Dry nutty resilience rides above black chocolate malting and mild charred hop bittering. Harsh nut sear brings tarry walnut and singed Brazil nut illusions to the surface – embittered by raw molasses astringency, Muscat grape musk and dry burgundy snip.
On tap at Taphouse 15, unconventional nitro-injected oatmeal stout breaks traditional mocha mode, instead retaining mellow beet-sugared, vanilla cream-fluffed mouthfeel, billowy pinkish white head and silken ruby body. Cotton-candied watermelon, raspberry, cherry and strawberry illusions straddle soft honeyed wheat spine of delicate dessert treat. In the bottle, initial vanilla-creamed red velvet cake theme and Black Forest cake uprising get pushed aside by heavily charred hop astringency.
Pleasing decaf coffee roast tops dried cocoa subsidy and sugared oats base. Sharp hop char contrasts cappuccino-laden caramel, vanilla and milked espresso sweetness below the thin surface. Phenol acridity lowers overall impact.
Luxuriously creamy Ethiopian-Sumatran ground coffee richness gathers syrupy black chocolate malting to contrast tarry hop-charred bittering above brown-sugared oats malting. Medium-roast coffee essence gains dry espresso, cocoa and vanilla tones. Fizzy carbolic Seltzer spritz tingles tempting java stout.
On tap at Blue Ribbon Tavern, enjoyable full-bodied toasted coconut dessert treat gets amplified by fudgy brown chocolate, brown-sugared molasses, cacao nibs, vanilla bean and toffee sweetness, retaining rich nutty mocha profile above moderate dark-roasted hop bittering. Resilient oats-honeyed coconut toasting never loses ground against massive chocolate insistence. A wintry pina colada aged on cocoa nibs.
Durable full-bodied stout combines creamy coffee bean richness, penetrative dark-roasted black chocolate syruping and oats-charred nuttiness. Molasses-smoked mocha malting and caramel-burnt vanilla sweetness contrast tobacco-chawed scorched earth bittering by the velvety java finish.
On tap at Plank Pizza, easygoing dark ale brings soft-watered dark chocolate/ black patent malting to char-coaled black cherry and purple grape tartness. Subsidiary port, cocoa and raw molasses illusions fill out soft-watered Baltic porter-leaning oatmeal stout.
On tap at Plank Pizza, strong black coffee roast (courtesy of Hasbrouck Heights’ Koffe Wagon) penetrates oats-charred hop bittering and black chocolate malting with necessary vigor and determination. In the can, mildly creamed Ethiopian-based Sidamo coffee bean roast never fades. Try in lieu of java.
On cask at Brew City Grill, soft-toned dry stout retains bittersweet oats-charred black chocolate theme atop subtle hop char, picking up casual cocoa, vanilla and coffee undertones.
Another fascinating Yeti! This time it’s a soothing Imperial Stout with ‘small’ raisin adjunct providing dried fruited complement to profound dark-roasted mocha malt influence and rolled oats sugaring. Gooey dark chocolate center enriches Nescafe instant coffee, powdered cocoa and cacao nibs illusions.
On tap at Plank Pizza, robust dry stout loads creamy black chocolate richness and espresso-milked cocoa chalking atop oats-roasted burnt caramel sweetness to contrast hop-charred wood resin. Ancillary chocolate truffle, light-roast coffee, fudgy vanilla, black cherry, molasses, cola nut and hazelnut illusions complete the score.
Mildly creamed nitro-injected oatmeal stout offers silken coffee-roasted milk chocolate soothe to oats-honeyed Cafe Vanilla Porter appeasement and mellowly caramelized Chestnut Porter nuttiness. Subsidiary vanilla, chestnut, espresso, caffè latte and macchiato illusions fade quickly.
