Aged two years in Window Jane whiskey barrels, eccentric liquored-up version of gluten-free Modern Cup Of Sole brings driest bourbon whiskey and burgundy tones to musky cocoa-dried dark chocolate bittering, picking up light wood-seared nuttiness. But its the lactic cold-brewed coffee murk, dirty earthen soiling and gritty buckwheat, millet and rice graining that undermine the offbeat oak-aged milk stout.
Tart raspberry souring draped immediately by bittersweet black chocolate syruping, retaining ashen walnut-seared hop char. Ancillary coffee roast enjoins wavered cola nut, cocoa nibs and black cherry illusions lost in aridly phenol setting that rids any mocha creaminess.
“Brewed with lactose and real coconut,” brown chocolate-milked sweet stout is just a tad thin at the toffee-tinged cocoa finish. Sedate coconut adjunct gains gingerbread-spiced Graham Cracker sweetness to saturate delicate chocolate layer.
On tap at Ambulance, fudgy dark chocolate syruping graces creamily lactic dry-age malted milk stout. Milk-sugared coffee, vanilla, cocoa and molasses tones increase sweet chocolate serenade against modest nut-charred hop bittering.
Rich St. Patrick’s Day collaboration with Carvel Ice Cream. Fudgy milk-sugared dark chocolate syruping drapes vanilla, cocoa and coffee seduction as oily hop-charred bittering beckons. Chewy ice cream-caked Chocolate Crunchies nuttiness ensues for liquified ‘chocolate pastry.’
Soft-tongued milk chocolate entry gains mildly sour yogurt splurge above dewy earthen grains. Coffee-roasted milk sugaring reinforces milky mocha fixation.
On tap at Ambulance, enigmatic ‘silky smooth’ Mexican chocolate knockoff with audacious vanilla-beaned red chili peppering instantly sweetened by spicy cinnamon-nutmeg adjuncts and milk-sugared cocoa nibs influence. Expansive, divergent and ‘suave,’ this creative milk stout will please chocolate habanero fans and venturing sweet-toothed dessert hounds.
On tap at Poor Henry’s, Tavalon’s subtle chai tea influence guides peppery-spiced black chocolate syruping above silken oats-flaked spine. Milk-sugared mocha malting sweetened by cinnamon, cumin and cayenne piquancy, overwhelming latent green tea bittering of fine herbal-spiced stout hybrid.
On tap at Ambulance, off-dry medium roast Ethiopian coffee frontage gains mild chocolate-milked vanilla creaming to contrast light earth-scorched wood tones. Minor lactic souring encounters dainty espresso bittering in the backdrop.
On tap at Growler & Gill, fudgy black chocolate quaintness gains cookie dough smidge over dry cola-walnut confluence. Not an overtly sweet stout. And its fudge fantasy’s a little undetermined.
Complex Christmastime hybrid way beyond stylish nitrogenated milk stout parameters. Savory maple-syruped chocolate mousse creaminess gains immediate cardamom-spiced orange peel sweetness, ginger-leafed cinnamon minting and coniferous pine nut minerality for chai tea-inspired nitro stout. Tertiary sarsaparilla, cola nut and walnut illusions casually integrate with wintry sandalwood, sage and fern snips as well as delicate rice pudding, cherry coughdrop and gingerbread dalliances to further enrich rangy milk stout template.
On tap at Ambulance, salted caramel candy drapes dark chocolate syruping of delightful sweet stout. Lactic-sugared vanilla, creamed coffee and crème brulee illusions float below the copacetic caramelicious surface.
