Italian lemon ice effervescence of traditional tart kettle-soured gose gains briny lime-juiced guava insistence, salted Margarita sashay and minty stint above lactic white wheat base. Moderate citrus acidity lingers.
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ARDENNES GRAND CRU BELGIAN STOUT
Creamy maple molasses-smoked dark roast chocolate entry picks up rum-sugared coffee serenade and sweet candied dried fruiting for ‘bold’ Belgian stout.
ARDENNES GRAND CRU QUAD
Boozy 10% ABV of turbid deep brown quad established by dry burgundy-port insistence and sweet brandy rip as sharp-spiced dried fruiting caresses chewy caramel creaminess reinforcing brown chocolate resin. At the finish, green raisin, purple grape and fig illusions ascend alongside mocha-induced red wining.
ARDENNES GRAND CRU INSPIRED TRIPEL
Complex tripel crams lemon meringue tartness, orange marmalade tanginess, buttery Chardonnay wining and rummy banana-clove sugaring into salty white peppered herbal musk before landing at the musty cellared bottom.
ARDENNES WINTER FARM ALE
Tantalizing dried fruit spicing reaches caramelized pale malt base as ‘rustic’ barnyard acridity surfaces to contrast Scotch-tinged roasted barley crisping.
ARDENNES SPECIALE BELGE PALE ALE
Easygoing Belgian pale ale stays smoothly crisp as spiced fig-date sweetness gains lemon meringue piquancy, white peppered herbage and honeyed tea remnant above candied caramel malting.
ARDENNES BELGIAN STYLE PALE LAGER
Mild floral spicing dots pasty caramelized malt sweetness countering dry herbal hop restraint, raw-grained mustiness and sneaky orange oiling of Belgian yeast-bound dry lager.
EPIC BIG BAD BAPTIST GINGERBREAD IMPERIAL STOUT
Decadent whiskey barreled gingerbread stout deploys cinnamon-toasted ginger, nutmeg, allspice and anise seasoning for mocha-bound Christmastime celebrator. Vanilla-creamed dark chocolate syrup drapes confectionery gingerbread cookie stead as slight ancho peppering brings mild heat.
CENTRAL WATERS BOURBON BARREL PECAN KRINGLE STOUT
On tap at Ambulance, fudgy brown chocolate syruping, milk-sugared coffee respite and daubed marshmallow fluff outdo candied pecan sweetness riding above honeyed Graham Cracker base. Mild bourbon presence subsides as tertiary black cherry, vanilla, toffee, praline and almond illusions add depth to decadent pastry stout.
HARDYWOOD KENTUCKY CHRISTMAS MORNING GINGERBREAD STOUT
Aged in Kentucky bourbon barrels with roasted coffee bean serenade parlays nutty espresso dryness into dry burgundy-Muscat wining and oaken cherry-vanilla tannins above dark chocolate mustiness of 11.6% ABV stout. But its advertised cinnamon-spiced gingerbread influence gets compromised by heady bourbon vanilla and chalky mocha persuasion as well as minty ginger herbage.
THE BRUERY BLACK TUESDAY IMPERIAL STOUT AGED IN BOURBON
On tap at Kitchen & Beer Bar, decadent bourbon-aged stout (with hefty 19.5% ABV) layers dry burgundy-bourbon-port tenacity with leathery oaken cherry tannins, lightly vinous Muscat grape must and wood-seared molasses bittering as well as cinnamon-toasted anise syruping above dark chocolate spicing, picking up tertiary dark cherry, purple grape and stewed fig nips.
HOP BUTCHER FOR THE WORLD MINTED STOUT
On tap at Ambulance, creamy chocolate mint entry lingers for bold 10.5% ABV holiday stout. Frango mint oiling deepens menthol-candied spearmint sashay while dark chocolate sweetness picks up mild caramel, toffee, vanilla and molasses illusions for decadent York Peppermint Patty knockoff.
