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.
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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.
BRIX CITY MAPLE HAZELNUT CHOCO-LIT PASTRY PARTY
On tap at Taphouse 15, semi-rich chocolate pastry dessert beer lets maple syrup drape bittersweet black chocolate entry, honey-glazed hazelnut adjunct and toffee pudding sweetness above cookie dough malting. Creamy hazelnut chocolate resilience fortified by vanilla, caramel and butterscotch sugaring.
BELL’S BEAR HUG IMPERIAL STOUT
On tap at Ambulance, caramel-burnt black chocolate spicing and dark coffee tones retain subdued maple molasses sweetness to contrast latent ashen earthen nuttiness.
TERRAPIN IRISH BUH-BYE WAKE-N-BAKE COFFEE OATMEAL IMPERIAL STOUT
On tap at Beef Trust, charmingly decadent full-bodied mocha dessert plies velvety whiskey-bent Irish cream liqueur to bitter black coffee overtones and fudgy vanilla-spiced brown chocolate stead. Tertiary cocoa, espresso, pecan, walnut, cola and hazelnut illusions deepen its complexity.
DEFIANT VELVET PALATE RIDE IMPERIAL STOUT
On tap at Ambulance, dark-roasted coffee tones and dark chocolate malting glide above charred oats, leaving nutty espresso reminder at brisk iced coffee finish.
INTERBORO AMBASSADOR BLACK & WHITE IMPERIAL STOUT
On tap at Morris Tap & Grill, richly creamed dark chocolate syruping and bitter vanilla bean complement gain wood-scorched Chinook-Columbus hop char. Recessive cocoa nibs, black coffee, espresso and anise illusions reinforce mighty mocha-vanilla template.
