On tap at Ambulance, chewy black chocolate frontage fades as powdered cocoa and ground coffee illusions evolve alongside black currant-spiced dried cherry and plum nuances for dryer stylish Imperial Stout.
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OMNIPOLLO NOA PECAN MUD CAKE STOUT
Luxurious Mud Cake-designed dessert treat features candied pecan sweetness and dark chocolate syruping. Smoked mocha malting unveils ancillary hazelnut coffee, creamed vanilla, chocolate cake, cacao nibs, Kahlua, toasted coconut and burnt marshmallow illusions. In the deep recess, black cherry-pureed red grape and plum tones increase overall complexity.
PRAIRIE BIRTHDAY BOMB! IMPERIAL STOUT – 2017
Decadent 2017 bottled version (13% ABV) relies on richly creamed chili-peppered coffee, cacao nibs and vanilla bean adjuncts to impressively heighten sweet caramel-sauced black chocolate syruping. Deep coffee roast gains molasses-sapped sugaring, mocha-bourbon mud caking, fudged brownie nuttiness and mild minty freshness while ever-present chili heat ignites its interior. The ultimate nightcap relaxer.
EVOLUTION MENAGERIE 10 RUSSIAN IMPERIAL STOUT
Sweet whiskey syruping coats brown chocolate malts and molasses-smoked bourbon continuance of rich oak-barreled full body. At the midst, black licorice sinew grabs hold alongside less influential hazelnut, vanilla bean, charred cedar and cola nut illusions. A veritable whiskeyed chocolate cake!
SNAFU SHADOW OF DEATH IMPERIAL STOUT
“Intense” 10% ABV full body directs dark-roast mocha malting at heavy black licorice uprising and musky hop char, smearing brown chocolate syrup on top.
PIPEWORKS VERY BERRY ABDUCTION IMPERIAL STOUT
On tap at Ambulance, richly creamed full body adapts Cap’n Crunch’s Crunch Berries cereal motif over dark-roast mocha malting and restive hop char. Black chocolate syruping thickens cacao nibs and vanilla bean adjuncts to withstand advertised blueberry barrage, raspberry rasp and strawberry serenade.
THE BRUERY SHARE THIS: O.C. IMPERIAL STOUT
On tap at Taphouse 15, decadent stout “infused with orange zest, cacao nibs and vanilla beans” stays rich, creamy and exuberant. Dark chocolate syrup drapes candied cherry-bruised orange liqueur sweetness, bitter vanilla-beaned hop char and latent dry cocoa influence. Fantastic fudgy dessert fodder.
BROTHERTON SWARTHY INVADER
On tap at Poor Henry’s, impressive Imperial Stout aged in Heaven Hill and Wild Turkey bourbon barrels receives mildly syrupy vanilla-sweetened milk chocolate malting and hop-charred medium roast coffee restraint. Despite hefty 9.6% ABV, elegant bourbon chocolate warmth overrides any boozy astringency.
PIPEWORKS COFFEE BREAK ABDUCTION IMPERIAL STOUT
On tap at Growler & Gill, complex hybridized Abduction lets bittersweet coffee-roasted vanilla bean adjunct pick up gooey molasses-sugared black chocolate syruping. Fudged brownie, chocolate cake, burnt caramel, toffee, hazelnut and cola illusions increase steadfast mocha resilience.
LAKEWOOD FRENCH QUARTER TEMPTRESS IMPERIAL MILK STOUT
Tempting bourbon-aged milk stout provides lactose-sugared green Peruvian coffee beaning to creamy black-malted chocolate syruping and bittersweet nutty bottom. Mild cedar-like smokiness validates coffee-roasted chicory, vanilla and molasses sideswipes as well as insistent cola, walnut, hazelnut and coconut illusions.
PIPEWORKS SWEET HEART WAFFLE MOUNTAIN STOUT WITH SPICES
On tap at Ambulance, suitable caramel-spiced brown chocolate sweetness validates easygoing, if stylishly underwhelming, breakfast-related Imperial Stout. Mild toffee, vanilla, butternut, maple molasses and cocoa illusions need deeper thrust.
EVIL TWIN DOUBLE BARREL JESUS IMPERIAL STOUT AGED IN BOURBON
Luxuriously complex full-bodied stout aged in bourbon drapes muscavado-sugared molasses sap and fudgy black chocolate syruping on spicy dried fruiting to contrast tarry dark-roast hop char. Oaken bourbon vanilla midst gains burgundy, port and whiskey boozing. Mild black coffee, chocolate mousse, dark cherry and marshmallow illusions surface at rich bourbon-doused mudcake finish of 12% ABV dessert treat.