Well developed, stylistically advanced and creatively designed Christmastime cream ale harnesses chai tea spicing to honeyed vanilla glaze and wintry coniferous hop bite. Brown-sugared gingerbread sweetness engulfs sharply chai-spiced nutmeg, allspice and fennel vibrancy while spritzy citrus crisping settles way below.
On tap at Taphouse 15, easygoing beige yellow-hazed pale ale pairs perfumed yellow grapefruit tanginess with musky hop-oiled astringency, slowly gaining mandarin orange, tangerine and pineapple illusions above sweet grain malt bottom.
Pleasant moderation blends mellow yellow grapefruit tanginess with subtle orange-tangerine linger, floral lemon dusting, grassy hop astringency and bready pale malts. Well-balanced dry Mosaic-hopped mainstream fodder.
On tap at Growler & Gill, musky raw-honeyed grain malting, herbal Noble-hopped lemon rot and dank floral nuances reinforced by pale-malted sourdough spine. Underneath, bread-crusted millet, wheatgrass and straw grass rusticity stays firm for crisp German-styled pilsner.
On tap at Ambulance, supersized bourbon-barreled barleywine segues syrupy caramelized bourbon vanilla warmth into molasses-sapped chocolate dalliance, leaving tingly cognac, brandy, burgundy, port and sherry tones in the deep recess. Spruce-hopped mineral graining and leathery dried fruiting of original Third Coast base hidden far beneath the surefire cherry-bruised bourbon vanilla resonance.
On tap at Plank Pizza, passionately designed Madagascar vanilla bean version of famous bourbon-aged Imperial Stout really is decadent. Creamily rich vanilla sugaring informs fudgy dark chocolate mass. Light bourbon sweetness glides into luxurious chocolate-vanilla sludging. Luscious crème brulee, milk chocolate, toasted coconut, marshmallow, hazelnut coffee and Graham Cracker illusions as well as latent burgundy licks contrast tarry hop-charred bittering at bold dessert finish.
Complex Christmastime hybrid way beyond stylish nitrogenated milk stout parameters. Savory maple-syruped chocolate mousse creaminess gains immediate cardamom-spiced orange peel sweetness, ginger-leafed cinnamon minting and coniferous pine nut minerality for chai tea-inspired nitro stout. Tertiary sarsaparilla, cola nut and walnut illusions casually integrate with wintry sandalwood, sage and fern snips as well as delicate rice pudding, cherry coughdrop and gingerbread dalliances to further enrich rangy milk stout template.
Fulsome nitro stout (in a can) with tremendous depth, body and overall richness. Bittersweet milk chocolate creaming leaves frothy éclair mouthfeel deepened by cocoa-powdered espresso tones and slight dried fruiting to its sweet oats-flaked barley roast base. Wood-burnt hop char and tobacco chaw bittering fill out bold nitrogenated dark ale. Retains stylishly silken smoothness of usual nitrogenated stout while being more aggressively demanding.
On tap at Beef Trust, treasured milk-sugared hot cocoa indulgence gains Madagascar vanilla, marshmallow, dark chocolate and molasses adjuncts spiked by coniferous spruce tip needling above dewy peat earthiness. Mild dried cherry, cinnamon and fig notions caress the sweet-milked mocha intrigue in the backend.
On tap at Ambulance, salted caramel candy drapes dark chocolate syruping of delightful sweet stout. Lactic-sugared vanilla, creamed coffee and crème brulee illusions float below the copacetic caramelicious surface.
On tap at Plank Pizza, deeply penetrating Dark Matter black coffee bittering gains dark chocolate, cocoa and vanilla bean influence. Espresso coffee midst allows minor cola, hazelnut, walnut and Brazil nut snips to scour its beckoning woody hop char. In the can, dark-roast coffee beaning gains wood-burnt hazelnut-walnut sear, tarry molasses bittering and rum-spiced whipped cream vanilla snip.
On tap at Plank Pizza, peppery black coffee stead fortified by bittersweet dark chocolate tangent above mild hop char. Light cinnamon spicing sweetens the backend a tad.
