Mildly creamed peanut buttering and dark chocolate richness secure Peanut Butter Cup likeness given slightly incriminating dark-roasted hop bittering, charred walnut respite and oily earthen residue.
BIG MUDDY PEANUT BUTTER CUP
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TRILLIUM COCONUT PM DAWN IMPERIAL STOUT
On tap at Taphouse 15, cold-brewed coffee drapes coconut-toasted brown chocolate sweetness (reminiscent of a confectionery Mounds Bar). Nifty cream-sugared java, honeyed Graham Cracker, cappuccino, hazelnut coffee and maple molasses illusions further enrich lusciously rich variant.
ARTIFACT OVERHEAD VIEW BOURBON AGED IMPERIAL STOUT
Minty dark chocolate and caramel coffee creaming receive oaken Dettling bourbon barrel aging, picking up dry burgundy, sweet sherry and mild whiskey illusions.
STONY POINT SEVEN LAKES STOUT
On tap at Seven Lakes Station, creamily fluffed oatmeal stout leads with nutty medium-roast coffee surge caressed by oats-charred dark chocolate. Sustained mocha insistence picks up latent raw molasses bittering, walnut-shelled tannins and soily earthen gunk.
OAKFLOWER FIRST CUP (RWANDA) OATMEAL STOUT
On tap at Taphouse 15, distinct Barrista Coffee House’s Rwandan java blend contrasts light-roast coffee serenade and dry espresso milking with caramelized vanilla sweetness to its bitterly oats-charred bottom.
IMPRINT SCHMOOJEE BANANAS FOSTER
Creamy Banana’s Foster dessert ‘smoothie’ regales Nilla wafer cookie confection as well as dark rum-sauced vanilla sweetness, brown-sugared coconut shavings and tart lemon meringue zesting. Creamy marshmallow goodness enriches luscious entirety.
IMPRINT SCHMOOJEE RASPBERRY MARSHMALLOW GRAHAM CRACKER FRUITED SMOOTHIE
Murky dark mauve Schmoojee gunk with zestful raspberry puree tartness, marshmallow vanilla creaming and Graham Cracker honeyed wheat base. Raspy raspberry continuance gains sweet-tart strawberry, blueberry, blackberry and red cherry illusions as well as rummy grape-jellied whim. In the distance, chocolate pudding fudging deepens complexity.
IMPRINT SCHMOOJEE STRAWBERRY COLADA
Blustery pink bubblegum-hued fruited smoothie with gunky rum-soaked marshmallow sugaring allows strawberry pureed tartness to absorb pink champagned white wine esters and pineapple-salted coconut tropicalia. At the finish, parfait-like strawberry vanilla ice creaming lingers as slightest graphite-induced pencil shavings emerge.
IMPRINT SCHMOOJEE MANGO PASSION PEACH SOUR ALE
Juicy mango sustenance, tart passionfruit souring and sweet peachiness cluster for fluffy marshmallow creaming contrasting concentrated orange juice onrush and tannic pencil shavings. A veritable rum punch with ancillary pineapple, guava and papaya tropicalia reinforcing peachy mango continuance.
IMPRINT TANGERINE A LA MODE
Gunky milk-creamed vanilla marshmallow fluff stuffs tangy tangerine adjunct as concentrated orange juicing adds mouth puckering tartness to oncoming banana-pureed Nilla cookie confection. Salted mango, lemon curd, lime juice and Orangina soda illusions persist beneath creamily thick pastry-like tangerine Schmoojee, drifting off into a rummy ambrosia salad with whipped cream topping.
BOLERO SNORT HOLLY BERRY COOKIE
Colossal pastry-like sour ale combines vanilla-laced sugar cookie sweetness and milk-sugared vanilla creaming with adjunctive orange zest and tart cranberry, picking up sea-salted lemon seed bittering, watermelon rind earthiness and mild perfume notions. Chewy marshmallow thickness ensues, but its concentrated orange juicing may interrupt confectionery distinction.
OXBOW AMARELLE
On tap at Ambulance, puckeringly tart Montmorency cherry souring gains tannic green grape vinegaring and salty alkalinity above acidulated wheat base. Serve only to seasoned sourheads.
