Bitterer stout lovers will indulge this black chocolate embittered full body and its piney Centennial-Simcoe hop char. Dark-roast mocha malting picks up seared walnut and Brazil nut influence as well.
On tap at Taphouse 15, dry mocha-soured collab with Proletariat, aged on coffee then given oaken vanilla tannins to saturate raw coconut bittering contrasting toasted coconut sweetness. In the midst, red grape esters and dry burgundy wining pickup slight lemon twist tweaking charcoal-stained burnt coffee gunk and unsweetened Bakers chocolate spunk.
On tap at Growler & Gill, dry stout connects black coffee-roasted dark chocolate bittering to less forceful molasses-candied toffee sweetness. Mild wood-burnt Chinook hop char enhances bitter mocha angle.
Offbeat stout pleats Bakers chocolate dryness into 'candied orange peel' tartness and mild piney hop resin as coconut milked souring, ashen cola-walnut scant and raw molasses bittering pick up weedy residue. Introducing Centennial and Sabro hops to a murky stout undermines its mocha appeal.
On tap at Taphouse Grille - Wayne, dry 'hoppy session' stout anchored by dark chocolate-bound coffee tones as espresso, tobacco chaw and seared wood provide adequate bittering for dark roast hop char. Smoked mocha finish gains slight orange peel sweetness.
In a can, brewers' pliable flagship stout takes dry black-malted cocoa bean and Bakers chocolate bittering on a frothily creamed maple molasses-sugared journey, picking up sedate hop-charred chicory coffee tones, light vanilla hazelnut sweetness, mild cola nuttiness and pureed black cherry whims.
Frothy coffee-roasted Blackstrap molasses bittering picks up tarry pine-charred hop sear to reinforce dry cocoa center contrasting less intense burnt caramel sugaring. Mild espresso, walnut, cola and tobacco chaw illusions surface latently.
English pale-malted dark chocolate penetration gains dark-roast hop char as mild Blackstrap molasses bittering affects dry burgundy, burnt coffee, espresso and peanut oil snips of smooth, stylishly lighter dry stout.