On tap at Taphouse 15, creamy peanut butter entry gains milk-sugared coffee splurge and slight vanilla icing draped by dark chocolate syruping. Thick peanut buttering outdoes mocha mantra. Tertiary maple molasses sweetness and wispy burgundy, red grape and boysenberry tartness stay deep beneath nutty chocolate resolve.
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BOLERO SNORT / CONCLAVE CANDIED YAM PORTER
Coffee-stained dark chocolate syruping drapes brown-sugared candied yam sweetness hidden behind hop-charred nutty bitterness. Wintry cinnamon-nutmeg coalition and fern-like tannins stay setback alongside burnt marshmallow adjunct of semi-rich holiday porter with scripted Have The Yams Stopped Screaming moniker.
3 STARS ZOMBIE DATE NIGHT IMPERIAL PORTER 2022
Extremely rich and creamy lactose milking safeguards bittersweet cocoa nibs prominence and tart raspberry scurry of decadent full body. Caramelized chocolate malting picks up Trail Mix-inspired dried fruited granola nuttiness. Pastry-like raspberry cheesecake center gains glazed date, candied cherry, dried fig and golden raisin illusions as well as sour pomegranate-blueberry splurge and oaken vanilla tannins, hiding most of its creme brulee sweetness.
3 STARS VELVET ZOMBIE IMPERIAL PORTER
Velvety lactic porter loads fudgy cocoa nibs richness upon dwelling pistachio, almond and fenugreek adjuncts. Dark chocolate bittering seeps thru nutty date-fig conflux, toffee-spiced almond buttering, walnut-smoked molasses, caffeinated coffee and hazelnut pasting. Mild fenugreek influence brings latent black licorice sweetness.
NEW JERSEY BEER CO. CUPS OF PEANUT BUTTER & CHOCOLATE IMPERIAL PORTER
On tap at Hoover’s Tavern, creamy peanut butter-smeared dark chocolate richness gains walnut-seared cola nip and mild gingerbread coffee riffs, finishing like a heavily peanut-oiled Reese’s Pieces confection.
UNTIED MORNING MEETING IMPERIAL MILK PORTER
Profound milk-sugared coffee sweetness guards maple syrupy vanilla beaning and sharp cinnamon spicing upfront. Creamy vanilla coffee continuance picks up fudged toffee, mint chocolate, candied nut, maple molasses and butterscotch subtleties for robust breakfast bluster.
KANE MORNING BELL IMPERIAL MILK PORTER
Updated version ‘brewed with lactose and conditioned on coffee’ fortifies creamy milk-sugared coffee expanse with wood-seared hop char, coating the back end with dark chocolate syrup. Mild espresso, caramel latte, chocolate pudding and spiced toffee illusions add further overall luster.
BALLAST POINT PEANUT BUTTER VICTORY AT SEA IMPERIAL PORTER
Fudgy peanut-buttered chocolate syruping enriches sweet maple glaze offsetting chewy tobacco-stained hop char and ashen walnut respite. Bitter dark-roasted peanut oiling contrasts bourbon vanilla sentiment beneath the surface.
TURTLE SWAMP SKWASHBUCKLE IMPERIAL PORTER WITH PUMPKIN & SPICES
RUSSIAN RIVER SHADOW OF A DOUBT IMPERIAL PORTER
KANE MEXICAN BRUNCH IMPERIAL MILK PORTER
On tap at Shepherd & Knucklehead – Haledon, milk-sugared cinnamon coffee sweetness and maple-syruped cacao adjunct meet spiced-up ancho chili peppering in luxurious full-bodied setting. Maple cinnamon coffee continuance gains chocolate-caked vanilla frosting as well as curried cardamom-cumin-nutmeg snips plus distant bourbon, rum and coconut reminders. Overweeningly stupendous!