On tap at Taphouse 15, decadent 2024 Silk City pastry dessert variant (10.5% ABV) soaked in Smith Bowman bourbon barrels then given rich cocoa nibs, modest vanilla bean and wild Thai banana adjuncts retains bourbonized mocha sweetness at bold finish. Chocolate pudding skin tops creamy vanilla-sugared banana richness contrasted ever so slightly by hop-charred coffee roast.
On tap at Taphouse 15, slightly offbeat bourbon barreled curiosity provides toasted coconut, roasted pistachio and rosily floral pandan leaf adjuncts for whiskeyed chocolate-backed Graham Cracker base. “Luxuriant” full body’s hefty 13.5% ABV hidden nearly as well as fading pandan-leafed pistachio nuttiness while tertiary black cherry bruise, fried banana and vanilla wafer snips beckon.
On tap at Growler & Gill, Central Water’s ‘most sought after’ elixir lathers sweet bourbon warmth all over oaken vanilla, brown chocolate and whiskeyed burgundy pleasantries. Brown-sugared cherry, plum and prune illusions consume creamy toffee-candied caramel midst before boozy bourbon coffee finish further enriches chocolate-coated dried fruiting.
Bold stout aged in Sagamore rye whiskey barrels dumps dark chocolate syrup upon boozy sherry, port and burgundy wining plus lingered bourbon vanilla sweetness. Whiskeyed cherry bruise heightens finishing mocha bourbon resonance. Exquisite nightcap.
Dry bourbon serenity cloaks day-old coffee musk and black grape esters contrasting dark chocolate-coated cherry cordial sweetness and dark cherry tartness of richly smooth 10% ABV barrel aged stout.
Mole-inspired Kentucky Bourbon Stout variant circa ’23 lets dried chili peppers influence fudgy brown chocolate creaming, bourbon vanilla sweetness and roasted coffee depth of rich barrel-aged nightcap. Mild chili pepper heat simmers below mocha bourbon coffee theme as tertiary candied molasses, bold burgundy, burnt caramel and espresso licks emerge.
On tap at Taphouse 15, decadent Term Oil variant re-creates classic Fluffernutter sandwich with dry roasted peanut buttering and vanilla-sugared marshmallow creaminess. Dry bourbon-burgundy wining contrasts fudgy chocolate cookie sweetness and honeyed Graham Cracker backend of caramelized peanutty marshmallow confection.
Decadent first ever bourbon-aged stout by Aspire stays richly complex as syrupy dark chocolatey Tahitian vanilla creaming, fudged brownie sweetness and hazelnut coffee remnant encounter dry bourbon-burgundy wining and candied brandy tingle.
An endless array of impressive adjuncts enrich heavily creamed maple molasses-whiskeyed chocolate nightcap. Completely dessert designed, sweet bourbon vanilla continuance invites toasted coconut-almond conflux and custard-pied Thai banana over wheat-honeyed cacao nibs base. At the busy finish, ascending cinnamon spicing, descending black cherry-bruised whiskey snip and distant hazelnut-pistachio-cashew whims embrace luscious milk-sugared bourbon chocolate-vanilla serenity.
Sweet bourbon whiskey entrance draped in dark chocolate syrup and oaken vanilla tannins – yet strangely averse to ballyhooed floury powder-sugared Astronaut cake design, picking up tertiary sherry, dark cherry and blackberry illusions by fudgy mocha bourbon vanilla finish.
Aged in Smith Bowman whiskey barrels, upfront peanut butter creaming sops up sweet bourbon vanilla richness and cacao-nibbed cinnamon spicing of luxurious 8th anniversary stout. Inspired by cinnamon peanut butter blossoms, fudgy mocha nuttiness gains sugar cookie, Nutter Butter cookie, Devils Food Cake and vanilla birthday cake illusions as well as bold burgundy-brandy wining and slight cherry jam, blackberry and red grape nips. A decadent whiskey-aged dessert nightcap.
Velvety barrel-aged stout lets dry oaken tannins sway sweet bourbon vanilla warmth and whiskeyed brown chocolate stead of frothily creamed tan-headed brown body. Below the smooth mocha bourbon surface lies dried cherry, sugarplum and honeyed fig licks tangling semi-sharp wintry spices.
