Smoothly silken slow sipper, aged in oak barrels, brings wood-charred bourbon spicing to chocolate-browned vanilla sweetness and wine-soaked dried fruiting. Lightly creamed molasses malting enriches raisin-pureed black cherry compote midst before reaching dark chocolate cordial cherry peak (contrasted by slight ashen earth reminder). Bourbon, burgundy and brandy boozing fades off. Toasted almond, hazelnut, coconut, purple grape and chocolate mousse illusions round out the busy backend. Sweet anise waft adds black licorice presence not detectable in tapped version. On tap at Capital Alehouse, oak-charred dried fruiting enriches bourbon-wined mocha frontage. Fudgy molasses creaminess thickens oaken vanilla, dusty cocoa and milky coconut illusions. Chocolate-covered cherry and raisin notions as well as wispy dark rum undertones find tertiary space.

Opulent ‘Double Extreme Imperial Stout’ brings indeterminable wheat influence to molasses-smoked dark-roasted malting and peaty hop-charred nuttiness. Well-balanced black chocolate, black licorice, black coffee and vanilla conflux defines creamy mahogany-hued full body. Rum-spiced bourbon-burgundy wining, sweetly soured raisin-prune-cherry niche and soy-sauced espresso milking found beneath thick mocha surface.  

On tap at Track 84, excellent 2012 limited edition full body retains dryer stylistic intrigue. Up-front dark and brown chocolate overtones receive nifty bourbon whiskey serenade over wood-charred hop roast to ample nutty bottom. Roasted coffee, vanilla, molasses and black cherry caress supplemental soy-sauced cacao seeding.

On tap at Copper Mine, ‘majestic’ 2012 version enjoins the creamiest brown chocolate sweetness with an ‘extremely complex’ black-roasted coffee richness that settles above serenely soured black cherry tartness. Beautiful molasses-soaked creme brulee, sherry, espresso and hazelnut undertones cut across its cocoa-buttered black chocolate finish. Light wood-smoked charcoal burn deepens mocha penetration. Tertiary red grape, black grape and blackberry tannins offer latent sour ruse. A marvelous dessert treat perfect for Valentine’s Day.   

Coveted black velvety medium-to-full body maintains lingering dark chocolate richness and everlasting black coffee roast, balancing bitter hop-charred nuttiness with sweet mocha-molasses malting quite efficiently. Fluffy carbolic froth nearly prohibits creamy eclair subsidy, mild cocoa bean niche and fleeting vanilla variance. Try for dessert instead of Hershey’s Chocolate.

Domineering full-bodied Imperial Stout with impressive 12.5% alcohol range, gooey anise spicing and indelible vanilla-creamed mocha malting given hop-charred wood burn. Chewy caramel-sugared cookie dough yeast, bittersweet dark-roasted chocolate serenade and coconut buttering saturate ascending coffee bean bitterness. Aggressive bourbon-burgundy rush, syrupy Scotch motif and chocolate liqueur nip linger through illustrious maple-syrupy Blackstrap molasses richness.

Convincing lactic-soured cocoa malt entry pushed aside for chewy brown chocolate creaminess and soy-milked coffee splash. Sturdy mocha theme reinforced by molasses-draped oats, peanut-shelled walnut and mossy peat as well as tertiary dark-fruited raisin, fig and black cherry nuances.

 On tap at Cloverleaf, amiable oak barrel-aged dark ale brings acidic brettanomyces funk and pungent sour fruiting to rawest Blackstrap molasses inclination. Oaken cherry, white grape, green grape and cranberry tartness deepens acrid barnyard-horsehide parch. Briny salting saturates ancillary wood burnt hop char, depleting powdered cocoa drift.