On tap at Crust & Craft, light-bodied Italian pils complements doughy pizza snack as dry lemon-salted floral spicing digs into bready mineral-grained pilsner malting. Limey lemongrass remnant and herbal snips fade quick.
Bigger, bolder confectionery S’mores-derived pastry stout variant lets creamy vanilla settle below dark chocolate syrup as honey-roasted marshmallow fluff flutters. At the midst, fudged caramel, honeyed wheat, chocolate mousse, bourbon vanilla, espresso, cappuccino and Anisette subsidies gather amongst the marshmallowy chocolate Graham Cracker base (with unexpected black-peppered cayenne nip). Richly sugared campfire dessert.
New 10-ounce bottle shows off rich complexities of updated iconic fireside sipper. Aged in emptied Buffalo Trace, Four Roses and Wild Turkey whiskey casks, its bourbonized dark chocolate syruping gains medicinal Robitussin cherry whir given fudgy caramel-topped vanilla, praline, toasted almond and glazed hazelnut illusions.
Colossal multi-tiered pumpkin stout begins with minty black chocolate seeping into wintry pumpkin-spiced cinnamon, nutmeg, allspice, clove and ginger conflux for “cozy cafe latter.” In the distance, complimentary cappuccino, mint de cocoa, Junior Mint, peppermint and creme de menthe illusions reach dry spiced mocha finish.
Bold bourbon-aged stout utilizes confectionery praline pecan candied sweetness as toffee-fudged pudding skin tops mildewed peat soiling, cocoa-dried coffee roast and ashen wood slot. In the midst, buttery caramel spicing ensues, penetrating tertiary dry burgundy, black licorice, green raisin and gingerbread illusions at bourbon vanilla mocha finish.
Decadent Gunner’s variant loads fudged milk chocolate upon creamy peanut buttered brownie confection as sharp dark-roast hop char sears its Graham Cracker base. Fudged brownie incisiveness sweetened further by tertiary chocolate pudding, bourbon vanilla, glazed hazelnut and toffee illusions (though its blackened hop bittering persists).
Icky sweet maple-glazed pecan pie entry suits rich 10% pastry stout. Dark cane-sugared influence contrasts buttery oaken vanilla respite as light bourbon-burgundy wining, caramelized dried fruiting and redcurrant tartness reach chocolate pastry finish of sweet-toothed nightcap.
Four Roses bourbon glorifies ’25 barrel-aged stout. Velvety smooth caramelized bourbon serenity spreads thru chocolate-covered cherry, bruised black cherry, oaken vanilla, fudged toffee, spiced rum, dry burgundy and maple molasses procession. Sedate bourbon chocolate finish provides spirited warmth.
Delicate bourbon barreled strong ale with subtle oak-charred Four Roses bourbon influence gaining dry peated whiskey surge, buttery Chardonnay wining, caramelized rye restraint, honeyed vanilla spicing and distant chestnut-almond swipe (as well as mild orange pith, brown pear and dried cherry snips). Maybe a tad tentative flavor-wise, yet smooth, easygoing, warm. A soft-toned limited edition (2025) 9.9% ABV brew.
Prominent blood orange adjunct brings distinct tartness to sour tripel variant. Its peppery lemon juicing, bruised banana scurry, pink grapefruit sweetness, orange rot spot and tangy pomelo whim recall rum sour cocktail.
Maple syruped pumpkin variant with candied molasses glaze spackling debittered black malt base, dark roast-hopped wood char and black pepper snip. Recessive pumpkin spicing snags minty cinnamon-nutmeg spot for rich gourd-y mocha full body.
Infused with Red Hot/Fireball-whiskeyed hot cinnamon as well as vanilla extract and brown-sugared nutmeg, clove and cardamom sugaring, wintry pumpkin pie variant also receives slight cayenne pepper heat. At the plentiful finish, creamy vanilla richness underlines spicy hot pumpkin confection.
