Wonderfully profuse nightcap aged in Four Roses bourbon barrels for nine months retains creamily lactic dark chocolate syruping for peanut-buttered coconut, cocoa nibs and marshmallow adjuncts above rich Graham Cracker-sugared cookie dough base. Sweet molasses-sapped bourbon vanilla resonance and chocolate nougat-candied Almond Joy reminder broaden bold pastry stout’s appeal. Tertiary black cherry puree tartness seeps into wintry cinnamon, nutmeg and cumin snips. Highly recommended.
On tap at Taphouse 15, lactic milk stout infuses light-roast coffee nuttiness with subtle maple-syruped bacon sweetness and swerved peanut-salted coconut toasting for fine dessert fodder. But filmy chocolate pudding-skinned surface lacks creamy resilience.
In the can, bourbon-licked Madagascar vanilla beans draped with dark chocolate syrup over tarry tobacco-chawed dark roast hops. Abrupt cocoa-embittered coffee roast tops whiskey/rye-backed bourbon vanilla serenade and dark toffee spicing at the midst, picking up tertiary black licorice, blackberry and black grape wisps.
On tap at Taphouse 15, creme de mint-laced dark chocolate frontage gains cinnamon-barked dried fruiting above dewy truffle earthiness. Beneath the monty chocolate surface, sour coffee stain contrasts sweet vanilla snip.
On tap at Taphouse 15, oaken Montmorency cherry tartness floods granola-honeyed dark chocolate malting as sweet ‘n sour raisin, prune and fig illusions plus mild brandy wining circulate to brown-sugared oats base of bourbon-licked cherry cobbler knockoff.
On tap at Hoover’s Tavern, expressively variegated but blindingly exhaustive flavor-wise, Philippine Ube Halaya yam dessert knockoff brings subtle lactic almond-milked coconut sweetness to vanilla-daubed purple yam adjunct (and a red cherry on top). Yet its sharp orange-peeled grapefruit bittering, with mild pine lacquering and dainty floral-perfumed spicing, peaks higher than its marshmallow-sugared yam jam.
On tap at Taphouse 15, vibrant lactose-aided milkshake IPA plies tart pink guava puree salting and mild white pear sweetness to yogurt-soured vanilla creaming. Mild orange-juiced pineapple, grapefruit and mango tropicalia reinforces crisply clean Citra cryo hop briskness.
Sedately dry, politely centrist hazy NEIPA takes off with tart yellow grapefruit spicing rising softly above smooth oat-milked creaming. Mellow orange-peeled mango, guava, kiwi and passionfruit souring caresses dainty floral-daubed piney hop bittering as subtle grapefruit spell breaks.
Glazed tropical fruit juicing consumes floral-daubed pine resin of alcohol-heightened flagship IPA offshoot. Vodka-nipped orange, grapefruit, pineapple and peach tang plus salted mango-passionfruit-guava tartness stay way atop pasty malt sugaring.
On tap at Seven Lakes Station, juicy pineapple tang and tart lemon meringue salting combine above floral-daubed vanilla creaming. Ancillary mandarin orange-spiced grapefruit, mango, peach and cantaloupe illusions sweeten the crystal malted back end.
On tap at Growler & Gill, sunny orange-peeled grapefruit pith bittering and zesty lemon brightener gain floral-daubed pine residue (and herbal tease) for sprightly straightforward Citra-hopped NEIPA.
On tap at Hoover’s Tavern, briskly clean watered NEIPA lacks clearly defined designation, relying too much on mellowed down lemony grapefruit, orange, pineapple and mango evenhandedness than any true vanilla-creamed “juice bomb.” Zesty floral-spiced lemon spritz bubbles above gentle barley-flaked crystal malting.
