Frantic dark-roasted chocolate malting inundates smoked molasses bittering, fudgy cookie dough sweetness and toasted oats sugaring. Crude hemp-oiled hop bittering deepens the dry cocoa-powdered finish.
Frantic dark-roasted chocolate malting inundates smoked molasses bittering, fudgy cookie dough sweetness and toasted oats sugaring. Crude hemp-oiled hop bittering deepens the dry cocoa-powdered finish.
Dry hickory-smoked pungency absorbs dark-roasted mocha malting. Bitter black chocolate and coffee rampage gains tar-like hop oiling and ashen charcoal acridity. But watery coffee-roasted espresso finish loses body and texture after a few sips.
On tap at Jimmy’s No. 43, dark toffee aromatics inform cocoa-powdered Baker’s chocolate entry and heavily smoked black chocolate bittering. Sweet n’ sour hop-oiled nuttiness fills the backend.
On tap at Track 84, subtle nitro-creamed dry stout stays soft on the tongue. Black chocolate malting and nutty hop-charred splurge receive smoked rauchbier-like afterburner. Black cherry, vanilla and cappuccino undertones caress oats-toasted backend.
Relaxing creamed coffee mellowness flutters across dark-roasted chocolate malting and hop-charred cola-hazelnut bittering of fine dry-bodied stout. Ashen peat-smoked burnt wood undertone and fluctuant dark cherry fruiting gain footing at espresso-milked center. Less adventurous dark ale newcomers will find its easygoing appeal most delightful.
Peculiarly captivating mocha stout brewed with orange peel (!) brings sharp-spiced Belgian chocolate to roasted coffee midst. Could pass for a black chocolate-fronted Irish Stout or a amiable schwarzbier. Advertised orange peel bittering sits at tart backend.
Nifty pepper-spiced stout makes for solid and approachable adjunct ale. Aged on cocoa nibs and ancho chile peppers, its hot-spiced regalia amiably complements the salient cocoa-dried black chocolate stream. Never profoundly offbeat or weirdly obtuse, this subtly chili-peppered mocha-bound elixir pairs well with spicy southwestern cuisine.
Terrific non-traditional mocha-spiced full body with nebulous foreign/export stout labeling offers illusionary plentitude. Molasses-soaked anise, cherry puree and black cardamom lead the charge as nutty chocolate backend gains luster. Cappuccino-frothed espresso-dried coffee bittering enhances subsidiary wood-charred cola, macadamia, and hazelnut coarsening. Tertiary cocoa-buttered licorice, sarsaparilla, and chicory nuances eventually seep into the mix.
Musky tan-headed mahogany-hued strong ale/Imperial Stout blend conveys syrupy dark chocolate-spiced expectancy to contrast highly hopped dark fruited souring. Dehydrated fig-banana-cherry conflux and coarse hazelnut lunge bedeck tranquil gingered cinnamon seasoning before dry port-sherry-bourbon finish picks up strong alcohol acridity.
Sadly, nebulous maroon-hued winter stout lacks expectant spicy seasonal intrigue and lusty mocha wanderlust, allowing witty Yuletide moniker to be more notable than muddled watered-down flavoring and diffuse charcoal aroma. ‘Dark Holiday’ seasonal claims to be “much more than you deserve for X-mas,” but thin roasted malting, dim chocolate-cocoa confection, concealed raisin-fig meekness, and dirty earthen whimper deaden impact. Understated hop-oiled cocoa-dried astringency blemishes dulled red-purple grape frolic, smothered pineapple-grapefruit slip, and cryptic anise snip.