On tap at Broadway Dive, dry peat-smoked stout delivers dark-roasted chocolate malts to wood-burnt hop char. Ashen nuttiness, black coffee bittering, cacao nibs dalliance and smoldered charcoal singe increase full-on mocha template.
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BALLAST POINT THE COMMODORE STOUT
On tap at Poor Henry’s, reliable dry stout matches lightly smoked mocha malting to mild charred hop bittering. Dark-roasted black chocolate, powdered cocoa and ground coffee resonate above tertiary vanilla, chicory, espresso, molasses and burnt caramel undertones.
CORCORAN HEROES STOUT
Efficient military salutation (with dry Irish stout and Baltic porter tendencies) buries heightened 8% ABV beneath mighty mocha mass. Black patent malts bring cocoa-dried iced coffee bittering and black chocolate creaming to Chinook-hopped black tarring and white pine char without overwhelming sugared oatmeal sweetness. Sour-creamed soy milking and light bourbon latency underscore fine dark ale.
GREAT ADIRONDACK WHITEFACE BLACK DIAMOND STOUT
On tap at Ambulance, creamy dark-roasted black patent malting guards bittersweet black coffee and dark chocolate tones. Delicate peat-smoked soiling, charred hop astringency and wispy soy saucing underlie nut-singed mocha finish.
BROKEN BOW SNOUT STOUT
On tap at Keg & Kestrel, dissenting dry stout hybrid utilizes house-smoked cherrywood chips to bring out advertised chocolate-covered bacon smear, anise-spiced dried fruit souring and oats-flaked sugaring. Black patent malting heightens cocoa nibs, dark chocolate and espresso illusions.
(CANDIA ROAD) NEPENTHE NO-NONSENSE STOUT
Black patent malting, bittersweet dark chocolate and dry cocoa combine for average medium-bodied dark ale.
BAXTER PHANTOM PUNCH WINTER STOUT
On tap at Track 84, ‘ghostly’ cocoa nibs and vanilla bean inform dark-roasted chocolate malting. Mild dried fruiting wispily glides by earthen peat, burnt coffee, Baker’s chocolate, soy milk and tobacco chaw illusions beneath oats-flaked mocha prominence of foreign export stout (named after Muhammad Ali’s phantom knockout punch against Sonny Liston).
SMUTTYNOSE SMUTTLABS: RYE STOUT
On tap at Ambulance, dry stout brings light rye-pumpernickel breading to smoked black chocolate influence, light-roast coffee bittering and molasses-breaded sweetness. Tertiary espresso, walnut and black bread illusions deepen mocha penetration.
SKA HIBERNAL VINIFERA STOUT
Well-integrated oak-aged stout complements dark-roasted mocha malt expectancy with tannic Bordeaux-wined Malbec grape juice and latent raisin-plum-prune swoon. Creamy brown chocolate sweetness overrides descending dried fruiting at cocoa-powdered finish. Hints of chewing tobacco, charred wood and anise add depth to fine purple grape-draped chocolate fondue alternative.
GUN HILL BARREL AGED VOID OF LIGHT STOUT
On tap at Ambulance Brew House, admirable oak-aged foreign export stout saddles roasted coffee-chocolate frontage with chalky cocoa nibs tartness. Kahlua liqueur sweetness fades quickly while ancillary caffe latte, espresso and cocoa illusions lean towards the dry side. Black cherry hints regale the bourbon-nipped back end.
LIBERTY STREET STARKWEATHER STOUT
Dark-roasted mocha graining and nutty hop oiling fuel unspecific dry-bodied ‘export stout.’ Fresh-roast coffee waft reinforces cocoa nibs chalking, black chocolate fudging and raw maple sapping. Walnut-charred pungency deepens ashen charcoal astringency.
STOUTERIK BELGIAN DARK ALE
Musky coffee-soured dry body (nicknamed “The Brussels Stout”) falls short. Dirty earthen bottom drags down politely creamed dark chocolate chalking, tart cocoa nibs influence and dry fig-date murk. Oily hop resin and mineral grain char deepen bitter end.
