing Company

 

A - Opaque black body with deep brown highlights, light tan head with a thin cap. Thin line lacing.

S - Strong nose of vanilla and chocolate, a bit of cinnamon spice, and boozy alcohol notes.

T - Solid full brew, lush chocolate and vanilla runs through, coffee comes in through the middle, and a dry, clean finish.

M - Moderate weight, mild carbonation, clean finish.

O - Very solid brew, quite tasty dessert notes but clean and direct.

 

 

Served in a snifter glass from the can.

Appearance: dark colored body with a dark tan head which did have a high rise upon initial pour.

Smell: caramel aroma right from the beginning. Dissipates quickly but seriously very addicting smell.

Taste: Sweet Brownies with chocolate syrup and hints of coffee bean and pounds of caramel. Pastry stout almost at its finest.

Mouth: Medium carbonation with an ultra sticky body which overpowers almost anything you could pair it with.

Overall: I had this brew god knows many times and totally forgot to review it, it's the originally speedway stout with a dessert remix. Worth grabbing if you love sweet stouts or anything with robust flavor.

2023-12-31
16oz can served in a pair of WABL sample glasses. Can is dated 1/11/23.

Pours thick, not quite black, opaque, with a reasonable (small) head for the style, and surprisingly good retention. Smell is dessert. Sweet, chocolate syrup, caramel, maybe a hint of roast, a little boozy.

Taste is thankfully not nearly as cloying as I feared from the aroma. There's definite caramel sweetness, but the chocolate is more bitter and dark, and their is more coffee. Booziness comes in a bit on the back end. Kind of interesting that I can't decide whether it's dominated by the roasty bitter or the caramel sweet, they're both so strong but they're in a stalemate.

Mouthfeel is fairly thick, as I would expect. Overall, there's nothing subtle about this, but it's well made and sort of a miraculously balanced contest of extremes.

De Beerepublic.eu. En copa Teku. Viendo Daredevil 2x06-08. Presenta un perfil acaramelado agradable pero que parece acentuar su sensacion alcoholica y tapar las notas a delicioso café que uno espera, con lo que el resultado final queda bastante por debajo de la version base

makes me want to try a salted caramel variation next time i whip up a pan of brownies.
so there's that. ;-)

Solid head production and retention, especially given the high ABV.

Aroma hits all the notes you'd expect, with tons of coffee, chocolate, vanilla, caramel, and cola.

Quite salty on the palate; that's actually the initial impression I get. The rest of the flavor profile is a bit thin, especially considering the advertising and decadent ingredients. The emphasis is on salt, bitterness, and roast; the chocolate and vanilla add very little sweetness.

Is it good? Well, yeah; it's still a very good beer. Is it what it advertised itself to be? Not in my opinion. It's also far too salty. Salted caramel (or even salted chocolate, for that matter) should have salt that accents and elevates the caramel, but here, it takes away.

 

Strong coffee and chocolate notes from this one. 16oz pours out dark and thick with a large mocha-colored head. The coffee leans into some vanilla-like sweetness but does take a turn down an earthy and acrid profile that isn't my favorite. Salinity is apparent at times as well. I am now of the opinion that the original is better than these flavored, canned offerings I've been finding, though certainly the BA versions are excellent.

 

L- black.....1/4 inch mocha head.....thick lacing

S-Chocolate, molasses, caramel, anise, dark coffee,

T- Chocolate fudge brownie, caramel, coffee, anise.............the salt arrives in the finish followed by some dark coffee and dark chocolate

F- Feels thicker than it looks during the pour.....creamy and slick...,carb is low but there is some prickliness......

O- Very good....happy I bought it and would again

 

Emptying the contents of a pint can into a clear glass liter mug produces plenty of tan colored foam. That's OK, this is a stout, not an IPA. Beneath it rests a just not quite black coffee brown liquid. Of course, it's opaque. In the aroma are traces of caramel, chocolate, coffee, malt and even a little salt. How did they get all that into the smell? It's all there for the taste, too, including some hoppy, black coffee and alcohol bite. There may be some caramel-chocolate sweetness here, especially up front, but the counterbalance from the almost harshly biting finish more than compensates. The body may not be as thick and smooth as a gooey brownie, but it's pretty good. There's no glass lacing, par for this style. Overall, this is another flavored Speedway Stout that works. Maybe it's the high ABV, or the roasted malt, or the ABV, or the roasted coffee, or the salt, but something makes the finish a little less smooth an exit than would be ideal. Still, one more in a good series from a great brewery.