Long before pastry stouts were crowned the sugar-dusted royalty of winter, AleSmith Brewing Co. had already been tinkering under the hood, coaxing their legendary Speedway Stout into ever-wilder forms. Built on espresso thunder and roasted-malt gravity, the base beer became a chassis for a yearly experiment that blurred the line between brewing and performance art. The Grand Prix Series emerged from that tinkering — first as a curious one-off, then as a traveling spectacle, a dessert-fueled road show where only select bars and bottle shops were invited to pour these turbo-boosted, limited-edition variants. Peaks & Pints has long been one of those hallowed pit stops, a tiny jubilant garage where Tacoma gathers to watch the engines rev, the barrels glide, and the air thicken with the perfume of pie crust, coffee roast, and barely-contained chaos.
What followed was a glorious escalation. Early Speedway Grand Prix releases flirted with adjuncts; later ones went full maximalist, exploring maple-laced monoliths, chocolate-draped nocturnes, and fruit-soaked daydreams. But 2025 arrives with rare focus — a pie-themed lineup so cohesive it feels ripped from a dessert grimoire penned by a drag-racing pastry witch. Instead of scattering flavors across the track, AleSmith tightened the formation: four pie-inspired titans, each leaning unapologetically into nostalgia, crust-memory, roasted sweetness, and the kind of decadence that teeters delightfully between sublime and absurd. It’s their most unified Grand Prix theme yet, and somehow also their most gleefully unrestrained.
Which is precisely why today feels tailor-made for unveiling the Speedway Grand Prix 2025 Flight at Peaks & Pints. Winter’s settled in, the mood is right, Tacoma’s ready, and nothing warms the bones like four imperial stouts barreling across the palate with twelve-percent authority and dessert-drenched swagger. So: engines humming, ovens warm, goblets waiting — here’s tonight’s starting grid.
Peaks & Pints Speedway Grand Prix 2025 Flight
AleSmith Speedway Stout: Grand Prix Dutch Apple Pie Edition
12% ABV | Imperial Stout with Apple, Cinnamon, and Natural Flavors | San Diego, CA
This Dutch Apple Pie riff tumbles into the glass like autumn baked into midnight, lacing warm apple, cinnamon glow, and crust-kissed sweetness through Speedway’s brooding coffee-and-cocoa depth. Fruit stays honest under the roast, spice keeps the shadows lively, and the whole thing drifts across the palate with that unmistakable apple-pie hum — soft, spiced, comforting, and just mischievous enough to feel turbo-charged.
AleSmith Speedway Stout: Grand Prix Banana Cream Pie Edition
12% ABV | Imperial Stout with Banana, Vanilla, and Natural Flavors
Ripe banana, vanilla cream, and toasted pie crust roar through this stout’s obsidian body with the confidence of a racer nailing a perfect drift under moonlight. Espresso edges and chocolate malt tether the sweetness, allowing the sip to glide like a pastry dream outfitted with a supercharger — lush, silky, and delightfully over the top.
AleSmith Speedway Stout: Grand Prix Blackberry Pie Edition
12% ABV | Imperial Stout with Blackberry and Vanilla
Blackberry compote and vanilla swirl through the stout’s dark terrain in vivid, streaked arcs, as if a violet flame tore across the track at midnight. Espresso and cocoa keep everything tightened and elegant while each sip unfurls with the confidence of a winter dessert built to seduce: fruit-bright, shadow-rich, and gloriously unrestrained.
AleSmith Speedway Stout: Grand Prix Chocolate Pecan Pie Edition
12% ABV | Imperial Stout with Cacao, Pecans, and Vanilla
Molten cocoa, toasted pecan, and vanilla-silk warmth wind through the stout like a velvet engine revving just beneath its limit. Dark roast and malt depth ground the opulence, yet the finish glides with nutty, midnight-pie decadence — a slow, luxurious sweep that feels like someone whispered “floor it” to a dessert built for winter nights.
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