On tap at Taphouse 15, smoothly creamed barrel aged full body brings bittersweet Madagascar and Tahitian vanilla bean plus mild coconut toasting to fudgy brown chocolate base, picking up milk-sugared coffee, espresso and cappuccino illusions as well as bourbonized black cherry, prune and plum daubs. Lusciously silken mocha vanilla finish resonates.
Decadent Speedway variant with creamy black chocolate-sugared coffee roast gains unadvertised vanilla bourbon resonance that’s way more resilient than its toasted coconut adjunct. Luxuriant dark cocoa bittering then rises above the surface to enhance rich cappuccino, espresso and latte tones plus dry bourbon-burgundy wining embittered by hop-charred raw molasses sludge.
Iconic signature stout given fudgy Dominican cocoa richness, Madagascar vanilla sweetness and milk-sugared coffee roast as well as tertiary hazelnut, toffee, burnt caramel, star anise and cafe latte illusions. Classic full-bodied noirish decadence.
On tap at Ambulance, juicy New England-styled IPA strangely lacks advertised haze, but its brisk lemon-limed grapefruit bittering, candied tangerine-peach-pineapple-mango sugaring and creamy vanilla sweetness prove invitingly easygoing. Light grassy-hopped pine resin reclines beneath polite fruitfulness.
On tap at Poor Henry’s, invigorating milk-sugared coffee creaming rides atop syrupy chocolate malting. After a few sips, dry bourbon coffee theme erupts. Tertiary cacao nibs, vanilla, cappuccino and crème brulee notions deepen jubilant java journey. On tap at Ambulance, ample black coffee roast receives oats-sugared dark chocolate malting, treacly bourbon whim and gooey anise reminder.
Well-realized and stylistically bold pale ale (dedicated to former San Diego baseball star, Tony Gwynn) places tangy grapefruit-orange-pineapple juicing upfront as resinous hop pining contrasts cereal-grained caramel sugaring. Tertiary mango, peach, clementine and tangerine fruiting adds further luster.
On tap at Ambulance, sanguine milk-creamed Blue Mountain coffee tones gain sugary chocolate spicing over light hop char. Tertiary crème brulee, dark cocoa, cappuccino, espresso and bourbon snips sweeten cavernous coffee tones at busy mocha finish.
Devilishly delicious Halloween ’17 treat (with hellish 6.66% ABV) plies cereal-grained cookie dough yeast to fruit-spiced center and mild pine resin. Initial caramel apple sweetness seeps into Bosc pear, peach and cherry illusions as well as tangier floral-bound orange, mango and tangerine tropicalia. Sweet toffee-like malting adds candied coating to terrific medium-bodied red ale.
On tap at Ambulance, busily vibrant ‘botanical’ stout loads coconut-milked lime tartness and herbaceous ginger-lemongrass-basil pleasantries inside creamily caramelized coffee-beaned dark chocolate roast. Mild cayenne-peppered cinnamon snip and wispy vanilla-cumin-curry daubs found beneath herbal mocha concoction. A daringly expansive offshoot that works well.
On tap at Ambulance, dry golden-paled moderation places mild corn-dried grain malts next to brisk grassy hop spicing and latent herbal gourd tinge. Easygoing sessionable fodder.
On tap at Ambulance, lively tropical fruited Imperial India Pale Ale lets spicy mango-juiced guava, passionfruit and papaya tang permeate intensely-hopped pine oiling and honeyed pale malts. Ancillary grapefruit, pineapple, peach, orange and tangerine contingent adds further summertime luster.
On tap at Ambulance, robust porter places dark-roast chocolate malting, black coffee bittering and chalky cocoa overtones above ashen hop-charred nuttiness as caramel-burnt cola and walnut illusions slip by.
