Unconventional tripel retains richly textured expansive flavor profile. Creamy vanilla-daubed dried fruiting gains Chardonnay-buttered Vermouth respite and herbal white-peppered chamomile swipe as banana bread, bruised orange, lemon meringue, candied peach and pineapple lollipop dollops kick back cider souring.
Category Archives: Beers A-Z
ANGRY ERIK SANTA LUCIA
On tap at Kitchen And Beer Bar, fairly complex Belgian-styled blonde leverages lemony saffron florality and mellow orange tang with herbal ginger riffs, botanical Vermouth snips and musty barnyard acridity over its honeyed French bread spine.
BOLERO SNORT MOOTHIE PARTY
Ultra-juicy smoothie features tartest mango, pineapple, tangerine and passionfruit adjuncts for candied Laffy Taffy bluster with a mouth-puckered sour edge (and wispy oaken vanilla tannins). Zesty concentrated orange zing, sassy strawberry rhubarb piquancy and sour guava snips add further Sweet-tart soured vibrancy to thickly resilient tropical smoothie.
OFF COLOR BEER FOR TACOS GOSE
Pink Himalayan sea-salted lime juicing provides ultra-dry Margarita frontage to fizzy Seltzer-watered crackle just ahead of its unexpectedly oncoming wheat-flaked cinnamon toasting and distant coriander spicing. Salted lime souring incongruently contrastive against advancing sweet-spiced ginger coda.
SOURCE OTTOMAN BAKLAVA STOUT
On tap at Taphouse 15, ambitiously luxurious pastry stout gathers wildflower-honeyed pecan-hazelnut-pistachio toasting for bittersweet vanilla-beaned cocoa nibs, picking up bourbon chocolate sweetness as well as rummy molasses, chewy marshmallow, cinnamon bark and black licorice undertones for an orgasmic cavalcade.
ALEMENTARY LANIAKEA IMPERIAL STOUT
On tap at Beef Trust, velvety bourbon-aged stout perfectly segues caramelized brown chocolate sugaring into bourbon vanilla luster, embracing sweet burgundy, toasted coconut, creme brulee and hazelnut mousse cake illusions for perfect dessert nightcap.
GREY SAIL DAVE’S COFFEE STOUT
On tap at Seven Lakes Station, stark dark-roast Ethiopian/Brazilian coffee onrush not unlike dry Irish Stout, with its charred Brazil nut and walnut bittering plus dark chocolate and espresso tones reinforcing the heavy caffeinated java distinction.
GOOSE ISLAND BOURBON COUNTY CAFE DE OLLA STOUT (2019)
Complex traditional Mexican coffee knockoff retains fudgy dark chocolate creaming for cassia cinnamon-barked panela sugaring, sweet orange peel twist and casual star anise spicing of rich java-bound breakfast kickstart. But its molasses coconut influence soon masks any citric spicing, letting dark chocolate syrup drape lightly wood-seared bourbon coffee heft.
CARTON 2020 IS HINDSIGHT ROCKY ROAD STOUT
On tap at Taphouse 15, decadent Imperial Stout (in collab with J. Wakefield) showcases toasted pecan and marshmallow adjuncts as creamy brown chocolate syruping drapes hazelnut-pasted molasses richness and mild oats-flaked Maris Otter malting contrasting cedar-charred hop roast of Rocky Road ice cream knockoff.
FLYING MONKEYS THE CHOCOLATE MANIFESTO TRIPLE MILK STOUT
Fudgy chocolate brownie density of bold lactose milk stout plies mild cocoa nibs bittering to sugary vanilla creaming. Confectionary Tootsie Roll-candied chocolate mousse richness gains tertiary espresso, toffee, roasted tobacco and black cherry undertones.
KCBC WHAT WE DON’T SEE IMPERIAL STOUT
On tap at Ambulance, bittersweet dark chocolate syruping drapes cocoa-powdered Bakers chocolate tartness and Blackstrap molasses drift over light wood-charred hop sear.
AXE & ARROW CORKY BEANS
Smoothly ho-hum medium roast coffee intensified by musty hop char and bitter raw vanilla musk, gaining backend black pepper whims to contrast its sweet hazelnut remnant.