Monstrous Imperial Stout rings out with thick bourbon chocolate syruping and whirring rum-sugared capaciousness. In the midst, anise-soaked mocha chewiness rampages campfire-smoked burnt wood tones and assertive hop char. Tertiary whiskey, port and brandy illusions settle alongside black cherry-pureed fig, date and raisin latency.
On tap at Taphouse 15, chewy maple syruping and toasted coconut adjunct sweeten fulsome dark-roast chocolate malting over moderate coffee-stained hop char of creamy cocoa-bound dessert elixir. Mild wood-burnt tobacco chaw bittering, dark cherry tartness and peanut-buttered jelly nuances latently seep into treacly cocoa-chocolate abundance.
On tap at Poor Henry’s, politely creamed Irish Coffee cocktail derivation relegates Irish whiskey-tinged toasted oak spirals and lactose demerara-sugared nutmeg spicing. Instead, durable coffee theme gains dark chocolate thrust as well as mild vanilla, cinnamon, molasses and black cherry illusions to offset snubbed whiskey tones. A fine brunch-styled winter warmer.
On tap at Poor Henry’s, expansive full-bodied dark ale smoothly combines dark chocolate expectancy with chili-spiced Sizchuan peppercorns to contrast sweet cinnamon-toasted hazelnut alacrity. Mild peppery heat recedes as hazelnut chocolate sugaring increases, venturing thru wispy bourbon vanilla, anisette and cocoa undertones along the way.
On tap at Plank Pizza, dryer-than-usual oatmeal stout drapes dark chocolate above mild charred hop bittering and rye molasses oats. Ancillary espresso, cocoa powder, Baker’s chocolate and ashen tobacco notions fortify mocha edge.
Curiously hybridized Mexican-styled stout lets milky-textured Black Forest cake fudging flirt with tangerine-peeled bruised cherry, raspberry puree and blueberry tartness above recessive cedar-burnt hop char, leaving its wispy pasilla mixe chili peppering in the lurch. Molasses-draped dark chocolate syrup drapes the dark fruited center as honeyed cocoa nibs adjunct fights for space.
A coffee shandy anyone? Tart lemon-candied pucker usurps polite light roast coffee influence for uniquely hybridized American IPA. At times like a ginger-herbed lemonade, this lightly soured sucker casually caresses its lemony center with mandarin orange and tangerine wisps. Probably should’a upped the coffee tones, but needless to say, this works fine.
Bright grapefruit tang leads the way for splendid tropical-fruited medium body, picking up sharp lemon souring and mild earthen pining to contrast underlying candy-spiced malt sugaring. Orange-peeled pineapple, mango, papaya and peach glaze its grapefruit-forward surface.
On tap at Taphouse 15, lightly spiced yellow grapefruit tang picks up sugary vanilla creaming and caramelized pale malting to contrast mild earthen wood tones (from Amarillo-Simcoe hop combo) for worthy moderate-to-medium-bodied New England-styled IPA.
On tap at Plank Pizza, rangy 11.5% ABV porter drapes creamy dark chocolate syrup atop mildly spiced dried fruiting. Mocha-bound black cherry, raspberry, raisin and prune tones gain slight rummy molasses and bourbon vanilla licks while ashen hops relegate distant wood-seared tobacco leaf crisping. Yummy chocolate cherry cake dessert alternative.
On tap at Taphouse 15, crisply clean Citra-hopped medium body sparkles with bitter orange-peeled grapefruit rind luster and tangy lemon zest riding above mild crystal malt sugaring. Subtle mango, tangerine, peach and passionfruit undertones flicker.
On tap at Poor Henry’s, sweet ‘n sour orange-candied mango, tangerine and grapefruit tang gains mildly creamed crystal malting to contrast sedate pine hops and oats-dried herbal snips.