On tap at Ambulance, medium-roast coffee tones receive cream and sugar sweetness above oats-flaked cocoa beaning. At midst, chocolate and vanilla influence gains authority. Light bourbon lilt further sweetens medium-full-bodied stout.
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WESTBROOK 5TH ANNIVERSARY CHOCOLATE RASPBERRY IMPERIAL STOUT
Impressive 5th Anniversary celebrator plies bittersweet raspberry-pureed tang to chocolate-caked richness and ashen dry hop char. Dark chocolate syruping thickens cocoa nibs, vanilla and espresso nuances, but not at the expense of deep raspberry penetration and bruised black cherry subsidy.
GREAT DIVIDE ESPRESSO OAK-AGED YETI IMPERIAL STOUT
Tremendous oak-aged Yeti hybrid (circa January 2016) brings dry dark-roasted coffee bean richness and dark chocolate bittering to intense espresso prominence. Mighty espresso density picks up earthen wood hop char, oaken vanilla sedation and tobacco chaw pungency linger bitterly behind mighty mocha ensemble.
DEFIANT STOUT OF WAR
On tap at Abominable Snowfest, luxuriously exalted robust stout (aged 8 years) gained bourbon-tinged sweetness to caress creamy brown chocolate richness. Beyond the molasses-draped bourbon chocolate galaxy, black cherry tartness and candied apple spicing dapple black forest-caked chocolate cupcake, cocoa, espresso, vanilla and crème de cacao illusions.
GUN HILL ANTI-IMPERIALIST STOUT
Excellent black forest-caked dessert treat. Ample chocolate fudging gathers alongside black cherry-pureed sweetness to contrast milder hop-charred earthiness. Subtle chocolate truffle, coconut, black cocoa, molasses and hazelnut undertones reinforce rich mocha splendor.
CRICKET HILL RUSSIAN IMPERIAL STOUT (2016/2018)
Well-detailed full body from 2016 small-batched Reserve Series brings bold dark-grained black chocolate richness to dry hop-charred coffee roast and bitter walnut sear while sustaining clean mineral water briskness. In recess, oats-dried molasses and mild vanilla beaning deepen black-malted mocha goodness while hints of dark rum, burgundy and black cherry waver. On tap at Biggie’s, 2018 tapped version retained creamily bittersweet dark chocolate roast heightened by sugared coffee, raw molasses, gooey anise and earthen hops.
KUKA DEVIL’S TREAT
Thrilling milk stout synchronizes richly creamed chocolate milking around recessive black coffee scurry, mild cayenne-peppered burn, cherry-pureed banana bruise, sticky anise trifle, wispy burgundy wining and molasses-sapped sugaring to oats-flaked maca root base.
ANDERSON VALLEY HUGE ARKER BOURBON BARREL IMPERIAL STOUT
Opulent brown chocolate richness saddles exquisitely detailed Wild Turkey-barreled bourbon vanilla sweetness. Just below the bold molasses-sapped mocha surface, its cigar-leafed cedar char spreads into subsidiary cocoa, coconut, toffee, marshmallow, burgundy and hazelnut illusions while brown-sugared fruitcake recession brings subdued raisin, date and plum undertones.
TERRAPIN TIRAMISU-HOO
On tap at Shepherd & Knucklehead, sensational Imperial Milk Stout layers whipped creamed Mascapone custard atop rum-soaked ladyfinger impression and fudgy brown chocolate malting (while nearly bettering Terrapin’s ambitious Moo-Hoo dessert treat). Subsidiary creme brulee, maple molasses, chocolate cake, toasted coconut, cherry cordial, vanilla wafer and wheat-honeyed sweetness receives powdered sugaring. For contrast, rich coffee bean bittering gains prominence alongside milky Yoo-Hoo chocolate syruping. Serve to all sweet-toothed fanatics.
EVIL TWIN CHRISTMAS EVE AT A NEW YORK CITY HOTEL ROOM IMPERIAL STOUT
On tap at Broadway Dive, deliriously complex Christmastime-spiced Imperial Stout (with mighty 10% ABV) layers creamy black chocolate syruping atop dry hop-charred roast and molasses-draped bourbon, whiskey and sherry boozing. Curtailed holiday spicing (ginger, nutmeg, cinnamon and coriander) shuffle across fudged brownie, coffee, vanilla, hazelnut and espresso nuances as well as lovely dark cherry, blackberry, rum raisin and sugarplum notions.
DARK HORSE PLEAD THE 5TH IMPERIAL STOUT
Brash 2015 version (11% ABV) rocks hard as smoky dark-roasted chocolate and coffee overtones receive massive hop-charred nuttiness and chewy molasses-sapped burnt caramel sweetness. Bold mocha theme picks up latent anise-spiced dried fruiting at dry black chocolate finish.
BRIX CITY R.I.P. IMPERIAL STOUT
On tap at Poor Henry’s, reliable medium-bodied stout brings smoky dark-roasted black chocolate malting, powdered cocoa dryness and black coffee bittering to black cherry-pureed anise spicing.
