“Hauntingly good” oak-aged stout with abounding complexities. Aggressive bourbon sweetness gains immediate brown-sugared molasses sapping and caramelized chocolate-coffee conflux contrasted by sedate wood-seared hop char. Below the bustling mocha-bourbon mudcake surface, dried-fruited date, fig and plum illusions as well as distant hazelnut-coconut snips hide out. A decadent first-class slow sipper.
On tap at Ambulance, luxurious cinnamon-toasted brown chocolate sweetness gains molasses-sapped bourbon vanilla warmth and minimal chili pepper heat for sturdily spiced Mexican-styled stout (with well-hidden 11.4% ABV). Chewy cocoa-nibbed cookie dough creaminess enriches the cinnamon-peppered chocolate and vanilla donut-like finish.
On tap at Ambulance, “sumptuous” wheatwine dessert decadence with heady 16% ABV coalesces confectionery cocoa-buttered milk sugaring with bittersweet cacao-nibbed vanilla bean adjunct and candied brown chocolate allotment. Subtle bourbon aging adds sweet warmth to fudgy chocolate-y vanilla creaminess, picking up toasted coconut, crème brulee, marzipan, honeyed hazelnut and toasted marshmallow illusions. Luxurious full-bodied treasure.
On tap at Morris Tap & Grill, wayward French Toast-inspired raspberry stout with maple syrup and cinnamon adjuncts completely lacquered by rich dark chocolate bittering. But pastry-like French Toast expectancy and deadened cinnamon spicing fade below tart raspberry chocolate caking.
On tap at Morris Tap & Grill, salty Berliner Weisse-affected raspberry tartness puckers bitter black chocolate malting and tannic Widow Jane Bourbon subtlety, retaining lactic-soured mocha response. Mild oaken bourbon tangent gains subtle port-burgundy wisps at sour raspberry pureed smoked chocolate finish.
On tap at Morris Tap & Grill, bold smoky black chocolate prominence gains mighty hop char as mild lactic acidity contrasts black cherry-pureed tartness and toasted coconut sweetness above its oats-sugared cookie dough base. Distant molasses, coffee and cola nut illusions fade. A bitterer mocha-dried liquid breakfast cereal.
On tap at Ambulance, dark-roast black chocolate bittering gains cocoa nibs insistence, ashen walnut respite and scorched earth soiling over Maris Otter-malted molasses oats spine. Distant burnt coffee, espresso and soy illusions pervade smoky mocha finish of English-styled Oatmeal Stout.
On tap at Taphouse 15, fudgy molasses-caked dark chocolate richness and bittersweet cocoa nibs drape Oreo cookie conditioned stout. Creamy chocolate richness gains ancillary bourbon vanilla, crème fraiche, hazelnut and black cherry illusions at Oreo cookie finish. On tap at Growler & Gill, creamy caramelized chocolate fudging enriched chewy Oreo conditioned full body. Syrupy maple molasses draped auxiliary cocoa brownie, vanilla, chocolate cake and chocolate eclair illusions.
On tap at Sogo, mildly creamed dark-roast coffee and lightly smoked chocolate malting pick up ancillary port-aged ‘plum, cherry and stewed fruit’ notions from Syrah grape must of hybridized wine-barreled stout that stays remarkably soft and fluffy on the tongue. Wood-burnt hop char and light walnut sear impact smoky coffee-cocoa finish, leaving oaken vanilla tannins in the distance.
On tap at Taphouse 15, mellow Ethiopian coffee tones gain hazelnut-glazed molasses sweetness for mildly creamed Imperial Stout. Ancillary toasted coconut, vanilla bean, anise, chicory and pecan illusions saddle light-roast coffee luster.
Bitterly dark-roasted nuttiness imbues black-malted raw honey and ashen hop char of pungently nut-seared English-styled brown ale served year round.
On tap at Beef Trust, zestful tropical delight loads pineapple-pureed grapefruit insistence upon zesty orange-peeled peach, papaya, mango and white grape tanginess as well as rummy coconut-milked pina colada subtlety and floral-perfumed spice tingle to contrast reticent piney hop bittering above light oats base.
