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CLOWN SHOES BLAECORN UNIDRAGON RUSSIAN IMPERIAL STOUT

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.

Clown Shoes Blaecorn Unidragon Russian Imperial Stout Stout, Russian  Imperial Stout

KEUKA RUSSIAN IMPERIAL STOUT

Anomalous (limited edition) 2011 Imperial Stout (from Adirondack Mountains’ Finger Lakes region) forgoes stylistic sweet mocha malting for sourer varietal. Vinous dried fruiting secures dank cocoa-powdered Baker’s chocolate bittering as sour cherry, prune, plum and raisin undertones find space next to burnt coffee remnant. Even the black currant reminder beats out any noticeable brown chocolate sweetness.

 

LOST ABBEY SERPENT’S IMPERIAL STOUT

Wonderfully robust dessert treat places creamy molasses-like dark chocolate richness, chewy burnt caramel sweetness, vanilla bean bittering and variable cocoa-dried dusting above moderate tarry cedar-charred hop roast. French-roasted coffee, milked cappuccino and espresso underscore rich mocha theme. Ancillary black cherry puree, bourbon, annisette, black licorice and cookie dough illusions keep viscous full body even more interesting. Chocolate brownie finish seals the deal.

LEINENKUGEL BIG EDDY IMPERIAL STOUT

Richly viscous full body goes beyond stylistic mocha theme with its oaken bourbon-burgundy wining, coffee-roasted dried fruiting and cocoa-dried butterscotch notch. Creamy dark chocolate expectancy, sinewy molasses-smoked maple malting and luscious vanilla sweetness sidle prune-soured black cherry tartness. Tertiary blackberry, black grape and boysenberry illusions tilt Big Eddy towards sour end. Cedar-burnt wood tone reinforces caramelized brown sugar glaze.