On tap at Ambulance, worthy collaboration with D.C.’s 3 Stars Brewing brings milk chocolate sweetness to light rye spicing and mild dried fruiting. At the midst, chocolate-sugared coffee and vanilla illusions set the tone above maple oats.
Like a rich milk chocolate shake, fudgy dessert beer will soothe any sweet-toothed fanatic. Vanilla hazelnut coffee tones regale brown chocolate prominence. Palm-oiled cocoa, glazed pecan and toffee illusions add further sugary bliss to the nutty mocha mix.
On tap at Morris Tap & Grill, luxurious bourbon-aged Imperial Stout stays dryer than most of its sweet peers. Bittersweet black chocolate-spiced entry gains vanilla-creamed molasses, hazelnut and cinnamon niceties. But its vermouth-laden bourbon influence and dried cocoa stint lean towards the dryer side.
“Virulent heat” anchors creamy dark-roasted Imperial Stout. Dark chocolate syruping stays up-front alongside dry bourbon flicker before feverish ghost pepper chili heat leaves tongue numb. Fiery cinnamon burn increases chili rampage. Slight vanilla-fudged dried fruiting and sweet hazelnut snip waver way beneath the expansive chili chocolate surface.
“Sinfully delicious” bourbon barrel-aged stout goes thru significant transformation. Clean-watered bourbon spicing and dry burgundy undertones gain sour dried fruit respite to reinforce creamy cocoa bean resilience, rich vanilla bean bittering and bruised black cherry resolve. The result is a bourbon-dried Black Forest Cake for robust thirsts.
Robust dark-roast chocolate malting upends wood-dampened hop char dried out by raw molasses bittering. Oncoming black coffee sway picks up singed walnut tinge. For bold thirsts only.
On tap at Taphouse 15, respected Imperial Stout gets silken brandy aging to coerce rich dark chocolate fudging and bittersweet Blackstrap molasses thickness. Sweet brandy influence receives delicate port, brandy and sherry licks as well as latent anise spicing. Mild wood-burnt tobacco chaw embitters cocoa-dried dark chocolate aspect. Luxurious brandied chocolate dessert.
On tap at Ambulance, “liquid-pancaked maple syrup” enriches ample brown chocolate-spiced toffee sweetness of full-bodied stout. Subtle cappuccino, mocha latte, cocoa brownie and vanilla ice cream illusions increase chewy maple chocolate-fudged dessert treat.
On tap at Poor Henry’s, lusciously sweet caramelized chocolate richness and candied pecan glaze inform fabulous full-bodied stout. Dry dark cocoa bittering sits back alongside contrasted marshmallow-fluffed cinnamon toasting. Creamy chocolate luster gains sugary vanilla coating at the fudgy finish.