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Creamy, roasty and blacker than a moonless night in the mountains, stouts are essential winter beers. Nowadays the low-calorie, smooth and dry Guinness of our youth has been vamped up by craft brewers with additions of lactose and oatmeal, infused with coffee or oysters and increasingly, aged in an oak whiskey barrel. Wit these myriad flavors come higher ABVs for a higher-octane experience.
Test your tongue on the 18 stouts on draft right now at Monk's Caf� (264 S. 16th St.). Every New Year's Day, Monk's owners and my employers, Tom Peters and Fergie Carey, stack the taps� with 19 stouts and 1 lambic. This thrills half the guests and none of the bartenders, who scurry back and forth from front to back bar fetching the only non-stout brews on draft as the stout kegs kick, one by one.� It's good fun and an absolute bonanza for dark-beer aficionados.
On draft right now:
- Flying Fish Exit 1 Oyster Stout (NJ)
- Brasserie Ellezelloise Hercule Stout (BEL)
- Hitachino Nest Espresso Stout (JAP)
- Lagunitas Cappuccino Stout (CA)
- Left Hand Fade to Black (CO)
Click the jump for the full, original list, with Tom's descriptions.
� At The Front Bar �
Brooklyn Black Chocolate Stout (New York) � 10.5%abv.� An excellent Imperial Stout.� � It just tastes that way.� Great chance to see how age� alters the taste of this stout. $3.50 / $5.50 REPLACED WITH DARK HORSE TOO CREAM STOUT
Flying Fish Exit 1 Oyster Stout (New Jersey)
Casey Hughes is at it again.� This is perhaps the best oyster stout I�ve ever tasted.� He put a lot of whole oysters (shells, too) into the boil so you really get some of that briney quality.� 7%abv � $3.50/$5.50
Founders Breakfast Stout (Michigan) 8.3%abv.
Made with flaked oats, bitter & sweet chocolate, with Sumatra and Kona coffee.� Lots of coffee in the nose and finish.� Full body.� If this beer doesn�t wake you up, it will put you to sleep.� � $3.50 / $5.50
Furthermore Smoked Irish Dry Stout (Wisconsin)
Medium body.� Lots of roasty flavors & aromas.� Brewed with� peat smoked malt.� Not too smokey. 5.5%abv� $3.50 / $5.50
New Holland Dragon�s Milk Stout Oak Aged (Michigan)� 9%abv. picks up vanilla notes from the oak barrel aging.� A rare keg in these here parts. � $3.50 / $5.50
REPLACED WITH STEAMWORKS BACKSIDE STOUT
Voodoo Cow Bell Imperial Oatmeal Milk Stout (PA)
Full body with hints of bittersweet chocolate & roasted notes from the barley. Very drinkable.� 9%abv � $3.50 / $5.50 R EPLACED WITH D'ACHOUFFE HOUBLON
� At The Back Bar �
Bell�s Expedition Stout (Michigan)� 10.5% abv.� Russian Imperial Stout.� Big, malty body & a warming glow from the high alcohol.� $3.50 / $5.50
Bell�s Rye Stout (Michigan)� 6.7% abv. Aroma of bread.� You can really taste the rye in this.� Rich, yet refreshing.� $3.50 / $5.50
Boulder Beer Obovoid Empirical Stout (CO) This beauty was aged in oak casks.� Medium body.� Picks up just a hint of vanilla from the oak barrels.� A tad of bitterness in the finish (not sure if it�s from hops or the dark roasted malt).� 7.5%abv� $3.50 /� $5.50
Duck Rabbit Milk Stout (NC) the best milk stout I ever tasted.� Rich, creamy, malty & a hint of lactic acid.� Really good s tuff.� 5.7%abv � $3.50 /� $5.50
Hercule Stout (Belgium)� 9%abv. � Named for Agatha Christie�s Hecule Poirot.� This dry stout has that unique Belgian influence that comes from the yeast. Yummy!� $8.50
Hitachino Nest Espresso Stout (Japan)� 7.5%abv. espresso beans were added during the boil of this Imperial Stout.� Chocolate notes along with the coffee.� $8.50
Lagunitus Cappuccino Stout (California)� 8%abv
aroma is coffee & cocoa.� Really delicious strong stout.
Be careful, because this can sneak up on you.� $3.50 / $5.50
Left Hand Fade to Black (CO)� 8.5% abv.Export style stout.� Medium body.� Licorise & coffee notes.� This is a very rare keg of this one time brew.� $3.50 / $5.50
Pater Lieven Buffalo Stout (Belgium)� 9%abv. In 1907 "Buffalo Bill's" Circus from the US played on the town square of Sint-Lievens-Esse. This is to commemorate100th Anniversary of that event.� Lots of dark roast notes. � $8.00
Port Brewing Santa�s Little Helper (California)� 9.5%abv.� Russian Imperial Stout. � Lots of chocolate and coffee flavors.� This is way yummy.Be careful, because this can sneak up on you.� $3.50 / $5.50
Stoudt�s Fat Dog Imperial Oatmeal Stout (PA)� 9%abv. � rich & creamy with a fair amount of hops.� This is one of my favorites of today�s lineup.� $3.50 / $5.50
REPLACED WITH WOLAVER'S ALTA (COFFEE PORTER)
Terrapin The Dark Side (GA)� 8.5% abv.� an imperial stout brewed with Belgian yeast.� The requisite coffee/chocolate notes with a hint of fruit from the yeast.� $3.50 / $5.50
Wolaver�s Organic Oatmeal Stout (VT)� 5.9% abv.� 100% organic ingredients. � Creamy mouthfeel & medium body.� Healty beer...love the concept.� $3.50 / $5.50
� The Lambic�
Lindemans Framboise (Belgium) A lambic beer infused with raspberry for one of the best dessert beers.� You can smell the raspberry from across the room.� $8.50
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