Toasted amber grains receive sweet toffee snag and musky brown tea earthiness for dry blue collar moderation. Serve to all macrobrew hounds as better alternative.
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SUTTON 215 LIGHT LAGER
Lemony orange oiling and subtle herbal hop musk drift into light mineral-grained pilsner malt stead for crisply clean moderation.
ALTERNATE ENDING ROYAL RUG PILSNER
On tap at Kitchen & Beer Bar, excellent traditional moderate-bodied German pilsner places polite floral-spiced citrus zesting next to musky earthen dewiness above its toasted grain spine. Mild hop astringency picks up vegetal dab beneath it all. Damn fine well-designed Bavarian pils.
CARTON BIC CZECH PILSNER
On tap at Taphouse 15, mild herbal grain musk picks up floral perfume-daubed orange spritz for worthily sessionable pilsner-Vienna malted moderation.
FIFTH HAMMER HAELSTORM
On tap at Ambulance, soft-toned cream fluff hits the tongue before mineral-grained pilsner malting and grassy Saaz hop musk bedeck cleanly fruited Nordic Kviek yeast esters, latently contrasting mild lemon rind bittering with spicy tangerine sweetness above bread crusted base.
TO OL / KOPPI BOURISTA IMPERIAL COFFEE STOUT – BOURBON AGED
Decadent yellow-honeyed Costa Rican coffee serenity draped in mild bourbon sweetness retains cleanly dapper, if somewhat flattish, mouthfeel, never undermining its sticky mocha richness. In the midst, loud hazelnut-glazed espresso tones placate cedar burnt hop char. Dark chocolate syruping coats the caramelized bourbon vanilla coffee finish.
SOUTHERN TIER NITRO HOT COCOA IMPERIAL MILK STOUT
On tap at Growler & Gill, creamy milk chocolate fudging gains vanilla, marshmallow and creme brulee sweetness for lovely nitrogenated cocoa powdered dessert (with inconspicuous 10% ABV). Warm hot cocoa excellence. In the can ’22, luscious fluffily creamed fudged brownie confection lets ice-creamed chocolate cookie abundance outdo advertised ‘hot cocoa’ expectancy. Chewy caramel-salted mocha goodness contrasts less impactful wood brunt hop char as nifty creme brulee, toasted marshmallow and spiced bourbon vanilla illusions deepen nitrogenated stout.
HOOF HEARTED MIRACLE TOAST DOUBLE MASHED IMPERIAL STOUT
Rich “Imperial French Toast Stout” aged in bourbon maple syrup barrels contrasts burly bourbon chocolate influence and Cassia-barked cinnamon sugaring with mild dried fruited souring and dry vanilla tannins. Wispy burgundy, rum and anise licks stick to treacly maple-syrupy bourbon mocha finish.
BOLERO SNORT MARSHMALLOW DOUBULLSHOT
Fulsome confectionary stout drapes dark chocolate syruping over milk-sugared vanilla and coffee as frothy marshmallow creaming sinks into the complex mix. Fudged marshmallow brownie continuance teased by bourbon-spiced cherry whiskey nip, pleasant cinnamon-coconut snip and wispy plum-fig wisp for richly creamed Imperial Stout nightcap.
UNTITLED ART CINNAMON ROLL GOLD STOUT
Lovely sweet-toothed dessert. Powdered sugar glazes cinnamon-toasted, buttercream-frosted brown chocolate base as luscious maple syruped toffee, creme brulee, cream soda, spiced rum and sarsaparilla illusions scatter thru mild vanilla extraction of charming pastry-like confection.
SEVEN ISLAND SANTA’S HOT CHOCOLATE IMPERIAL STOUT
Creamy marshmallow-sugared cacao nibs advance alongside sharp ginger, cinnamon and nutmeg spicing. Mild cinnamon burn never retreats as tertiary brown chocolate syruping and bourbon vanilla nip thicken slightly intricate pastry stout.
ABBAYE DU VAL-DIEU WINTER ALE
On tap at Ambulance, rich winter warmer (2021) allows buttery rum warmth to infiltrate subtle fig sweetness, spiced orange tinge, noirish port wining, candied red cherry dab and caramelized apple glaze in a dewily brown-sugared chocolate setting.