Rich oak-aged vanilla beaned 17% ABV Imperial Stout retains syrupy molasses-sugared chocolate creaminess. Deep vanilla essence receives velvety bourbon licks as well as delicate port, sherry and brandy daubs. Setback dark chocolate fudging picks up gooey anise sway and dried-fruited black cherry, rum raisin and plum undertones. A trusty dessert nightcap with loads of gusto.
SOUTHERN TIER THICK MINT IMPERIAL STOUT
On tap at Curley’s, excellent Thin Mint Girl Scout Cookie alternative joins brewers’ classic Crème Brulee, Choklat and Mokah dessert treats as rich, inviting chocolate lovers’ favorites. Junior Mint-like freshness retained as dry Belgian dark chocolate malting and cookie dough sweetness gain syrupy layer above dark-roast hop bittering. Beneath the mocha-minted surface lies mild vanilla, coffee, cappuccino and walnut illusions. Decadent.
LAGUNITAS WILLETTIZED COFFEE STOUT AGED IN RYE OAK BARRELS
On tap at Ambulance, mild rye whiskey aging politely seeps into richly creamed coffee overtones of 12.6% ABV stout. Sweet cappuccino milking contrasts dry espresso bittering. Smoky chocolate continuance gains tertiary molasses, vanilla and Kahlua snips.
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DEMENTED GLUTTONY
On tap at Plank Pizza, sweet-creamed cold-press coffee adjunct picks up dark chocolate, cappuccino, espresso and cacao nibs influence over lightly wood-charred hop bittering. Subtle dried cherry nuance seeps in.
THREE 3’S CHOCOLATE RASPBERRY STOUT
On tap at Plank Pizza, soft nitro-like mocha creaming engages tart raspberry adjunct and dewy hop resin. Raspberry-jammed blackstrap molasses sinew picks up ancillary black cherry, fig and date illusions as well as latent cocoa bittering.
REFINED FOOL RIPSNORTER VANILLA PORTER
Bourbon-barreled oak staves provide only meager influence upon bittersweet vanilla bean scheme. Fudgy dark chocolate sweetness slowly depletes most of the vanilla adjunct as musky Blackstrap molasses leathering and sharp hop phenols embitter the back end. Latent hickory-burnt charcoal singe relegates coffee, cocoa and espresso undertones in busy mix.
HARPOON NANA’S NIGHTCAP OATMEAL COOKIE PORTER
Inspired by brown-sugared oatmeal cookies, rich mocha-bound nightcap picks up cinnamon-toasted vanilla and nutmeg sweetness as well as chewy anise spicing to counter sharp roasted hop bite. Dark chocolate syrup drapes molasses-baked oats, cookie dough malts and recessive raisin or black cherry illusions.
COLLECTIVE ARTS STRANGER THAN FICTION PORTER
Mildly creamed molasses sugaring cakes wheat-flaked chocolate malts as well as light-roast coffee tones and dried cocoa powdering. Subtle vanilla, caramel and black cherry sweetness seeps in slowly.
EVIL TWIN LIL’ B IMPERIAL PORTER
On tap at Plank Pizza, rangy 11.5% ABV porter drapes creamy dark chocolate syrup atop mildly spiced dried fruiting. Mocha-bound black cherry, raspberry, raisin and prune tones gain slight rummy molasses and bourbon vanilla licks while ashen hops relegate distant wood-seared tobacco leaf crisping. Yummy chocolate cherry cake dessert alternative.
BAXTER PER DIEM PORTER
On tap at Growler & Gill, ‘rich but not heavy’ light-bodied porter leaves dry roasted coffee and dark chocolate tones upon mild nut-charred hop bittering. But its ‘floral fruited’ Belgian yeast influence seems null.
RODENBACH VINTAGE OAK-AGED 2012
Vintage oak-aged Flanders Red Ale (2012 – Barrel #170) flaunts leathery cherry-raspberry tartness at the fore as vinous green grape souring, oaken vanilla tannins, green raisin snips and fungi-like saccharomyces yeast sugaring merge alongside dry sherry licks. At the complex finish, sour cherry abundance gains acidic balsamic vinegaring to contrast less prominent caramelized amber graining.
CRICKET HILL BOURBON BARREL AGED BARLEYWINE
On tap at Plank Pizza, easygoing Kentucky bourbon-barreled barleywine (8% ABV) needs ‘no overwhelming alcohol kick’ to stay pleasing. Gentle caramel-toasted Scotch malting and light oaken vanilla buttering sidle up against placid bourbon sweetness in mild manner.
