York Peppermint Patty knockoff under the guise of a lactic dry Irish stout lets its bittersweet Tahitian vanilla bean luster settle alongside green-minted dark chocolate candied sugaring – picking up latent cola, hazelnut and anise illusions, distant maple oats flaking and nifty Brownies confection against mild charred hop bittering. A wonderful chocolate mint dessert pastry liquified.
On tap at Growler & Gill, dry Irish stout maintains bitterer stylistic rampage as dark chocolatey black coffee nuttiness and treacly Blackstrap molasses acridity receive wood-burnt hop char above barley-flaked unsweetened Bakers chocolate base.
Dry Irish stout retains dark-roast coffee bittering and musky black chocolate continuance as charcoal-singed hop nuttiness and black grape must advance sharp mocha bitterness.
Supposed “world’s creamiest stout” copies fellow Irish brewer, Guinness, with its nifty cascading nitro head over deep mahogany body, smoothly dry nutty dark chocolate resolution and spunky Blackstrap molasses coffee bittering while impressively forgoing the plastic floating widget. Its fluffily foamed eclair creaminess softens the tarry mocha-blackened dark-roast hop char, sturdily reinforcing its rich cafe latte finish.
Soft-tongued nutty dark chocolate creaming settles upon dark-roast hop char. In the backdrop, Blackstrap molasses bittering engulfs espresso, cola, walnut and burnt wood illusions.
On tap at Cloverleaf, sweetish whipped coffee creaming contrasts debittered black malt dryness as oats-honeyed Maris Otter and Vienna malting surfaces alongside molasses-caked vanilla respite.
On tap at Seven Lakes Station, dry Irish stout given smooth nitrogenated creaming and nutty buckwheat influence in flattish mineral grain setting. Gentle coffee-roasted dark chocolate bittering buttresses tidy walnut, cola nut, cashew and hazelnut whims. A tad underwhelmingly unassuming.
On tap at Pompton Craft House, softly creamed dry Irish stout captured on nitro buttresses its nutted black coffee stead with dark chocolate malting and blackened hop char, gaining bitterer Blackstrap molasses treacle, caramelized espresso milking and distant dried black cherry snip. Smooth.
On tap at Ambulance, gently frothed dry Irish Stout plies mildly acidic medium roast coffee tones to subtle walnut-charred dark chocolate bittering and black tea snips with predictable, less resonant Guinness-like result.
On tap at Ambulance, dry Irish stout lets lemon pith-rimmed day-old coffee souring pick up mildly bitter dark-roast hop nuttiness. Serve to sour stout snobs.
On tap at Beef Trust, soft-tongued nitro flow allows nutty dark chocolate bittering to engage mild hop as arid carbolic fizz detonates. Brazil nut, walnut and cola nut tags.
On tap at Hoover’s, traditional dry Irish stout brings mildly hop-charred coffee roast to black-malted dark chocolate bittering and black marble rye nuttiness in dewy setting.
