Alesmith Releases (2017)

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  1. ayearetee

    ayearetee Initiate (0) Nov 23, 2016 California

    If anyone missed out on the Double Speedway release, please feel free to PM me. One of my buddies decided he no longer wanted his bottles after all, so I have an extra set of 2 that I’ll give up to another fellow BA for cost. Will have to pick up in SoCal. Just doing you guys a favor :slight_smile:
     
    #421 ayearetee, Oct 24, 2017
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  2. dranthony2012

    dranthony2012 Zealot (698) Dec 12, 2013 California
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    Where in socal are you located?
     
    #422 dranthony2012, Oct 24, 2017
  3. Canihasupvote

    Canihasupvote Initiate (0) Aug 16, 2016 California

    Will gladly pick this up! DM'd.
     
    #423 Canihasupvote, Oct 24, 2017
  4. Mrwenzel

    Mrwenzel Aspirant (207) Jan 19, 2017 Wisconsin

    Just found out my 2 bottles of double barrel speedway stout are arriving next week. Do I pop a bottle open in the very near future or let it sit for a bit? Thanks, it will probably be shared with a few other BA beer.
     
    #424 Mrwenzel, Oct 28, 2017
  5. sponger

    sponger Initiate (0) Mar 30, 2011 California

    Let it sit and hope that it turns into either varient of bavss. Lol.
     
    #425 sponger, Oct 29, 2017
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  6. SDReaper

    SDReaper Pooh-Bah (2,174) Aug 15, 2013 California
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    #426 SDReaper, Oct 29, 2017
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  7. swanfungus

    swanfungus Maven (1,426) Dec 23, 2014 California
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    Had a great time visiting yesterday. Fun to try Butterfinger Speedway in the main tasting room, and Anvil & Stave had a killer list. Single Barrel Speedway 2017 was far and away my favorite of the bunch. I liked the slight candied fruit flavor imparted by the port barrels in DBSS, but will still probably sit on a bottle to see where it goes in 6-12 months.
     
    #427 swanfungus, Oct 29, 2017
  8. sponger

    sponger Initiate (0) Mar 30, 2011 California

    Those hawaiian speedways need to be drank up within a couple months. The adjuncts fall away to become regular speedway. So way to much money for reg speedway.
     
    #428 sponger, Oct 31, 2017
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  9. Hype_Train

    Hype_Train Zealot (677) Feb 8, 2017 California

    Yeah I remember my Hawaiian ones fell off quick. I'll be passing on this adjunct this time, nice try Alesmith.. I see what you did there. :expressionless:
     
    #429 Hype_Train, Oct 31, 2017
  10. Brent212

    Brent212 Pundit (914) Jan 13, 2014 California
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    if i drank it soon would it be worth it?
     
    #430 Brent212, Oct 31, 2017
  11. Rbarnes4381

    Rbarnes4381 Zealot (747) Oct 29, 2013 California
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    Does the barrel aged grand prix sell out? I noticed that the others don't normally sell out but couldn't find out about the barrel aged beers. I'd rather save my $2 in Eventbrite fees if possible.
     
    #431 Rbarnes4381, Oct 31, 2017
  12. SDReaper

    SDReaper Pooh-Bah (2,174) Aug 15, 2013 California
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    I believe it sold out for the friday session last year...but wednesday and thursday had tickets available at the door, at least earlier in the day while I was there. So there is that. I recommend buying online, but that is just to guarantee it. If you are local enough, they are selling them in person at the brewery as well.

    Last year was the first year of the VIP / BA lap, so now that people know about it....it would be tough to guess if it will sell out online.

    Sorry for a rather nonhelpful answer.
     
    #432 SDReaper, Oct 31, 2017
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  13. SDReaper

    SDReaper Pooh-Bah (2,174) Aug 15, 2013 California
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    Not sure when they posted the 3rd of 4 variants per lap, but that VIP lap keeps getting better and better. PB viet speedway is great, I can only imagine with it would taste like as BA
     
    #433 SDReaper, Oct 31, 2017
  14. AndresR

    AndresR Pundit (832) Jul 19, 2009 California
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    Might open a 3-4 year old Kopi Speedway tonight.

    Will report back.

    *fingers crossed
     
    #434 AndresR, Oct 31, 2017
  15. SDReaper

    SDReaper Pooh-Bah (2,174) Aug 15, 2013 California
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    BA Kopi was on its way out when I last opened one in march/april of this year....
     
    #435 SDReaper, Oct 31, 2017
  16. SDReaper

    SDReaper Pooh-Bah (2,174) Aug 15, 2013 California
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    Alesmith finally filled in the variants for each lap...as expected, the VIP lap looks to be crushing it.

    Lap 1 - $11.00 (includes gratuity)
    (2oz pours)
    -Blueberry Pie Speedway
    -Chocolate Chip Cookie Speedway
    -Belgian Ale Speedway
    -Malted Milk Balls Speedway (contains dairy)

    Lap 2 - $11.00 (includes gratuity)
    (2oz pours)
    -Rocky Road Speedway (contains nuts)
    -Julian Pie Speedway
    -Kickin' Coconut Speedway (contains nuts)
    -Canadian Speedw-eh?

    Lap 3 - $11.00 (includes gratuity)
    (2oz pours)
    -Peruvian Speedway
    -Orange & Cinnamon Speedway
    -WaffleSmith Speedway
    -Campfire S'more Speedway

    VIP Lap - $17.00 (includes gratuity)
    (2oz pours)
    -Barrel-Aged Coconut Vanilla Speedway
    -Barrel-Aged Coffee Cake Speedway
    -Barrel-Aged Peanut Butter Vietnamese Speedway
    -The TodFather: Barrel-Aged Speedway with Tod's House-Roasted Coffee
     
    #436 SDReaper, Nov 2, 2017
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  17. Xul

    Xul Pooh-Bah (2,139) May 18, 2008 California
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    On paper, it looks a bit stronger than the past couple years. Nothing that sounds like an outright tire fire, a couple that could be questionable (what's the "kickin'" aspect in Kickin' Coconut?), and several that should be outstanding.
     
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  18. SDReaper

    SDReaper Pooh-Bah (2,174) Aug 15, 2013 California
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    I see 1 in each lap, belgian ale / julian pie / campfire s'more that might be on my "drink really really fast" list. Liquid Smoke Speedway last year ruined any smoke in a speedway base for me. That one was very tough. I even got to one of the days late after my friends and in the center of the table was basically all of their liquid smoke tasters.

    That TodFather should be quite delicious. I found that his regular house-roasted coffee speedway tasted very close to Hammerhead...so a potentially BA Hammerhead will be cool.
     
    #438 SDReaper, Nov 2, 2017
  19. anvindr

    anvindr Zealot (608) Jan 6, 2016 California
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    by drink really fast you mean that you want the alcohol but not the taste? if so i think i agree but luckily vip doesnt have that problem
     
    #439 anvindr, Nov 2, 2017
  20. Original_Fake

    Original_Fake Initiate (0) Nov 15, 2013 North Carolina

    Wish I could make it this year. Stupid work.
     
    #440 Original_Fake, Nov 2, 2017
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