Offbeat stout pleats Bakers chocolate dryness into ‘candied orange peel’ tartness and mild piney hop resin as coconut milked souring, ashen cola-walnut scant and raw molasses bittering pick up weedy residue. Introducing Centennial and Sabro hops to a murky stout undermines its mocha appeal.
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KANE MORNING BELL IMPERIAL MILK PORTER (2021)
On tap at Taphouse 15, decadent porter conditioned on Ugandan and Haitian cocoa nibs and roasted hazelnuts gains brown-sugared vanilla sweetness for aggressive full-bodied blend. Creamy mocha latte continuance picks up mild dark cherry snips.
ESKER HART STAMPEDE TRIAL BALTIC PORTER
On tap at Cloverleaf, casual coffee-roasted dark chocolate entry picks up tobacco-stained hop char, raw molasses bittering and earthen walnut sear, leaving understated granola-candied Trail Mix on the backend.
EREDITA GRATITUDE PRACTICE PORTER
On tap at Taphouse 15, dark-roasted cocoa powdered coffee grounds and slightly viscous Blackstrap molasses-embittered hop oils reach burnt pumpernickel base. Anyone for charcoal charred black onyx cocoa?
HAMBURG I’LL BRING DESSERT CARROT CAKE PASTRY BROWN ALE
Lightly creamed milk sugaring coats reclining carrot cake battering as moderate cinnamon-spiced butternut, chestnut and almond triage receives ascending ginger minting. But its metallic hop alkalinity prohibits niftily unconventional carrot dessert.
CARTON COSTATOR HOP-LESS DOPPELBOCK
On tap at Cloverleaf, Balinator dopplebock variant utilizes raw green Costa Rican coffee beans in lieu of hops. Milk-sugared coffee sweetness gains candied toffee spicing, mild peated dewiness, distant dried fruiting and buttery chestnut waver.
SCHILLING KARLUV 13′ DARK LAGER
On tap at Taphouse 15, traditional Czech-styled dark lager brings cocoa powdered Bakers chocolate dryness to pumpernickel-crusted cracked pepper breading.
SCHILLING MODERNISM CZECH-STYLE BLACK LAGER
On tap at Taphouse 15, dewy earthen mossing saturates caramel-burnt maple molasses, musty mildewed fungi and light (semi-harsh) hop-charred nuttiness of Czech-styled black lager not far removed from Bohemian schwarzbier.
HEAVY REEL THYYK: PINA COLADA FRUITED SOUR
On tap at Taphouse 15, nifty pina colada knockoff perfectly captures coconut-creamed pineapple salting and syrupy rum sugaring of smoothly iced tropical cocktail. Slight cotton-candied vanilla sweetness contrasts lemon-limed Margarita salting below the pina colada surface.
DREKKER LEMON BAR SLANG DU JOUR SOUR A LA MODE
Smoothie-like soft ice cream thickness brings lactic milking to zestful orange juiced lemon curd moussing. Lemon meringue tartness, lemon cookie sugaring, lime sherbet tanginess, banana puree sweetness and salted Margarita cocktail liming advance abruptly.
MORTALIS / IMPRINT HYDRA SCHMOOJEE ALA MODE
On tap at Kitchen & Beer Bar, impressive Schmoojee cocktail allows creamy cotton-candied marshmallow fluff to sweeten tart strawberry, zesty pineapple and milky coconut adjuncts as well as concentrated orange juicing, rummy banana daiquiri sugaring, peach marmalade tartness and salty papaya zing in desirously fruitful fashion.
IMPRINT FRUIT LADY SCHMOOJEE
On tap at Taphouse 15, creamy vanilla marshmallow chewiness seeps into passionfruit, guava, dragonfruit, pineapple and orange fruiting as well as milky coconut sweetness and strawberry pie tartness. A worthily veritable fruited milkshake!