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BOULEVARD SMOKESTACK SERIES IMPERIAL STOUT 2015 – AZTEC CHOCOLATE

Uniquely robust and luxuriously detailed Aztec chocolate richness coats curried cinnamon spicing above roasted pasilla negro chili peppering. Syrupy molasses sapping soaks whiskey-tinged bourbon and burgundy subtlety while cedar-burnt hop char deepens peppery heat. Tertiary peppermint, vanilla, coffee, cacao nibs, carob and anise illusions drift into the colossal dark chocolate center.

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BELL’S 30TH ANNIVERSARY ALE – IMPERIAL STOUT

Fierce limited edition 30th anniversary Imperial Stout (boasting 11% ABV) settles like thickly creamed mocha-molasses syruping on the tongue, contrasting tarry hop-charred bittering and latent wood-burnt charcoal singe. Its sweet side ultimately dominates as caramel-burnt creme brulee, black chocolate, dark Italian roast coffee, whipped cream espresso, dark cocoa, bourbon vanilla and cinnamon illusions merge alongside dried-fruited fig, raisin, plum and blackberry flirtations to harness fudgy chocolate-covered black cherry finish.

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BELL’S NEPTUNE THE MYSTIC

Complex, bold, adjunct-heavy Imperial Stout douses creamy brown chocolate spicing with advertised oats-sugared maple molasses syruping, black peppered cayenne burn, dried fruited raisin-date conflux and dry dandelion-rooted hickory bark without getting muddled. Ashen hop char contrasts dominant chocolate-caked sweetness while tertiary star anise, cocoa, vanilla, hazelnut and cola nut illusions increase intensity. Out of this world.

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DEFIANT DEATH IMPERIAL STOUT – CASK

On tap at Ambulance, luxuriously rich cask-conditioned nightcap (with bold 16.5% ABV) retains creamily chewy brown-sugared black chocolate syruping and massive maple molasses sapping. Dark cocoa, toffee, coffee, burnt caramel, creme brulee and caffè macchiato illusions given dried-fruited black cherry, raisin and prune pureeing as well as burgundy-wined bourbon whir at sweetly candied mocha finish.

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