On tap at Plank Pizza, classic coppery marzen retains soft nitro-like flow as biscuit-honeyed melanoidin malts and sweet peat mossing pick up mild cellared fungi. More modestly offbeat than classic.
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SWIFTWATER SAAZY SAAZBOURNE PILSNER
On tap at Plank Pizza, easygoing Saaz-hopped pils allows lightly embittered lemony yellow grapefruit spritz to blanket musky herbal wisps above plain crackery pilsner malt base.
WILD EAST LITTLE HAUS PILSNER
On tap at Plank Pizza, highly sessionable German pilsner lets sweet corn entry contrast wispy lemon seed bittering, lightly pungent herbal hop resin and black peppery restraint.
THREES THE WORLD WE LIVE IN CZECH PILSNER
On tap at Ambulance, offbeat foudre-fermented golden blonde Czech pilsner takes on raw honeyed bergamot orange oiling to add dryly sour lemon rotting that engages oaken vanilla tannins and wispy Saaz-hopped floral herbage above hay-dried wet graining. A transformative soured pils.
KCBC INFINITE MACHINE PILSNER
On tap at Ambulance, classic pale straw German-styled moderation with slightly brusque mineral grain crispness pleating mild herbal Saaz hop pungency, wispy floral-spiced citrus Saphir hop whim and proper grassy astringency over musky-grained sourdough bottom.
(MODELO) ESTRELLA JALISCO
Perfectly sessionable golden-hued, cumulous-headed light lager with soft-tongued sourdough breading bristling thru salty lemon fizz as pasty rice sweetness contrasting herbed corn musk.
GREAT DIVIDE MACAROON YETI IMPERIAL STOUT
Terrific Yeti variant plies caked biscuit macaroon influence to fudgy bourbon chocolate spicing as well as ancillary caramel-burnt coffee roast and tertiary espresso milking, retaining its contrastively stylized hop-charred wood sear just below the expansive mix. At the intense mocha finish, sugary vanilla creaming coats ‘macarooned’ coconut toasting, almond buttering and hazelnut pasting.
MAGNIFY DO I KNOW YOU (COCONUT, COFFEE, ALMOND) BOURBON AGED IMPERIAL STOUT
On tap at Taphouse 15, luxurious nightcap lets sweet bourbon licks spread across cocoa nibs-imbibed creamed coffee sugaring and coconut-toasted almond cake glaze above honeyed Graham Cracker base. Hefty 15.1% alcohol volume hides behind rich mocha nuttiness as nifty creme brulee, fudged brownie and chocolate cake riffs rally.
ICARUS B.A. BRANDY VANILLA KALASHNIKOV IMPERIAL STOUT
On tap at Taphouse 15, bountiful brandy barrel-aged Kalashnikov variant soaks buttery cognac-like warmth into Belgian chocolate-spiced bourbon vanilla sweetness for richly vanilla beaned digestif. Tertiary creme brulee, caramelized vanilla, fudged brownie and cherry brandy illusions add further depth.
MY FAVORITE THING RESTRAINT HORCHATA STOUT W/ VANILLA BEANS & CINNAMON
Luxuriously rich pastry stout drapes dark chocolate syrup all over bittersweet vanilla beaning and brown-sugared molasses gingerbread expanse, enlivening the tongue further with wintry nutmeg, allspice and cumin seasoning. Hazelnut Oreo cookie confection, caramel coffee cascade and toasted cinnamon spicing seep thru the bustling finish of capacious Mexican horchata-spiced mocha enchantment.
BRIX CITY SILK CITY PEANUT BUTTER CUP IMPERIAL STOUT AGED IN BOURBON (2022)
On tap at Taphouse 15, profusely creamed peanut buttering gains marshmallow-fluffed vanilla sweetness and cocoa nibs bittering for sturdy bourbon-aged stout. Mild hop-charred nuttiness seeps inside acute peanut buttered dark chocolate amplitude above floured Graham Cracker base.
THE ANSWER DOUBLE FUDGE: FRENCH TOAST
On tap at Taphouse 15, lusciously rich chocolate fudging consumes cinnamon-sugared French toast buttering and Vermont maple syruping of thickly creamed breakfast stout. Bittersweet Ghana cocoa nibs and Tahitian vanilla beaning rampage thru fudged molasses, chocolate cookie and bourbon chocolate licks (as well as nebulous bruised cherry and red grape fruiting). Excellent decadent nightcap.
