On tap at Kitchen & Beer Bar, 2019 Imperial Stout aged on Frech oak wine barrels combines cocoa powdered dark chocolate scrum with musky black grape esters and dried black cherry tartness, leaving slight wood burnt bittering in its wake.
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PINELANDS SUBATOMIC DOMINATION IMPERIAL STOUT (BARREL AGED)
Sixth anniversary oak-aged Imperial Stout collaboration with Hammonton’s Vinyl Brewing. Dry bourbon frontage placated by purple grape tannins and black cherry tartness that overrides Blackstrap molasses-soured dark chocolate bittering above earthen mildewed musk. Mild port and Muscat wining plus distant anise spicing speckle the charcoal-stained backend.
CZIG MEISTER FERRIDACTYL BARREL AGED IMPERIAL STOUT
On tap at Taphouse 15, decadent 5th anniversary Imperial Stout’s cocoa-nibbed cookie dough onrush enhanced by Vanuatu vanilla bean adjunct, picking up dark chocolate-syruped coffee stain, mellow bourbon warmth and bruised black cherry tartness as ancillary marshmallow, coconut and hazelnut illusions surface latently.
COLLECTIVE ARTS ORIGIN OF DARKNESS BOURBON BARREL-AGED IMPERIAL STOUT W/ COCOA NIBS & CASSIA BARK
On tap at Taphouse 15, dry bourbon barrel-aged Imperial Stout places bittersweet cocoa nibs and cinnamon-dried cassia bark adjuncts atop sour-creamed dark chocolate bed. Sour cherry, stewed prune and dried fig illusions daub cinnamon-barked mocha heat.
BRIX CITY LIFELESS EYES IMPERIAL STOUT – BOURBON BARREL AGED
Wonderfully profuse nightcap aged in Four Roses bourbon barrels for nine months retains creamily lactic dark chocolate syruping for peanut-buttered coconut, cocoa nibs and marshmallow adjuncts above rich Graham Cracker-sugared cookie dough base. Sweet molasses-sapped bourbon vanilla resonance and chocolate nougat-candied Almond Joy reminder broaden bold pastry stout’s appeal. Tertiary black cherry puree tartness seeps into wintry cinnamon, nutmeg and cumin snips. Highly recommended.
MAGNIFY DOUBLE BARREL AGED POINT OF DIVERGENCE STOUT
On tap at Capital Craft – East Hanover, well integrated 2020 Imperial Stout fermented with Italian red wine yeast gets barrel aged in bourbon and port for fulsome mocha-bound dessert. Rich dark coffee-chocolate tones seep into sweet red wine insistence to its cookie dough bottom. Wispy anise, blueberry, blackberry, brandy, oaken vanilla and vinous cider illusions stay subtler than tannic port-bourbon wining.
BOULEVARD WHISKEY BARREL IMPERIAL STOUT – 2020
Fudgy molasses-smoked whiskeyed chocolate splendor and sweet bourbon vanilla rapture guide oak-toasted full body. Maple-syruped dried fruiting (raisin-prune-fig), black cherry puree tartness and latent anise spicing settle at rye chocolate-malted back end of complex slow sipper slightly modified for 2020.
MAGNIFY BANANA PHONE IMPERIAL STOUT
On tap at Taphouse 15, luxurious rum-spiced bourbon vanilla sugaring nearly overloads chewy banana intensity and lactic chocolate richness of complex barrel-aged stout. Mighty mocha reins taken hold by rummy Nilla wafer sweetness as toffee, creme brulee, glazed hazelnut, bruised cherry, chocolate cake and marshmallow illusions further foist fascinating dessert treat.
NEW HOLLAND DRAGON’S MILK RUM BARREL AGED STOUT WITH CHOCOLATE, HAZELNUT & COCONUT
On tap at Tapastre, luxuriously complex pastry stout regales buttery dark rum sugaring for toffee-spiced dark chocolate creaming, cocoa-buttered hazelnut molasses sweetness and toasted coconut reserve. Chocolate hazelnut-candied insistence gains ancillary black cherry-pureed burgundy, raisin and fig illusions to contrast latent walnut-charred hop bittering and recessive oaken vanilla tannins. Richly creamed mocha rum cake finish sustains intensity.
BOULEVARD WHISKEY BARREL STOUT
Richly creamed whiskey-barreled Imperial Stout (2019 version) drapes brown chocolate syruping upon molasses-sapped bourbon vanilla thickness, leaving oak-charred dark whiskey sentiment for bold nutty mocha finish. Ashen hop bittering counters sweet chocolate nougat, stewed prune, pureed raisin and gooey anise crescendos. A superior chocolate whiskeyed confection.
DOGFISH HEAD WOOD-AGED MILES DAVIS BREW
Popular kiln-smoked dry stout given leathery oak-aged treatment. Raw-honeyed molasses bittering and dry bourbon-burgundy conflux determinedly influence black-malted Bakers chocolate pungency, freeze-dried coffee spunk, fungi brown tea musk and black licorice snip. Mildewed black grape esters and tarry hop char stay mellower than original ‘brew.’ A dryer version at 9% ABV.
THE BRUERY WHITE CHOCOLATE ALE AGED IN BOURBON WITH CACAO NIBS AND VANILLA BEANS
On tap at Ambulance, “sumptuous” wheatwine dessert decadence with heady 16% ABV coalesces confectionery cocoa-buttered milk sugaring with bittersweet cacao-nibbed vanilla bean adjunct and candied brown chocolate allotment. Subtle bourbon aging adds sweet warmth to fudgy chocolate-y vanilla creaminess, picking up toasted coconut, crème brulee, marzipan, honeyed hazelnut and toasted marshmallow illusions. Luxurious full-bodied treasure.
