On tap at Growler & Gill, sweetly soured black cherry inundates dried fruited version of mocha-thick Yeti. Dark chocolate syrup seeps into hop-charred coffee bean roast, picking up bittersweet vanilla-creamed cacao nibs influence.
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BOLERO SNORT THERE’S ALWAYS MONEY IN THE BULLNANA STAND IMPERIAL STOUT
On tap at Poor Henry’s, boldly hybridized collaboration with Jersey Shore’s Icarus brings bittersweet wildflower-honeyed cocoa powdering to mild hefeweizen yeast, leaving subtle banana sugaring upon rich stout-bound dark roast mocha malting (and latent dried fruiting).
PUB DOG / OMNIPOLLO AGAMEMNON MAPLE SYRUP IMPERIAL STOUT
On tap at Ambulance, sappy maple syrup drapes milk-sugared coffee, chocolate and vanilla spicing over peaty earthen dew. Fudgy chocolate center picks up mild burgundy sway plus tertiary muscovado, coconut, almond and espresso illusions to fill out chewy full-bodied winter warmer.
RIVER NORTH MR. SANDMAN IMPERIAL STOUT
Fudgy brown chocolate sweetness gains humble Scotch-whiskeyed bourbon splurge and spiced vanilla niche. Tertiary anise, molasses, cocoa, almond and espresso illusions reinforce bourbon chocolate serenity.
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FAT ORANGE CAT / DECADENT BAKER’S DOZEN IMPERIAL STOUT
On tap at Poor Henry’s, nebulous cinnamon chocolate-fudged stout with ancho peppering ain’t bad, but it’s not clearly defined flavor-wise. Even its bitter vanilla spell lasts too short. And the nut-charred dark chocolate finish lacks cinnamon spicing. Only likable, despite lovely cat bakery label.
EVIL TWIN SOME PEOPLE ARE IMMUNE TO GOOD BANANA STOUT
On tap at Poor Henry’s, creamy banana chocolate caking glazed by maple molasses syrup then moderately embittered by wood-burnt hop char. As subtle banana sweetness fades, dark chocolate malting gains ground coffee, espresso and cocoa tones as well as wispy dried fruiting.
YARDS RUSSIAN IMPERIAL STOUT – 2014
On tap at Poor Henry’s, vintage 2014 Russian Imperial Stout aged five years. Sly whiskey-dried burgundy wining guards coffee-roasted black chocolate bittering and contrasts honeyed Graham Cracker sweetness. In the recess, tobacco chaw, burnt toast and burnt wood nuances flutter beneath ashen hop-oiled smoked mocha pungency.
ICARUS BLACK STRAP FAKE STOUT
On tap at Morris Tap & Grill, wily collaboration with Bronx’s Gun Hill Brewery loads brown-sugared blackstrap molasses upon embittered coffee-milked cocoa, lightly charred nuttiness and spiced rye malts.
FORGOTTEN BOARDWALK GRAVITY ROAD IMPERIAL STOUT
On tap at Morris Tap & Grill, subtle bourbon barrel aging seeps into black patent-malted Bakers chocolate and dark cocoa bittering. Tarry coffee respite, ashen nuttiness and black licorice snips add further dryness to unconventional 10.3% ABV Imperial Stout.
DISTRICT 96 INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RASPBERRY IMPERIAL STOUT
On tap at Seven Lakes Station, dry soft-toned stout layers creamy vanilla-beaned black chocolate syrup atop more prominent tart raspberry adjunct. Dewy midst gains mocha-bound black cherry, blackberry and boysenberry notions.
SINGLECUT NEXUS OF THE CRISIS IMPERIAL STOUT
On tap at Seven Lakes Station, milk-sugared coffee entry picks up fudgy black chocolate creaming and sweet vanilla nuances. Nutty chocolate-coffee finish is just a tad thin.
DESTIHL DOSVIDANYA RYE BARREL
On tap at Taphouse 15, dry rye entry gains spiced-up bourbon vanilla sweetness, rich brown chocolate sugaring and mild coffee bittering. Oak-charred whiskey tones reinforce peated rye influence.
