Decadently rich confectionery bourbon stout effectively knocks off chocolate hazelnut mousse with cream cheese icing. Fudgy chocolate-vanilla creaming gains Devil Dog cupcake, spongy chocolate cake, cherry-bruised Black Forest cake and Whoopie Pie illusions plus bourbonized milk-sugared coffee comeuppance and sambuca espresso relief. Recommended.
Decadent 26th anniversary barrel aged stout combines vintage bourbon-brandy barrels with Parabola and Velvet Merkin stouts. Creamy milk chocolate syruping creates classic Black Cow soda fountain frontage for dry brandied bourbon wining, gaining sarsaparilla, oaken vanilla and hazelnut coffee illusions for its chocolate pudding skin midst. At the finish, bourbonized vanilla-chocolate scheme gathers toffee-butterscotch sweetness to contrast receding dark-roast hop char.
Marvelously designed Whitman’s Sampler with fudgy brown chocolate richness sidling delicate bourbon sweetness as tertiary toffee, burnt caramel, molasses candy, chocolate donut and marshmallow illusions awaken alongside latent bruised black cherry scurry. An exquisite S’mores-related mocha dessert treat.
On tap at Taphouse 15, richly creamed bourbon-aged Dutch stroopwafel Term Oil variant layers caramelized vanilla and sweet cinnamon atop fudgy chocolate cake base, picking up distant dark cherry, blackberry and blackcurrant wisps.
On tap at Pompton Craft House, bourbon-aged pastry stout collaborative Snowbirds variant loads dark chocolate syrup upon vanilla-creamed Thai banana sweetness, picking up almond-coconut toasting. Fudge-caked bourbon confection gains creamed coffee sway and latent brandy-burgundy wining. Decadent.
On tap at Kitchen & Beer Bar, fudgy dark chocolate syruping elevates maple syrupy bourbon sweetness of richly decadent barrel aged stout. Burnt cedar singe sweetens bourbon mocha thrust. Ancillary vanilla bean, coffee ground, dark cherry, candied toffee and hazelnut tones add to luxurious blend.
On tap at Pompton Craft House, richly creamed bourbon-aged pastry stout unites cacao nibs fudging, vanilla bean bittering, buttery pistachio nuttiness and sesame-seeded tahini snip. Dry bourbon, burgundy and port tones dot durable mocha molasses finish. Impressive 12.5% ABV nightcap.
On tap at Kitchen & Beer Bar, luxurious 10th anniversary celebrator (and flagship Imperial Stout variant) layers fudgy dark chocolate syrup atop oak-aged bourbon, whiskey and rye conflux plus nutty dried fruiting. Dry bourbon, burgundy and port wining combines with rye-spiced molasses whiskey tones as its dark-roast hop char contrasts the sweet cedar sear. At the midst, Buffalo Trace and Elijah Craig spirits get absorbed into the Black Forest cake sweetness, picking up tertiary dark cherry, candied pecan, glazed hazelnut, cinnamon and fig illusions.
Utilizing French vanilla coffee, toasted marshmallow and toasted coconut adjuncts, richly cocoa fudged breakfast stout picks up rummy bourbon vanilla warmth. In the recess, maple syrupy pancake batter, hazelnut paste and candied almond illusions beckon for luxurious bourbon-barreled nightcap.
New 10-ounce bottle shows off rich complexities of updated iconic fireside sipper. Aged in emptied Buffalo Trace, Four Roses and Wild Turkey whiskey casks, its bourbonized dark chocolate syruping gains medicinal Robitussin cherry whir given fudgy caramel-topped vanilla, praline, toasted almond and glazed hazelnut illusions.
Bold bourbon-aged stout utilizes confectionery praline pecan candied sweetness as toffee-fudged pudding skin tops mildewed peat soiling, cocoa-dried coffee roast and ashen wood slot. In the midst, buttery caramel spicing ensues, penetrating tertiary dry burgundy, black licorice, green raisin and gingerbread illusions at bourbon vanilla mocha finish.
Four Roses bourbon glorifies ’25 barrel-aged stout. Velvety smooth caramelized bourbon serenity spreads thru chocolate-covered cherry, bruised black cherry, oaken vanilla, fudged toffee, spiced rum, dry burgundy and maple molasses procession. Sedate bourbon chocolate finish provides spirited warmth.
