{"id":1314,"date":"2013-02-20T16:43:41","date_gmt":"2013-02-20T20:43:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/adam-jackson.net\/beer\/?p=1314"},"modified":"2013-02-20T16:43:41","modified_gmt":"2013-02-20T20:43:41","slug":"review-alesmith-speedway-stout-barrel-aged-2012","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/adamchandler.me\/blog\/2013\/02\/20\/review-alesmith-speedway-stout-barrel-aged-2012\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2605 Review: AleSmith Speedway Stout (Barrel Aged) 2012"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a title=\"View 'Barrel Aged Speedway Stout' on Flickr.com\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/44048128@N00\/8482452769\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\" alt=\"Barrel Aged Speedway Stout\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/farm9.staticflickr.com\/8523\/8482452769_558172318e_z.jpg?resize=480%2C640&#038;ssl=1\" width=\"480\" height=\"640\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<div style=\"color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; text-align: left; padding: 0px;\">\n<div style=\"display: inline; padding: 0px; font-size: 24px; font-weight: bold; color: #003366;\" title=\"4 out of 5.0\">4<\/div>\n<p><strong>\u00a0\u00a0<small>\u00a0AROMA\u00a0<\/small><big style=\"color: #999999;\">8\/10<\/big>\u00a0\u00a0<small>\u00a0APPEARANCE\u00a0<\/small><big style=\"color: #999999;\">5\/5<\/big>\u00a0\u00a0<small>\u00a0TASTE\u00a0<\/small><big style=\"color: #999999;\">7\/10<\/big>\u00a0\u00a0<small>\u00a0PALATE\u00a0<\/small><big style=\"color: #999999;\">4\/5<\/big>\u00a0\u00a0<small>\u00a0OVERALL\u00a0<\/small><big style=\"color: #999999;\">16\/20<\/big><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><small style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; text-align: left; color: #666666; font-size: 12px; font-weight: bold;\"><a style=\"color: #336699; text-decoration: none;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ratebeer.com\/user\/154569\/\">adamjackson\u00a0(936)<\/a>\u00a0&#8211; Canaan, New Hampshire, USA &#8211; FEB 16, 2013<\/small><\/p>\n<div style=\"color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; text-align: left; padding: 20px 10px 0px 0px; line-height: 1.5;\">Late 2012 Release. Enjoyed in a wine glass at room temp with Chris.<\/div>\n<div style=\"color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; text-align: left; padding: 20px 10px 0px 0px; line-height: 1.5;\"><span style=\"line-height: 1.5;\">A &#8211; Poured a heavy oily black. Very big 3 finger espresso colored head that faded to nearly nothing\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; text-align: left; padding: 20px 10px 0px 0px; line-height: 1.5;\">S &#8211; Nose is as expected. Not as boozy as BCBS but very much big on vanilla, dark chocolate and espresso beans with a hint of campfire.T &#8211; Loads of boozy bourbon charred oak alcohol at the front. Middle is dominated by vanilla and toasted walnuts and caramel. Finish is all oak..just smokey and oaky and big. I get a hint of off-flavors like cheap candies and smoke but it\u2019s not too bad.M &#8211; Heavy body, swishable carbonation, nice and boozy and almost a champagne like finish with some stickiness of coffee beans.<\/p>\n<p>O &#8211; This is a top 50 stout? It\u2019s great and I\u2019m going to rate it appropriately but I don\u2019t see this as a HUGE whale of a stout on RateBeer. Drinkable, delicious but bourbon county is about 80% of what this is and far more accessible. If this was on the shelf next to BCBS, I\u2019d grab it but it\u2019s not worth the limited release and regional availability to seek it out.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; text-align: left; padding: 20px 10px 0px 0px; line-height: 1.5;\"><a title=\"View 'Barrel Aged Speedway Stout' on Flickr.com\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/44048128@N00\/8482463705\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\" alt=\"Barrel Aged Speedway Stout\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/farm9.staticflickr.com\/8242\/8482463705_fc2998cfd2_z.jpg?resize=480%2C640&#038;ssl=1\" width=\"480\" height=\"640\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div style=\"color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; text-align: left; padding: 20px 10px 0px 0px; line-height: 1.5;\"><a title=\"View 'Barrel Aged Speedway Stout' on Flickr.com\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/44048128@N00\/8483566442\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\" alt=\"Barrel Aged Speedway Stout\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/farm9.staticflickr.com\/8386\/8483566442_039d653cb7_z.jpg?resize=480%2C640&#038;ssl=1\" width=\"480\" height=\"640\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div style=\"color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; text-align: left; padding: 20px 10px 0px 0px; line-height: 1.5;\"><a title=\"View 'Barrel Aged Speedway Stout' on Flickr.com\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/44048128@N00\/8483576346\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\" alt=\"Barrel Aged Speedway Stout\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/farm9.staticflickr.com\/8391\/8483576346_70a20c5d20_z.jpg?resize=480%2C640&#038;ssl=1\" width=\"480\" height=\"640\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"4 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0AROMA\u00a08\/10\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0APPEARANCE\u00a05\/5\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0TASTE\u00a07\/10\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0PALATE\u00a04\/5\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0OVERALL\u00a016\/20 adamjackson\u00a0(936)\u00a0&#8211; Canaan, New Hampshire, USA &#8211; FEB 16, 2013 Late 2012 Release. 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