Spirited bourbon-aged Baltic porter variant offers cinnamon-toasted Graham Cracker sugaring and brown-sugared chocolate oats to silken bourbon vanilla warmth. Chocolate cookie, fudged molasses, toasted coconut, marshmallow and coffee undertones add resilience, complexity and sweet-toothed goodness to S’more-like dessert treat.
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GIGANTIC MOST MOST PREMIUM BOURBON BARREL AGED RUSSIAN IMPERIAL STOUT
On tap at Morris Tap & Grill, luxurious bourbon-aged Imperial Stout stays dryer than most of its sweet peers. Bittersweet black chocolate-spiced entry gains vanilla-creamed molasses, hazelnut and cinnamon niceties. But its vermouth-laden bourbon influence and dried cocoa stint lean towards the dryer side.
CLOWN SHOES / SHMALTZ SHOEBELATION ALE AGED IN BOURBON BARRELS
“Epic” high octane collaboration combines Wild Turkey bourbon-barreled Clown Shoes Billionaire Barleywine with Shmaltz Jewbelation 11. Eager bourbon-spiced dried fruiting contacts molasses-sugared vanilla sweetness in a sinewy mix. Loud fig, raisin and prune illusions pick up a light alcohol burn that dries out the cognac-licked dry whiskey finish. 
CENTRAL WATERS RYE BARREL STOUT
On tap at Ambulance, celestial rye barrel aged stout lets lingered bourbon sweetness elegantly coat fudgy brown chocolate spicing and creamy vanilla undercurrent. Beneath the mocha bourbon richness, dry rye tones perk up oncoming whiskey warmth. In the bottle, wood-soaked molasses rye sweetness gains bourbon-spiced dark cherry blitz, coconut toasting, marshmallow fluffing and hazelnut glaze above treacly brown bread flouring.
LEELANAU ILLUMINATI STOUT AGED IN BOURBON BARRELS
BEAU’S TOM GREEN CHERRY MILK STOUT
Mildly creamed milk stout with juicy red cherry tartness just a tad thin stylistically. Dry dark chocolate chalkiness gains ashen nuttiness and light tobacco roast as black coffee, mochaccino and cocoa nibs illusions intensify mocha mass but relegate cherry adjunct.
RIVERTOWN DEATH IMPERIAL STOUT WITH JOLOKIA PEPPERS
“Virulent heat” anchors creamy dark-roasted Imperial Stout. Dark chocolate syruping stays up-front alongside dry bourbon flicker before feverish ghost pepper chili heat leaves tongue numb. Fiery cinnamon burn increases chili rampage. Slight vanilla-fudged dried fruiting and sweet hazelnut snip waver way beneath the expansive chili chocolate surface.

BRIX CITY ROYAL MC POYL IMPERIAL MILK STOUT
HILL FARMSTEAD HOLGER DANSKE
On tap at Ambulance, interesting smoked brown ale opens like a subtler, less meat-cured rauchbier as its kilned applewood and beechwood sear smothers brown-sugared bacon sweetness and wet peaty earthiness. At the midst, subtle molasses-smoked dark chocolate nuttiness climbs aboard to contrast finishing phenol hop tannins.
SOUTHERN TIER CHAI TEA INFUSED PUMKING
On tap at Beef Trust, black-peppered chai tea adjunct brings sharp edginess to cinnamon-toasted pumpkin pie sweetness and brown-sugared gingerbread cookie respite. Cotton-candied rum raisin, banana bread, apple butter and vanilla illusions further sweeten its rich resolve while white-peppered ginger herbage deepens cardamom-spiced chai tea aspect. A welcoming venture.
SOUTHERN TIER COLD PRESS COFFEE PUMKING IMPERIAL PUMPKIN ALE
Lovely coffee-milked pumpkin pie spicing with teasing vanilla-sugared whipped creaming and brown-sugared cinnamon, allspice, coriander and nutmeg seasoning provide delightful results for impressive Pumking knockoff. Light roast cold press coffee bittering contrasts honeyed Graham Cracker sweetness as tertiary dark chocolate, cappuccino, crème brulee and amaretto illusions increase complexity. On tap at Taphouse 15, intimate light-roast cold-press coffee adjunct seeps into autumnal pumpkin pie-spiced nutmeg, cinnamon and allspice pleasantries as well as wispy vanilla, molasses, hazelnut, Amaretto and espresso undertones. Try in lieu of pumpkin latte.




