Hazelnut-glazed maple pecan sweetness and mild oats sugaring contrast nutty hop char of confectionery dark chocolate-spiced stout. Tertiary bourbon vanilla, anise and toffee illusions flutter.
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MAGNIFY DOUBLE BARREL AGED POINT OF DIVERGENCE STOUT
On tap at Capital Craft – East Hanover, well integrated 2020 Imperial Stout fermented with Italian red wine yeast gets barrel aged in bourbon and port for fulsome mocha-bound dessert. Rich dark coffee-chocolate tones seep into sweet red wine insistence to its cookie dough bottom. Wispy anise, blueberry, blackberry, brandy, oaken vanilla and vinous cider illusions stay subtler than tannic port-bourbon wining.
FLYING DREAMS NIGHTMARE AFTER CHRISTMAS IMPERIAL STOUT
Rich nut-charred coffee overtones merge with fudgy brown chocolate sugaring and smoky dark cocoa bluster as tertiary dried fruiting (black cherry, fig and prune) fights back latent Blackstrap molasses-spiked oily hop pining.
TOPPLING GOLIATH TERM OIL COCONUT MONSTER COOKIE IMPERIAL STOUT
On tap at Ambulance, resounding bourbon barrel-aged Assassin Stout variant drapes honey-glazed coconut sweetness with peanut buttered chocolate fudging above rich cookie dough bottom. Mild bourbon whiskey alcohol burn persists as chocolate pudding reminder completes coconut mocha macchiato-like nightcap.
BRIX CITY FLASHY AFFAIR 6TH ANNIVERSARY IMPERIAL PASTRY STOUT
On tap at Taphouse 15, decadent 6th anniversary pastry stout subtly dabs Buffalo Trace whiskey across lactose-aided Madagascar vanilla creaming, cinnamon-spiced maple syruping and honeyed Graham Cracker spine for French Toast breakfast cereal-inspired knockoff. Dough-fried churro, spiced bourbon and mint chocolate illusions add recessive pleasantries.
LEVANTE GRAN GIANDUIOTTO IMPERIAL STOUT
Fulsomely frothed flesh-tone headed lactose stout retains rich dessert luster. Milk-sugared Ghirardelli cacao powdering penetrates creamy vanilla-beaned hazelnut glaze and syrupy black chocolate thicket as whiskeyed coffee tones saddle bourbon anisette comeuppance. A tremendous Italian mochaccino alternative.
AMERICAN SOLERA FAT CAMP IMPERIAL STOUT
On tap at Taphouse 15, thickly tan-headed mahogany body brings filmy dark chocolate and creamy vanilla to the rich surface alongside sweet cinnamon spicing. Bittersweet cocoa powdered midst picks up black cherry-bruised muscat grape, bourbon and burgundy sideswipes to enhance mocha-bound dessert treat.
BRIX CITY PASTRY DEVIL IMPERIAL STOUT
Voluminous lactose-creamed chocolate sandwich cookie knockoff conditioned on banana cheesecake and Oreos rides atop doughy mocha-malted Graham Cracker richness. Rummy marshmallow madness emerges to soaks up bourbon vanilla, toasted coconut, cacao nibs, spiced toffee and cognac influence as ripe blueberry-pureed cherry bruise surfaces at decadent chocolate pastry finish.
HUBBARD’S CAVE COFFEE & CAKE
On tap at Taphouse 15, richly bold Imperial Stout regales maple syruped caramel coffee adjunct that sweeps thru bourbon vanilla, fudgy toffee, toasted coconut and marshmallow sweetness as cedar-burnt hop char and nutty dark-roast coffee bittering contrast luxurious mocha sugaring.
RUN & HIDE NICE LOOKING CHOPS
On tap at Draught Industries, luxurious pastry stout amplifies sea-salted brown chocolate sweetness with brown-sugared vanilla beaning, toffee-spiced cocoa powdering and oats-flaked molasses malts, picking up tertiary black cherry, blackberry and black grape fruiting. Not unlike a briny chocolate pretzel gone wild.
NIGHTMARE SORORICIDE IMPERIAL STOUT
On tap at Beef Trust, creamily thick slow sippin’ stout seamlessly integrates smooth honey-roasted peanut buttering with Ecuadorian cocoa pasting and Indian vanilla goo.
SOUTHERN TIER NITRO COCONUT TRUFFLE IMPERIAL MILK STOUT
On tap at Birdsall House, decadent nitro milk stout regales marshmallow-sugared toasted coconut splendor with creamy sea-salted chocolate richness, bourbon vanilla luxuriance and caramelized hazelnut froth in earthen truffle setting. Highly recommended. In the can, silken dark chocolate syruping joins sweet coconut toasting and sea-salted caramel for creamily fudged nitro stout. Brief coconut truffle buttering seeps into tertiary marshmallow, cinnamon, Graham Cracker and hazelnut illusions as well as bourbon-brandy-burgundy wining. Finishes like a sophisticatedly liquified Mounds Bar.