Speedway Stout - Barrel-Aged Binny's Collaboration Edition
AleSmith Brewing Company

While I do want to thank Luscious_Malfoy for sending this it is not hitting me as a gem.
Beautiful on the pour. Deep, almost onyx colored. Slight khaki colored head forms and retreats. Low retention and lithe lacing.
Nose is boozy warm. Some deep barrel notes chime in but overall it's hot.
Flavor is also hot upfront. Eventually some malt notes chime in but they gotta creep in under the barbers wire. Finally getting some cocoa and maybe some rye grain but mostly, heat version of sweet.
Mouthfeel is oily, a tad light in heft, and yes again, hot ABV.

 

Pours black and settles onyx black with a creamy tan head that lingers and provides a nice ring around the body of the beer. Gorgeous BA impy stout.

The nose is heavy on the oak and roasty coffee up front, with some vanilla and milk chocolate following, with some booze lingering in the beer nerd stratosphere.

The booze is decidedly more prominent on the taste, both up front and as a lingering heat at the back of the palate. The oak and roasty coffee provide balance and the vanilla and milk chocolate provide depth to this massive beer.

The mouthfeel is rich and edges towards creamy. This is exceptionally well executed, IMHO, but beware - it is a big boy at 16% ABV.

2025-05-25
16oz can served in a stemless BA rastal. @Luscious_Malfoy sent it in Stout/Barleywine BIF #2.

Pours black with a biggish head that settles into a thick fluffy layer, moderate to high active carbonation. Smell is huge chocolate and coffee, booze and rye spice come through a little bit, definite vanilla and caramel.

Taste is boozy, molasses and vanilla, some oak, chocolate and coffee takes more of a backseat. No, coffee's not taking a backseat, it's just moving to the aftertaste and dominating.

Mouthfeel is kind of thin, really, surprisingly so for 16%. Overall, very nice, heavy hitter.

Poured from a 16oz can into a SP BBT21 lightbulb snifter. Pours dark brown but gathers in the glass a shiny black with a little over a finger of mocha brown foam head that reduces down to leave a thin mocha brown colored foam cap atop the dark liquid. Fairly strong barrel presence on the nose. Bourbon spice, coffee and chocolate on the nose. Almost get a hint of cinnamon. Taste follows. Coffee and chocolate with a sharp barrel sting to the finish. Thick, full and creamy mouthfeel. Super solid rendition of BA Speedway!

 

This has everything going for it. Typical thick, oily looking pour, small head, good legs. Lotsa roasted coffee notes and booze. Taste buds detected the former, not the latter. The aromas certainly didn't do justice to the flavor. This tasted much better, solid flavor, muted aromas, I really liked this one. Side note: Binny's bourbon comes from Barton, for all of you bourbon aficionado's.

 

I actually rated the “regular” BA version lower than the consensus here (4.49 to 4.52). Maybe I underestimated that one. This one is really good. Lighter hues than expected for the style, light head and lacing. Dark malt, strong barrel presence, roasty and bold and boozy. I drank it after only about ten minutes in the fridge, so it’s probably not at the optimum serving temperature. Quite enjoyable.