On tap at Ambulance, easygoing light-roast coffee permeates oats-sugared dark chocolate malting of fine Sunday morning breakfast stout. Mild Kahlua, fudged brownie and crème brulee illusions flutter. Just a tad thin for perfection. In the can circa ’25, Burlington coffee roast gains maple syrupy dark chocolate onrush plus almond-hazelnut reluctance, mild cappuccino sweetness, dark rum scrum, sticky anise snip and cinnamon coffee remnant.
On tap at Ambulance, extraordinary coconut-toasted almond sweetness provides luxuriant frontage for fudgy vanilla-beaned cocoa nibs, delightful caramel nuttiness and subtle bourbon whirs. Tertiary marshmallow, Amaretto and hazelnut coffee illusions add further spunk to creamy mocha nutted dessert treasure.
Worthy Anchor Porter-derived collaboration with San Francisco’s Four Barrel Coffee submits lovely medium-roast coffee theme complemented by mild black chocolate bittering and nutty hop char. Rich black-malted java continuance gains oily resin at the bold finish.
On tap at Plank Pizza, creamily rich bourbon whiskey-saddled black chocolate syruping brings serious alcohol warmth (14.8%) to molasses-sapped oats sugaring and caramel-candied sweetness. Tertiary vanilla bean, cocoa nibs, fudged brownie and red pepper illusions enhance bold mocha whiskeyed bourbon theme beneath the crowded surface. In the can ’24, syrupy chocolate fudging soaked by bourbon vanilla sweetness as bold sherry-burgundy-brandy wining and mild toffee, anise, cola, hazelnut and date illusions further enhance nightcap.
On tap at Plank Pizza, tarry coffee overtones contrast brown chocolate, bourbon vanilla and dark rum sweetness for decadent 14.8% ABV mocha dessert. Cookie dough-sugared molasses oats create sturdy backdrop and mild black pepper burn caresses subtle earth-seared hop char. Caffeinated coffee finish seals the deal.
On tap at Beef Trust, outstanding Morning Bell Coffee Porter hybrid brings cinnamon-spiced maple syruping to the fore alongside milk-sugared coffee overtones. Syrupy maple molasses sinew sweetens fudgy chocolate-caked cocoa nibs, bourbon vanilla serenity, cookie dough flouring, toasted coconut shavings and caramelized hazelnut glaze. Highly recommended Christmastime dessert treat.
On tap at Beef Trust, sweet orange-zested cardamom spicing adds piquant Christmastime dimension to treacly black chocolate and roasted coffee overtones. Caramelized cola nuttiness counters minor phenolic astringency deep below creamy cardamom-seasoned mocha fudging.
Richly creamed cocoa-nibbed brown chocolate spicing embellished by sweet molasses-burnt bourbon vanilla persistence and light whiskey snips to its sugared oats spine. Maple-sapped caramel chocolate center countered by cedar-charred hop roast. Ancillary cookie dough, toffee, cappuccino and hazelnut illusions surface at the serene bourbon-whiskeyed chocolate finish.
On tap at Seven Lakes Station, dry black-malted dark chocolate bittering gains light roast coffee influence and charred walnut tinge to contrast less prominent brown-sugared oats and wispy toffee sweetness. Serve to Baltic porter fanatics as well as Irish stout lovers.
On tap at Ambulance, appealing oaken whiskey barrel-aged Flanders Red Ale brings clover-honeyed red cherry souring to the fore as vinous green grape acidity lowers spicy raisin-prune conflux and charcoaled mocha snip.
On tap at Beef Trust, pinkish amber-hued beet juicing lightly sweetens lemony grapefruit tartness and tangy peach sneak of approachable New England-styled IPA. Beet-sugared tropical fruit punch given mildly pungent wood tone at the buoyant finish.
On tap at Growler & Gill, dryish floral-daubed tropicalia placed against wet wood astringency, onion grassed hops and well-disguised 8.7% ABV. Yellow grapefruit tang, orange rind bittering and pineapple-mango sweetness stay in balance above mild oats-flaked pale malt setting. Soft, understated pleasantry remains polished but inconsequential.
