On tap at Ambulance, soothingly sessionable nitro milk stout with sweet milky flow brings bittersweet black chocolate malting and light-roast coffee tones to mildly creamed mocha nutty finish. Easy drinkin’ fare.
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EVIL GENIUS PURPLE MONKEY DISHWATER CHOCOLATE PEANUT BUTTER PORTER
Perfectly re-creating sticky peanut buttery chocolate candy bar, rich mocha porter gains fudgy sweetness above dark-roasted nuttiness and tidy coffee-vanilla conflux. Mild purple grape, sugar plum and prune illusions flutter. Serve to nutty chocolate lovers.
NIMBLE HILL TURBO DIESEL IMPERIAL STOUT AGED IN WINE BARRELS
Likable port-aged stout welcomes moderate anise-spiced dark chocolate syruping. Mild port wining gains subtle brandy and burgundy tones. Mellow mocha malting turns sour as fermented grape esters gobble up tertiary vanilla-coffee-cocoa conflux.
LONG TRAIL BARREL-AGED UNEARTHED STOUT
Syrupy maple molasses creaminess and caramelized chocolate nuttiness aid whiskey-dried Heaven Hill Kentucky bourbon barrel aging of lusciously complex limited edition 2016 stout (in a bottle). Beneath the surface, fudged brownie, vanilla, espresso and toffee illusions gain tannic oaken vanilla souring – but not at the expense of its sweet bourbon chocolate attributes.
SAMUEL ADAMS NITRO COFFEE STOUT
Mellow canned stout with frothily velvet eclair head and jet black body plies bittersweet dark-roasted Sumatran and Indian Monsoon Malabar coffee to black-peppered dark chocolate malting and mild vanilla-espresso-cocoa conflux. Mild clean water flow allows delicate mocha theme to softly prosper as latent ashen nuttiness surges. On tap at Beef Trust, polite coffee creaming gains black chocolate, milked espresso and charred nut illusions.
NIGHT SHIFT AWAKE PORTER
On tap at Ambulance, worthy porter provides nut-charred fresh-roast coffee entry and bittersweet cacao nibs influence with scorched earth wood tones. Baker’s chocolate, espresso and vanilla bean illusions deepen mocha-fudged finish. In the can, nutty medium roast coffee frontage gains cocoa-dried black chocolate malting and mild blackberry snip.
NIMBLE HILL MIDNIGHT FUGGLE ROBUST PORTER
Murkily earthen Fuggle-hopped musk relegates bittersweet dark-roast chocolate malting, chalky cocoa dryness and wary walnut sear of mild Brit porter.
HAAND BRYGGERIET NORWEGIAN WOOD SMOKED ALE W/ JUNIPER BERRIES
Uniquely designed Norwegian medium body utilizes spiced juniper berries to lightly embitter peat-smoked brown chocolate malts. Fire-kilned hickory and pine-needled spruce increase juniper freshness. Tertiary toffee, burgundy and glazed ham illusions settle near moderated wood-smoked mocha province.
(STEENBERGE) GULDEN DRAAK 9000
On tap at Julian’s, opulent Belgian quad with sweet whiskey barrel-matured candi-sugaring and mighty 10.5% ABV warmth receives chewy caramel, toffee and vanilla creaming. Syrupy bourbon, white rum and sherry subtleties share space alongside red cherry, peach, candied orange, pink grapefruit, bruised orange, banana and sugarplum illusions at the whiskey-daubed fruitful finish. In the bottle, dewy Scotch whiskey sweetness gains dried fig nicety, molasses candied toffee sugaring, maple walnut snicker and mild truffle earthiness over vanilla-creamed brown chocolate bottom.
ENGELSZELL STIFT GREGORIUS – 2014 (AGED IN ALSACIAN WINE)
On tap at Julian’s, exquisite Belgian dark ale utilizes Alsacian wine yeast to propel fruit-caked dried fruiting of subtle 9.7% ABV elixir. Mild burgundy-wined fig, prune, green raisin, red cherry and blackberry illusions sashay across ephemeral honeyed chocolate whim with calming warmth.
GRIMM ZAP DOUBLE IPA
On tap at Ambulance, wholly appealing Imperial IPA brings bright citrus tang to floral orange blossom adjunct and light pine-oiled grassy hop bite. Zesty lemon, yellow grapefruit and orange rind bittering gains perfumed mango, papaya, guava and pineapple tropicalia for absolutely fruitful delight.
THIMBLE ISLAND GHOST ISLAND DOUBLE IPA
On tap at Arooga’s, rousing orange-peeled lemon seed bittering and brisk yellow grapefruit tang provide hard-candied sweet ‘n sour profile. Tertiary tangerine, clementine and pineapple illusions allow fruitiness to expand above moderate pale malt base. Aggressive Citra hop briskness anchors 8% ABV DIPA, deepening its juicy citrus frontage and resinous pine hind. In the bottle, richer doughy yeast sinew arouses bitter yellow fruiting plus dark cherry, bruised orange and sweet fig illusions.
