Our Tastes-- Alesmith Speedway Stout

Speedway Stout pours like it says, asphalt black. The head is very tight and retaining, enough so to mask the aroma, I smell little to nothing. If you pull hard on it, there is only alcohol, so we're playing guess the abv, my guess (10.5-11 because on higher gravity beers the head is usually flat unless hops are added in abundance to retain it) The Enabler's guess (10abv), drumroll please...12%! So far good lattice look like a staircase, the taste is sobering alcohol, no wonder the Rooskies drink this shit, they had to stay warm! I guarantee you in Red Dawn they were packing this. On the very back end of this one, I pick up some of the Ryan Bros. coffee beans this is conditioned with. "...which is aged in Bourbon barrels, has been rated the #1 BEST BEER IN THE WORLD at ratebeer.com. It was also featured on CNBC's "Squawk Box" in a segment on the best dark beers in America." Sure enough out of almost 1100 ratings this one is a 4.34/5.0. A superb snag by my cohort. Best had in a snifter we hung it in a pint!