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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
On tap at Ambulance, bittersweet dark chocolate syruping drapes cocoa-powdered Bakers chocolate tartness and Blackstrap molasses drift over light wood-charred hop sear.
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.
On tap at Ambulance, dark Belgian candi sugaring deepens caramel-burnt dark chocolate malting while oak-foedered Simcoe hop bittering, mild coffee indulgence, dewy peat earthiness and black cherry snips propel rich back end of updated wheat stout (circa 2021).
Fulsome medium roast coffee bean bittering permeates cocoa-nibbed black chocolate malting, ashen wood hop char and subtle walnut sear. Like a cup of black coffee (with some fizz).
On tap at Taphouse 15, dainty milk-sugared coffee splendor loses momentum halfway as polite citric hop astringency and mild peppery whims pop up in fizzy fuzz tones.
Tart lemon meringue piquancy overrides milk-sugared Madagascar vanilla creaming to the dry pale malt spine of hazy golden medium body. Mellow Curacao orange, tangerine, pineapple and peach illusions extend ambrosial milkshake sweetness to contrast wispily phenol hop astringency.
Lactose-aided vanilla creaming underscores candied pineapple, rummy peach, sweet orange peel, lemon meringue tartness, yellow grapefruit bittering and apple-skinned leathering of pasty-malted 11% ABV NEIPA (with botanical gin esters). Like Bradley’s Unicorn Girls, its hop bill includes juicy fruited Citra, Mosaic, Simcoe and Huell Melon.
