On tap at Taphouse 15, enviably rich and creamy Mounds Bar knockoff drapes maple-syrupy chocolate onto toasted coconut adjunct for fudgy mocha confection. Caramelized marshmallow creaming and wheat-sugared Graham Cracker sweetness reinforce decadent chocolate-coconut dessert.
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ICARUS TREATS OF STRENGTH
On tap at Taphouse 15, traditional chocolate Nutella Babka-inspired pastry stout brings hazelnut-floured cocoa nibs fudging to fluffy brioche doughed oated wheat base. Rich hazelnut-glazed milk chocolate continuance picks up subtle bourbon-burgundy licks and latent black cherry snips.

FLYING FISH FRIED ICE CREAM STOUT
Fudgy vanilla ice creamed dark chocolate entry receives mild cinnamon spicing to contrast slightly bitter hop char over buttery corn-flaked barley roast. Tertiary brandy, black cherry, Banana’s Foster and black grape illusions subtly graze fried ice cream caking. At the finish, maple-glazed chocolate donut pastry sweetness arrives.
FIFTH HAMMER DELAY PEDAL IMPERIAL STOUT
On tap at Ambulance, semi-sweet Ecuadorian cocoa nibs richness and latent coffee tones override any adjunctive orange zesting, leaving syrupy chocolate on the back end. A good orange chocolate caked dessert.
GOOSE ISLAND BOURBON COUNTY KENTUCKY FOG STOUT (2020)
On tap at Beef Trust, complex bourbon barrel-aged Earl Grey black tea Bourbon County variant stays stylishly subdued as honey roasted chicory sweetness and mild black malted cocoa bittering cling to lovely bourbon vanilla-spiced entry. Fudgy toffee-chocolate midst underscored by peaty dew moisture.
GOOSE ISLAND BOURBON COUNTY BRAND STOUT – 2018
On tap at Kitchen & Beer Bar, luxurious (15.2% ABV) 2018 version retains fudgy milk chocolate creaming for sweet oak-aged bourbon influence, sugary vanilla-marshmallow serenade and dark cherry rasp to its honeyed Graham Cracker base. Beneath the bourbon chocolate surface lies coffee, coconut, toasted almond and leathery tobacco illusions. Sensational!
GOOSE ISLAND BOURBON COUNTY CHERRY WOOD STOUT (2021)
On tap at Kitchen & Beer Bar, utilizing honeycomb-shaped cherrywood chips to age lightly creamed caramelized chocolate and sweet bourbon vanilla sway. Whiskey-bent bourbon tones outdo initial mocha influence as spiced toffee sugaring and dark cherry bruise surface above the tannic oak-charred toasting.
GOOSE ISLAND BOURBON COUNTY CLASSIC COLA STOUT
On tap at Beef Trust, boundlessly complex (and frustratingly profuse) whiskeyed cola knockoff is pleasantly off-balance. Classic cola soda frontage cleared away by bourbon vanilla spicing and tertiary orange juicing stays distant before the brown-sugared Cassia-barked Graham Cracker base solidifies. Wispy maple molasses, cherry, toffee and chocolate undertones waver.
CLOWN SHOES ADVENT PARTY CRASHER IMPERIAL STOUT
Undead Party Crasher Stout given subtle mandarin orange twist outpaced by caramel coffee goodness. Java sway gains light vanilla influence as well as walnut, pecan and honey nut smidge nudging tarry-hopped peaty compost bottom.
MIKKELLER GAME OF THRONES CASTLE BLACK IMPERIAL STOUT
On tap at Ambulance, fudgy brown chocolate sugaring and bittersweet vanilla beaning serenade ambitious bourbon-barrel aged stout. At the midst, doughy chocolate cookie richness picks up spiced toffee splotch, black cherry perk and sweet burgundy warmth.
KENT FALLS MULTIVERSE (AGED IN RED WINE BARRELS)
On tap at Jealous Monk, mellow red wine tannins sweeten chocolate-roasted dark cocoa splurge above mild flaked oats base as subtle red cherry, dry burgundy and plum illusions scurry thru light hop char.
OTHER DESI HIGH CHAI STOUT
On tap at Jealous Monk, intensely designed chai tea-spiced mocha deliverance picks up dewy peat mossing and waddle seeded cocoa crisping. Ascending chocolate vanilla sweetness seeps into Indian shortbread-floured cinnamon, cardamom and ginger spicing, picking up lavender-minted black peppercorn herbage and sassafras smidge. A unique offbeat stout.