Musky coffee-soured dry body (nicknamed “The Brussels Stout”) falls short. Dirty earthen bottom drags down politely creamed dark chocolate chalking, tart cocoa nibs influence and dry fig-date murk. Oily hop resin and mineral grain char deepen bitter end.

Frantic dark-roasted chocolate malting inundates smoked molasses bittering, fudgy cookie dough sweetness and toasted oats sugaring. Crude hemp-oiled hop bittering deepens the dry cocoa-powdered finish.

Dry hickory-smoked pungency absorbs dark-roasted mocha malting. Bitter black chocolate and coffee rampage gains tar-like hop oiling and ashen charcoal acridity. But watery coffee-roasted espresso finish loses body and texture after a few sips.

On tap at Jimmy’s No. 43, dark toffee aromatics inform cocoa-powdered Baker’s chocolate entry and heavily smoked black chocolate bittering. Sweet n’ sour hop-oiled nuttiness fills the backend. 

On tap at Track 84, subtle nitro-creamed dry stout stays soft on the tongue. Black chocolate malting and nutty hop-charred splurge receive smoked rauchbier-like afterburner. Black cherry, vanilla and cappuccino undertones caress oats-toasted backend.

Relaxing creamed coffee mellowness flutters across dark-roasted chocolate malting and hop-charred cola-hazelnut bittering of fine dry-bodied stout. Ashen peat-smoked burnt wood undertone and fluctuant dark cherry fruiting gain footing at espresso-milked center. Less adventurous dark ale newcomers will find its easygoing appeal most delightful.  

Peculiarly captivating mocha stout brewed with orange peel (!) brings sharp-spiced Belgian chocolate to roasted coffee midst. Could pass for a black chocolate-fronted Irish Stout or a amiable schwarzbier. Advertised orange peel bittering sits at tart backend.

Nifty pepper-spiced stout makes for solid and approachable adjunct ale. Aged on cocoa nibs and ancho chile peppers, its hot-spiced regalia amiably complements the salient cocoa-dried black chocolate stream. Never profoundly offbeat or weirdly obtuse, this subtly chili-peppered mocha-bound elixir pairs well with spicy southwestern cuisine.

Terrific non-traditional mocha-spiced full body with nebulous foreign/export stout labeling offers illusionary plentitude. Molasses-soaked anise, cherry puree and black cardamom lead the charge as nutty chocolate backend gains luster. Cappuccino-frothed espresso-dried coffee bittering enhances subsidiary wood-charred cola, macadamia, and hazelnut coarsening. Tertiary cocoa-buttered licorice, sarsaparilla, and chicory nuances eventually seep into the mix.

Deep mahogany dry stout offers black chocolate acridity, roasted coffee souring, and nutty espresso dirge, but oily flow lowers raisin-fig midst. At busy finish, creamy mocha malts counter peat-hickory notes and tart fruity register.

Wood-charred tobacco-stained black coffee souring lures maple-sapped burnt hickory, chalky mocha, muted raisin, black licorice and cola nutty illusions for fantastic frothy tan-headed dry-bodied peculiarity. Sneaky orange rind influence makes brilliant cameo below tar-stained leathering. Richer, creamier, and more pungent than Guinness Stout.