Fine pastry stout collab with Northway Brerwing knocks off rich cinnamon babka as semi-dry cassia bark, milk chocolate and vanilla caking connect above cookie dough base. Ginger-snapped vanilla cookie, baked cinnamon streusel and black and white cookie illusions retain prominence.
On tap at Taphouse 15, Tiramisu-inspired stout combines richly bittersweet espresso-dried cocoa powdering with confectionery sponge-caked powdered sugaring of Ladyfinger biscuit, gaining chocolatey cappuccino sweetness, molasses cookie sugaring, vanilla custard egging and vanilla-creamed banana pudding daub. A fine digestif.
Fulsome rum and whiskey barreled stout with coffee and cacao nibs retains rich chocolate bourbon sweetness to contrast dry burgundy and port wining. Rummy molasses continuance gains toasted coconut, glazed pecan, hazelnut paste, gingerbread, toffee and anise illusions as well as dried fruited raisin, stewed prune and dark cherry daubs plus dainty floral wisps. Complex slow sipping nightcap.
On tap at Taphouse 15, “decadent” amped up Gunner’s Daughter gains richer chocolate nougat center, deeper espresso-milked black coffee tones and subtler peanut buttering than original version. Beyond the nutty mocha insistence, caramelized banana, bourbon vanilla, hazelnut paste and Nutella illusions further sweeten impressive milk stout.
On tap at Ambulance, peppermint bark-dried stout brings subtle menthol minting to bittersweet cocoa nibs chalking as teasing burgundy, black grape and oaken vanilla illusions flutter. A tad too dry and murkily flavored.
On tap at Taphouse 15, decadent rich dessert stout places dark chocolate syrup atop fluffy marshmallow sugaring and oatmeal honeyed Graham Cracker base. Ancillary dry bourbon, burgundy, port and dried cherry illusions stay subtle at dried cocoa finish.
On tap at Taphouse 15, exuberantly rich pastry stout collab with Maine’s Barreled Souls conditioned on marshmallow-fluffed vanilla and coconut retains creamy chocolate syruping. Confectionery chocolate coconut candy cluster, Mounds Bar, maple molasses cookie and bourbon vanilla candy illusions further sweeten decadent nightcap.
On tap at Kitchen & Beer Bar, lusciously rich Canadian breakfast stout (2019 version) aged in maple syrup bourbon barrels for three years reaches steadfastly rich mocha resonance. Maple syruping drapes dark chocolate, caramel latte, cappuccino and milk-sugared coffee pleasantries as subtle bourbon vanilla sweetness erupts. Velvety ‘imperialized Breakfast Stout’ perfect for luscious nightcap.
On tap at Kitchen & Beer Bar, sumptuous 26th anniversary strong ale combines fudgy milk chocolatey caramel molasses saucing with plentiful vanilla creaming and silken bourbon-cognac sedation. Milk-sugared coffee tones enrich the backload alongside toasted coconut, black cherry, blackberry, dried fig and currant illusions. Leathery oaken tannins provide mild dryness against resonating caramelized chocolate sweetness. Recommended for fireplace nightcap.
Formerly crafted at New York’s Foreign Objects, Florida-based My Favorite Thing now cans impressive Imperial Stout. Richly creamed cacao nibs and vanilla beans draped by honeyed dark chocolate syrup picks up milk-sugared coffee tones that outdo adjunctive pistachio, date and rose hips influence in well-integrated mix. A mind melting nightcap.
On tap at Seven Lakes Station, velvety mocha-induced nightcap greets milk-sugared Ethiopian coffee with bourbon vanilla sweetness. In the midst, Kahlua, caramel latte, cappuccino, dark cocoa and candied pecan illusions deepen rich profile. Recommended.
Decadent sweet-toothed dessert loads caramelized brown sugar inside fudgy coconut chocolate cookie confection. Bittersweet coca nibs creaming rallies alongside bourbon vanilla wisp above honeyed Graham Cracker base of richly luscious pastry stout (with unassuming 11.7% ABV).
