Promising nut aroma rewards equally compelling barleymalt sweetness, caramel mocha richness, and maple sap thickness to milk chocolate finish. Dark fruit flash and bitter hop dash provide calm backdrop.
STOUDT’S FAT DOG STOUT
Cascading fast-rising tan bubbles create proud lusty head above turbid brown body of creamy mocha-fueled dry stout. Toasted oats and roasted barley underscore responsive nutty coffee sourness, providing depth to latent overripe raisin assertion.
STOUDT’S FAT DOG IMPERIAL OATMEAL STOUT
Deluxe velvety version of Fat Dog Stout provides revelatory chocolate-espresso confluence, hop-charred toasted oats relevance and underlying hazelnut roast, finishing with a mild bourbon warmth. Vanilla extract, burnt caramel, cocoa bean and milked coffee illusions sweeten the load. Soothing fruited maple sugaring lingers on ensuing sips.
STOUDT’S DOUBLE I.P.A.
Arid peach-tangerine waft fits loud orange tang, floral hop eloquence, and clove-spiced honeyed wheat backbone. Spruce and pine comb decorate sweet biscuit-y bottom.
STOUDT’S BLONDE DOUBLE MAI BOCK
Different version of Stoudt’s Honey Double Mai Bock? Slick candied malts hide tamped down hops, ripe orange lucidity, and warbled honey mildness for disappointing blonde presumptuousness. Sharp alcohol profundity ruins citric nuances while tinny phenol finish kills the deal completely.
STOUDT’S ANNIVERSARY ALE
Elegant ruby-hued bottle-conditioned German doppelbock features bright melon-cherry thrust overlaid by chocolate malts and sour fig-prune sedation. Wispy whiskey finish hedges maple-sugared caramel-burnt sweetness.
STOUDT’S AMERICAN STYLE PALE ALE
Mild golden amber-tinted American salutation imbues steadfast Cascade-hopped organic graining with yeast-sweetened invigoration. Clean-watered barley crisping and subtle terra-cotta bitterness linger to unassertive citrus finish, recalling lilting red ale style. Goes well with an assortment of foods.
STOUDT’S ABBEY TRIPLE ALE
Savory bottle-conditioned strong ale contrasts sweet yeast elegance and candied barleywine interaction against cork-like grape-skinned dryness. Lemon-soured grapefruit stronghold gets raw honey surge fortifying wheat-backed inertia. Clove spicing drifts into floral hop sharpness complementing addictive white grape finish.
STOUDT’S ABBEY DOUBLE ALE
Serene prune-clouded bottle-conditioned ale with awakening carbolic spritz. Sweet-spiced malting, dry pureed raisin and subtle barleywine illusions fortify moderate-bodied essence. But silken texture abruptly softens what would otherwise be fuller, richer finish. Not as luxuriously resonating as famous Abbey-styled Belgian ales tryingly replicated.
STONEY’S BEER
Cheap sugary cornmeal theme and soured maize nosing infiltrate barley-hay base of canned medium-bodied yellow pils. Alongside sticky malt mouthfeel, fizzy carbolic nature, and phenol hop wisp, very reminiscent of bland, tinny, scarcely efficient ’60s American macrobrews such as the original Rheingold, Pabst Blue Ribbon, and dozens of lesser defunct generic local brands. In bottled version, astringent sourness, overt fizz, and insufficient head decrease value further, leaving severe acridity and parched throat.
STONEY’S LIGHT PILSNER
Mildest maize and straw wheat astringency barely registers for watery carbolic bantamweight. Inconsequential.
STONEY CREEK VANILLA PORTER
Now brewed by Atwater Block, superior full-bodied milkshake-like treat perfect for creamy dessert snack. Aromatic chocolate nut cake greeting saturates Starbuck’s vanilla latte illusion as crisp charred hop assertion intensifies lovely vanilla bean surge, ice coffee undertones, and long lasting fudge finish. Sweet!