Luxuriously frothed jet black full body (in a can) boasts rich fudged chocolate creaminess, molasses-smoked muscovado sugaring and wood-burnt dark roast hop char. Gooey anise tongue-coating adds syrupy viscous sludge to chocolate rum cake, black coffee, dried cocoa, espresso, vanilla, hazelnut, and black cherry rampage. Affluent bourbon sweetness deepens massive mocha malting of chewy 12% ABV stout.
Decadent spinoff of Evil Twin’s highly prized Even More Jesus is, perhaps, richer, creamier and chewier than original. Fudgy dark chocolate resonance thickens alongside heightened sticky anise spicing and cedar-burnt hop char. Molasses-sapped mocha sweetness inundated by ancillary French roast coffee, vanilla, marshmallow, toasted coconut, hazelnut and caramel latte illusions as well as sedate blackberry, blueberry and black cherry wisps. A mucky slow sippin’ dark ale as viscous as black oil and well worth investigation.
Charming brown cow likeness ensues as cocoa-sugared milk chocolate richness picks up fudgy vanilla, toffee and burnt caramel creaming over delicate molasses-sapped oatmeal spine. Mildly syrupy chocolate milk sweetness hides a hint of bourbon. An easygoing dessert treat for sweet-toothed imbibers.
On tap at The Oath, bold Gimme! coffee-powered oatmeal stout gains black chocolate influence above dry wood-charred dark roast hop bittering, walnut espresso linger and groat-y oats bottom. Day-old coffee finish retains nut-burnt dark chocolate reminder.
On tap at Poor Henry’s, light wood smoke covers initial pinot noir influence, abrupt dark-roast mocha malt follow-up and subdued oaken cherry acridity. Tannic black grape leathering mingles with soy-sauced black chocolate and coffee tones over peaty earthiness. Mild sour ale-influenced imperial stout better appreciated by bitterer thirsts.
Astronomical six California breweries collaborate for one rich, velvety, cola-hued mocha stout. Fudgy black chocolate malting picks up cocoa-dried walnut response and light espresso nuance above tarry wood-burnt hop char, retaining creamy froth to bittersweet mocha finish.
Advertised beechwood-smoked malts and oak-smoked wheat malts gain light peat splendor, but the real underlying force is the fudgy brown and black chocolate sweetness contrasting against the woody earth-scorched dark roast hop char. Smoked mocha molasses richness picks up wispy hickory and cherrywood sentiments as well as dried cocoa, seared walnut and burnt caramel undertones.
On tap at Poor Henry’s, dark-roasted mocha malts dominate mildly creamed medium body. Black chocolate richness increases seared walnut souring, ashen wood acridity, ground coffee respite, mild molasses syruping and pureed black cherry wisp above dense charred hop bittering.
Robust dry porter brings roasted poblano and ancho chili peppering to dark chocolate-bound cocoa nibs center. But peppery roast loses steam as syrupy Blackstrap molasses sapping invades briny (oyster-shelled?) mocha creaminess.
‘Bold’ 7-hopped India Pale Ale brings bright floral fruiting to sugar-spiced pale malting and resinous pining. Lemony grapefruit, orange, peach, pineapple and tangerine tang plus juicy mango, cantaloupe and melon sweetness gain candy-coated caress to battle back mild aspirin-like acridity. Fruitful hop intensity never relinquishes assertiveness.
On tap at Poor Henry’s, expressive Citra-Galaxy hop mix allows lemony grapefruit, orange and tangerine tang to embrace sugary pale wheat malting for surprisingly mild Imperial IPA. Brisk citric spritz picks up light phenol acridity.
On tap at Poor Henry’s, ‘nimble giant’ is just that! Guileless lemon-peeled yellow grapefruit tang brings zesty fruit juicing to moderately bitter piney hop resin and sweet crystal malting of spry medium body. Floral wisp serenades ancillary mango, pineapple, passionfruit, papaya, peach and tangerine tropicalia.
