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BAR HARBOR CADILLAC MTN. STOUT

Resplendent velvety smooth dry stout with roasted chocolate sweetening, syrupy Scotch salience, and chewy molasses density allows creme caramel, vanilla, marshmallow, and cocoa nuances to dot cookie dough midst. Recessive coffee-espresso and parched fig-prune-raisin souring neatly counter chocolate-y motif as roasted nuttiness, mossy earthiness, and pumpernickel tinge hang at the fringe.

BLUE RIDGE STEEPLE STOUT

Brewed in celebration of St. Patrick’s Day, hoppin’ mad stout delivers explosive carbolic fizz to alcohol-laden liquid. Roasted barley, dusky malts, and rye wheat counter unusual wine-like tendencies perfectly. Dark chocolate-y coffee grain bitterness rounds out robust finish. Expansive for such a sweet, sticky stout (and not too far removed from excellent Red Hook Black Stout).

(MUSKETIERS) TROUBADOUR OBSCURA MILD STOUT

Rare find- a Belgian mild stout! As wood-burnt molasses malting subsides, chocolate-roasted prune-soured fig-dried cola-hazelnut ascension reinforces whiskey-soaked lactose-maltose creaminess. After settling, overripe banana and vanilla illusions gain strength. Earthen herbal bottom usurps brittle bourbon buzz, bruised orange lick, and mildly peppered nutmeg spicing of 8.5% alcohol elixir.