On tap at Taphouse 15, decadent 2024 Silk City pastry dessert variant (10.5% ABV) soaked in Smith Bowman bourbon barrels then given rich cocoa nibs, modest vanilla bean and wild Thai banana adjuncts retains bourbonized mocha sweetness at bold finish. Chocolate pudding skin tops creamy vanilla-sugared banana richness contrasted ever so slightly by hop-charred coffee roast.
Fabulous cocoa nibs and marshmallow-induced stout stays richly vanilla creamed as brown chocolate syrup drapes fudgy molasses gingersnap Brownie likeness and sweet bourbon follow thru. Slight black peppering contrasts latent black cherry wisps beneath chewy marshmallow-squared cocoa protuberance. Recommended.
On tap at Taphouse 15, slightly offbeat bourbon barreled curiosity provides toasted coconut, roasted pistachio and rosily floral pandan leaf adjuncts for whiskeyed chocolate-backed Graham Cracker base. “Luxuriant” full body’s hefty 13.5% ABV hidden nearly as well as fading pandan-leafed pistachio nuttiness while tertiary black cherry bruise, fried banana and vanilla wafer snips beckon.
On tap at Kitchen & Beer Bar, mischievous pastry stout conditioned on toasted coconut, almond, pecan and peanuts and draped in lightly maple syruped vanilla creaminess over brown chocolate malting perfect for dessert. Ancillary German cake, Black Forest cake, molasses cake, almond coconut cake, cherry cordial and pecan pie illusions vie for attention. Well-integrated nightcap.
On tap at Kitchen & Beer Bar, fudgy dark grade maple molasses coats marcona almond and macadamia nuttiness upfront as ascending Dominican cacao nibs richness creates creamy dark chocolate syruping engaging Fuego coffee roast. Distant cinnamon toast, gingerbread and toffee illusions add further depth. Recommended sweet tooth digestif.
On tap at Kitchen & Beer Bar, pecan pie-glazed pastry stout loads dark chocolate syrup, Madagascar vanilla creaming and maple molasses sap upon cookie dough bottom. Remote granola, toffee and anise illusions stay beneath nutty chocolate-vanilla frontage.
York Peppermint Patty knockoff under the guise of a lactic dry Irish stout lets its bittersweet Tahitian vanilla bean luster settle alongside green-minted dark chocolate candied sugaring – picking up latent cola, hazelnut and anise illusions, distant maple oats flaking and nifty Brownies confection against mild charred hop bittering. A wonderful chocolate mint dessert pastry liquified.
Heavily viscous dark chocolate creaming reaches fudgy froth as vanilla-beaned espresso nuttiness, Blackstrap molasses bittering and hop-charred dark-roast barley contrast nutty Mud Pie confection. Beneath the thick surface, trickled anise, burgundy and spiced toffee illusions underscore the syrupy cacao finish.
Luxuriously rich milk stout with cascading brown head settling to a healthy mocha froth. Three vanilla bean variants add luscious sweetness and vanilla extract bittering to fudgy chocolate insistence above treacly wheat-honeyed molasses oats. Entrenched vanilla creaming soon gains chocolate bourbon cake, hazelnut coffee, French vanilla cappuccino and frosty buttercream illusions.
Fudgy maple syrup drapes creamed coffee and vanilla sweetness to brown chocolate base of decadent sweet-toothed dessert nightcap.
On tap at Taphouse 15, protruding dark malts impart powdered chocolate, light-roast coffee and espresso illusions as oaken vanilla dries out light nut char contrasting burnt caramel sweetness of slightly bitterer straightforward stout from Holland.
On tap at Seven Lakes Station, advertised French press coffee, flourless chocolate cake, figgy pudding and chocolate-covered raisin illusions unite above maple molasses oatmeal base. Silken milk chocolate continuance gains mellow vanilla, coffee, nougat and hazelnut snips.
