Alesmith Releases (2017)

My Speedway rankings from yesterday (asterisk denotes a variant that was not part of the Grand Prix):

1. Sea Salt Barrel-Aged Vietnamese*
2. The Todfather
3. Barrel-Aged Coconut Vanilla
4. Kickin' Coconut
5. Double Barrel*
6. Rocky Road
7. Peruvian
8. Single Barrel*
9. Canadian Speedwh-eh?
10. Vietnamese Coffee & Peanut Butter
11. Barrel-Aged Coffee Cake
12. Neapolitan*
13. WaffleSmith
14. Orange & Cinnamon
15. Campfire S'more
16. Julian Pie
17. Marzipan*

 

Really excited for all of the laps on Friday, ordered 2 VIP's and 1 of everything else for the GF and myself. Man I hope the Sea Salt BA Viet variant from A&S doesn't kick, I've heard nothing but great things. See you all there!

 

You should be ok, just don't forget something otherwise you may miss out. *hint* btw, you sound like me as you ordered the same thing. doppelganger?

 

C'mon man, where are the detailed tasting notes?

 

Just bustin' your balls man, curious to hear feedback but Matt's notes in SDBF were pretty helpful on what to expect.

 

Does alesmith fill other breweries growlers?

 

Just left Alesmith and had a great time. The mezzanine is a much welcome addition and there was plenty of room for everyone all throughout the night. The GF and I tried every lap variant and found most really enjoyable. My favorite beer of the night was single barrel from anvil and stave. Unfortunately sea salt and velvet kicked .

I'll have to look at my notes again but the Speedway with chocolate chip cookies was my favorite (I think). Fun times all around, the beers this year were much better than last year imo. Thanks alesmith!

 

I see that. Did u just come off the street asking for money? Whats with the gloves?

 

In your expert opinions... I have a BAVSS and a rBAVSS both chilling in the beer fridge, which would you drink first and why?

 

Yes.

Its to prevent any unwanted guac contact obviously. Dem his burrito gloves.

 

Always nervous about cellering coffee stouts, afraid that fantastic coffee will drop off in time.

 

I was discussing this with a friend, and he believes Alesmith (and also trystero for HPB) holds up well without the green pepper flavor is that they do a long roast so it's "second crack" coffee.

Supposedly most coffee that's in beer has only been roasted to the point it's cracked once during this time, which may attribute it to its lesser lifespan.

Full disclosure: I only drink my coffee in beer, far from a coffeeadvocate, so don't know if this was common knowledge.