On tap at Barcade – Jersey City, lightly creamed dessert-like milk stout subtly soaked in amaretto oak chips places confectionery Marshmallow Fluff sugaring alongside cacao nibs-roasted dark chocolate fudging. Mild vanilla, cookie dough, espresso and coconut illusions add further sweetness to contrast moderate hop char.
Engagingly rich milk stout with polite ginger spicing goes beyond mere milk & cookie promise as hickory-smoked maple molasses sweetness and cookie dough yeast sugaring pick up black cherry bruise, raisin cookie respite and musty dried fruiting. Dark chocolate overtones survive wintry gingerbread seasoning. A treacly chocolate delight.
On tap at Blue Grasshopper, smoothly creamed milk stout saddles nutty mocha entry with mild dark-roasted hop bittering. Brown chocolate-sugared coffee roast, vanilla fudging and cocoa powdering consume less effective hazelnut-cola-walnut conflux.
Dry soy-milked souring affects dark-roasted black chocolate malting, unsweetened cocoa powdering and mild day-old coffee smidge of smoothly creamed moderation. Tertiary hazelnut, cola nut and walnut illusions drift off. Serve to Baltic porter fans.
On tap at Ambulance, velvety chocolate rum-caked bourbon vanilla sweetness picks up lactose milk sugaring in nitro setting. Dried dark cocoa, black chocolate, cacao nibs and espresso illusions lightly embitter Jamaican rum-aged Imperial Stout circa 2016.
On tap at Plank Pizza, marvelous full-bodied stout scintillates as sweet milked coffee creaming settles softly above oats-sugared spine. Mild dark cocoa, cappuccino and caramel latte undertones fill out Demented perfection.
Though lacking the full-bodied richness of top shelf oak-barreled ales, easygoing milk stout aged with Widow Jane bourbon offers lightly creamed dark-roasted milk chocolate sweetness to musky scorched earth char, rum-spiced burgundy-brandy-concord wining and dry whiskey snicker. Mild vanilla, toffee, black coffee, raspberry puree and bruised black cherry subsidies waver. Subtle bourbon influence needs deeper resonance.
On tap at Poor Henry’s, locally roasted Benfatto Coffee beans provide easygoing creamed espresso entry above wispy hop char. Milk-sugared light roast coffee splendor picks up mild vanilla bean bittering and possible cinnamon snip.
On tap at Poor Henry’s, creamy lactose stout piles sweet ‘n sour milk chocolate splendor atop mild charred hop bittering. Sly coffee roast and nutty fudge apprehension waver below. Relaxing autumn 2015-debuted moderate-medium body retains delicate mocha richness and will satisfy dark ale majority. In the can, robust black malting inundates dark chocolate roast, milk-sugared coffee retreat and charred hop nut sear. Latent vanilla, burnt marshmallow and black cherry puree undertones secure full-bodied stout.
Virtually unrelenting with its rich brown chocolate sugaring, creamy caramel malting and luscious macchiato overtones, marvelous milk stout reaches its zenith at bourbon-sweetened mocha finish. Complementary vanilla latte, hazelnut coffee, cappuccino, amaretto and black cherry liqueur undertones add further complexity.
On tap at Ambulance, intense espresso bean roast overloads wood-burnt hop char and black patent malting. In the midst, tarry coffee bitterness contrasts sweet vanilla rampage as cola, walnut and hazelnut illusions pick up steam. Caffe macchiato milking soaks the nutty mocha finish.
Like a liquified Mounds Bar, its milk chocolate sweetness, flaked coconut roast and subtle cocoa powdering lead the way. Creamy lactose sugaring and fudgy almond-hazelnut-cola conflux battle back lightly astringent hop-oiled Blackstrap molasses bittering.
