Well-designed alcoholic amber ale (8% ABV) with subtle chestnut adjunct receives toffee-spiced caramel malting and caraway-seeded rye molasses dab (and quick sugar cake rush). Honey-roasted chestnut keepsake further aligned by light butternut-hazelnut conflux, sweet almondine-wined Amaretto liqueuring and distant fig-plum wisp.
On tap at Ambulance, strong ethyl-charged saison (with pronounced 9.1% ABV) buttresses stylish dry-spiced citrus tones against fungi-like French saison yeast pungency, sugary vanilla vodka boozing and light brettanomyces funk, creating a bustling biere de garde for heartier thirsts. When the alcohol astringency subsides, its sweetly soured orange, pineapple and grapefruit tartness envelops musty barnyard acridity, wispy white peppering, herbal thyme-basil remnants, phenol red grape esters and earthen musk above its buttered biscuit spine.
Inimitable “happy accident fruit ale” retains awesome sweet-tart cherry pucker, tangy green apple spritz and ripe cranberry piquancy for indelible eye-squinting Flanders red-derived perfection. Wild oak-aged fermentation brings sour cherry rasp to the complex fruit salad finish. Tannic red grape, pureed raspberry, hard cider, lemon candy and glazed pineapple illusions pick up musty earthen leathering and light acidity beneath sugary soda-like carbonation. The most perfect fruit dessert imaginable.
On tap at Ambulance, rich and sticky bourbon-barreled porter picks up sweet rum spicing to affect molasses-smoked mocha malting, blackcurrant-liqueured anise goo and oak-toasted peat whiskey nip. Fudgy chocolate, cocoa and walnut illusions deepen bourbon vanilla seduction. Latent cherrywood char dampens campfire setting.
On tap at Poor Henry’s, French oak-barreled English-styled barleywine (with lightly vinous pinot noir wisp) secures ripened fruit tang and creamy caramel malting over moderate dry hop astringency. Candied cherry, bruised orange, honeyed peach and spiced rum sweetness as well as subtle raisin, prune and plum illusions enliven bold 9.6% ABV strong ale.
“Super” strong ale version of Hurricane Kitty IPA gets dry-hopped, honey-dipped and oak aged, providing a slow sipping whiskey-nipped peated Scotch warmth that overwhelms piney fruited retreat. Heavy yeast sinew collects inside brownish amber body as mellow almond-toasted pecan buttering saturates the honeyed caramel malting and contrasts the assertive alkaline astringency surging forth with undisguised 12.9% ABV.
Succinct French roast coffee theme sustains above lightly creamed chocolate nuttiness, milked espresso easement, wood-burnt singe and oats-dried hop char. Veiled black licorice tones fall off as tarry nut-charred coffee oiling stains the finish.
On tap at Ambulance, noir full-bodied stout plies richly dark-roasted black chocolate malting to wood-charred molasses bittering, dried cocoa powdering, caramel-burnt vanilla sugaring and black cherry sedation. Tertiary chocolate liqueur, black coffee, toffee and anise illusions add to chewy robustness.
Oddly compelling Belgian dark saison combines tart red-wined souring and leathery barnyard acridity with chicory-smoked black chocolate roast. Soy-sauced Blackstrap molasses bittering picks up latent black pepper smidge, cocoa powder tinge and espresso quirk.
Stylishly easygoing dry stout utilizes Baltimore’s turbocharged Cafe Racer coffee to amplify mellow charm. Bittersweet java prominence stays firm and robust, developing dark-roasted chocolate and dried cocoa tones above the molasses-sapped oatmeal base. Wispy vanilla, walnut and hazelnut notions drape the hop-charred back end (and a light black pepper burn’s detected). Easygoing mineral water crisping allows expressive coffee theme to retain poignancy.
On tap at Craft House, soft-tongued dry body brings mildly creamed black chocolate fudging to dark-roasted Brazilian coffee roast. Bittersweet espresso-milked cocoa chalking, vanilla bean respite and charcoaled hazelnut-cola conflux underscore soap-stoned coffee finish.
On tap at Ambulance, dry dark-roasted coffee bittering overpowers black-malted dark chocolate tones, Blackstrap molasses astringency and hop-charred oats toasting. Distant blackberry-blackcurrant-blueberry illusions as well as murky cola-hazelnut sweetness deepen heavy mocha finish.