{"id":7811,"date":"2015-09-01T19:17:15","date_gmt":"2015-09-01T23:17:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/adamchandler.beer\/?p=2956"},"modified":"2015-09-01T19:17:15","modified_gmt":"2015-09-01T23:17:15","slug":"review-alesmith-speedway-stout-kona-coffee","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/adamchandler.me\/blog\/2015\/09\/01\/review-alesmith-speedway-stout-kona-coffee\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2605 Review: AleSmith Speedway Stout &#8211; Kona Coffee"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class='__iawmlf-post-loop-links' style='display:none;' data-iawmlf-post-links='[{&quot;id&quot;:6132,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/www.flickr.com\\\/photos\\\/adamjackson\\\/20667868169&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/web-wp.archive.org\\\/web\\\/20251104173306\\\/https:\\\/\\\/www.flickr.com\\\/photos\\\/adamjackson\\\/20667868169&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2025-12-04 16:25:35&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-01-01 15:43:27&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-01-05 10:00:40&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-01-08 11:11:38&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-01-12 02:31:04&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-01-16 08:44:29&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-01-21 01:35:32&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-01-24 07:30:10&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-02-02 12:11:19&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-02-12 09:29:51&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-02-16 22:57:01&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-02-22 05:20:18&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-03-17 18:42:28&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200}],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-03-17 18:42:28&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;},{&quot;id&quot;:6133,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/www.flickr.com\\\/photos\\\/adamjackson\\\/20666620408&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/web-wp.archive.org\\\/web\\\/20251104173311\\\/https:\\\/\\\/www.flickr.com\\\/photos\\\/adamjackson\\\/20666620408&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2025-12-04 16:25:40&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2025-12-22 01:21:53&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-02-09 18:50:35&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-02-22 05:20:20&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200}],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-02-22 05:20:20&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;}]'><\/div>\n<p><a title=\"View &#039;Beer Tating, 8-22-2015&#039; on Flickr.com\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/adamjackson\/20667868169\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img  loading=\"lazy\"  decoding=\"async\"  style=\"display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\"  title=\"Beer Tating, 8-22-2015\"  src=\"data:image\/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAEAAAABAQMAAAAl21bKAAAAA1BMVEUAAP+KeNJXAAAAAXRSTlMAQObYZgAAAAlwSFlzAAAOxAAADsQBlSsOGwAAAApJREFUCNdjYAAAAAIAAeIhvDMAAAAASUVORK5CYII=\"  alt=\"Beer Tating, 8-22-2015\"  width=\"427\"  height=\"640\"  border=\"0\"  class=\" pk-lazyload\"  data-pk-sizes=\"auto\"  data-pk-src=\"https:\/\/farm1.staticflickr.com\/646\/20667868169_76b67caa49_z.jpg\" ><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div>\n<div title=\"3.5 out of 5.0\"><strong>3.5<\/strong><\/div>\n<p><strong>\u00a0\u00a0<small>\u00a0AROMA\u00a0<\/small><big>8\/10<\/big>\u00a0\u00a0<small>\u00a0APPEARANCE\u00a0<\/small><big>4\/5<\/big>\u00a0\u00a0<small>\u00a0TASTE\u00a0<\/small><big>6\/10<\/big>\u00a0\u00a0<small>\u00a0PALATE\u00a0<\/small><big>3\/5<\/big>\u00a0\u00a0<small>\u00a0OVERALL\u00a0<\/small><big>14\/20<\/big><\/strong><\/div>\n<div>Thanks Brian for bringing this one. 750ML<\/p>\n<p>A &#8211; Pitch black with some red edges. 2 finger dense coffee colored head.<\/p>\n<p>S &#8211; Smells really nice. a little sweet, good coffee aroma and a little creamy.<\/p>\n<p>T &#8211; Well, there\u2019s a coffee stout for ya! Sweet, dense, a little acidic, insanely roasty with chocolate and fudge. The acidic finish. this is good but I wish I loved Kona Coffee<\/p>\n<p>M &#8211; Thick, dense.<\/p>\n<p>O &#8211; Good beer, the coffee shines well but I just don\u2019t like Kona.<\/p><\/div>\n<p><a title=\"View &#039;Beer Tating, 8-22-2015&#039; on Flickr.com\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/adamjackson\/20666620408\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img  loading=\"lazy\"  decoding=\"async\"  style=\"display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\"  title=\"Beer Tating, 8-22-2015\"  src=\"data:image\/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAEAAAABAQMAAAAl21bKAAAAA1BMVEUAAP+KeNJXAAAAAXRSTlMAQObYZgAAAAlwSFlzAAAOxAAADsQBlSsOGwAAAApJREFUCNdjYAAAAAIAAeIhvDMAAAAASUVORK5CYII=\"  alt=\"Beer Tating, 8-22-2015\"  width=\"427\"  height=\"640\"  border=\"0\"  class=\" pk-lazyload\"  data-pk-sizes=\"auto\"  data-pk-src=\"https:\/\/farm6.staticflickr.com\/5810\/20666620408_8e5155f61c_z.jpg\" ><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"&nbsp; 3.5 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0AROMA\u00a08\/10\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0APPEARANCE\u00a04\/5\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0TASTE\u00a06\/10\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0PALATE\u00a03\/5\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0OVERALL\u00a014\/20 Thanks Brian for bringing this one. 750ML A &#8211; Pitch black with some red edges.&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"apple_news_api_created_at":"2016-03-17T02:06:44Z","apple_news_api_id":"5f20aaec-23e4-424e-b653-455657df7b29","apple_news_api_modified_at":"2016-03-17T02:06:44Z","apple_news_api_revision":"AAAAAAAAAAD\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/w==","apple_news_api_share_url":"https:\/\/apple.news\/AXyCq7CPkQk62U0VWV997KQ","apple_news_cover_media_provider":"image","apple_news_coverimage":0,"apple_news_coverimage_caption":"","apple_news_cover_video_id":0,"apple_news_cover_video_url":"","apple_news_cover_embedwebvideo_url":"","apple_news_is_hidden":"","apple_news_is_paid":"","apple_news_is_preview":"","apple_news_is_sponsored":"","apple_news_maturity_rating":"","apple_news_metadata":"\"\"","apple_news_pullquote":"","apple_news_pullquote_position":"","apple_news_slug":"","apple_news_sections":[],"apple_news_suppress_video_url":false,"apple_news_use_image_component":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"csco_singular_sidebar":"","csco_page_header_type":"","csco_custom_appearance":"","csco_disable_excerpt_posts_layout":false,"csco_page_load_nextpost":"","csco_post_video_location":[],"csco_post_video_location_hash":"","csco_post_video_url":"","csco_post_video_bg_start_time":0,"csco_post_video_bg_end_time":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[160],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-7811","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-reviews","7":"cs-entry","8":"cs-video-wrap"},"apple_news_notices":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pb3IC4-21Z","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":3060,"url":"https:\/\/adamchandler.me\/blog\/2015\/11\/06\/review-hill-farmstead-genealogy-2015\/","url_meta":{"origin":7811,"position":0},"title":"\u2605 Review: Hill Farmstead Genealogy (2015)","author":"Adam Chandler","date":"November 6, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"Overall 4.2\/5 AROMA 9\/10 APPEARANCE 5\/5 TASTE 8\/10 PALATE 5\/5 OVERALL 15\/20 AdamChandler (3848) - Enfield, New Hampshire, USA - OCT 31, 2015 500ML bottle, kept in the fridge A - Pitch black with reddish brown hues and a 1 finger coffee colored head. 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