Category Archives: Beers A-Z

BOLERO SNORT / IMPRINT STICKY SITUATION PASTRY STOUT

Rich chocolate fudging soaked in bourbon with chewy marshmallow creaming sweetened further by Thai banana and cinnamon roll adjuncts for decadent barrel-aged pastry stout. Swiss Miss chocolate, maple syrup, espresso martini and toffee pudding illusions plus distant raspberry, prune and raisin licks surge forth at the chocolate bourbon banana breaded finish.

DU CLAW PASTRYARCHY CHOCOLATE CHERRY CAKE IMPERIAL STOUT

Decadent dessert layers fudgy dark chocolate richness with bitter cocoa nibs and tart red cherry tartness, leaving creamy mocha resonance upon dry wood-burnt dark roast hop char. Bulky chocolate cherry cake finish picks up red grape tannins, red raspberry rasp and grenadine syruping plus mild chocolate donut, honeyed baclava, butterscotch vanilla, molasses cookie and hazelnut coffee illusions. Bold, luxurious confectionery nightcap (with unassuming 9.4% ABV).

HARDYWOOD CHRISTMAS MORNING IMPERIAL STOUT

Bold milk stout aged on Kentucky bourbon and conditioned on ginger, cinnamon, vanilla, honey and coffee lacks creaminess but promotes spirits as dry bourbon-burgundy wining and whiskeyed chocolate lead the way for boozy Christmastime celebrator. Its dry side adds oaken vanilla, Bakers chocolate and coconut milk to contrast subsidiary maple syrupy gingerbread sweetness, but the Brazilian and Sumatran coffee influence stays neutral.

FIRESTONE WALKER BETWEEN TWO GRAHAMS IMPERIAL STOUT

Combining renowned brewers’ Parabola and Velvet Merkin, excellent S’mores-inspired stout aged in Heaven Hill bourbon barrels relies on vanilla bean richness, cocoa nibs fudging and brown-sugared cinnamon sticks to awaken rummy marshmallow-centered Graham Cracker base. Rich dark chocolate syruping drapes oncoming hazelnut brownie, biscotti anisette, dark cherry and dried fig illusions. Another fascinating nightcap by FW.