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.
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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.
902 I BOMB AUTOMATICALLY IMPERIAL STOUT
On tap at Beef Trust, resilient dark chocolate syruping drapes subtle oats-flaked pilsner malting. At the midst, bruised cherry tartness spreads across smoked mocha glaze to promote latent Black Forest caking.
HUBBARD’S CAVE HAZELNUT POT DE CREME
On tap at Schatzi’s – New Paltz, richly creamed lactose-sugared pastry stout makes for perfect sweet-toothed nightcap. Ample brown chocolate creaminess mingles vanilla bean and hazelnut adjuncts with confectionery coconut-toasted marshmallow sweetness above honeyed Graham Cracker base. A milk chocolatey Mounds Bar candy bar knockoff with toffee-spiced snip.
