For our next illusion, we're presenting you with this: a rich and viscous imperial stout full of the Mount Rushmore of pastry stout adjuncts: chocolates, both Milk and Dark, somewhere in the region of 80% cacao; bitter, fruity roasted coffee beans; juicy maraschino cherry steeped in heady liqueur; shavings of flaked coconut toasted just to the point where the sugars catch, and a drizzle of honey.
Except none of those things are really there.
This cocktail of indulgence is actually the product of three elements - Water, Grain, and Hops. This liquid pastry counter, this dessert-trolley in a can, this vat of excess is, shockingly, (almost) in line with the Reinheitsgebot purity law.
11% ABV // 90 EBC // 45 IBU // 1.122 OG // 440ML
INGREDIENTS: Malted BARLEY (GLUTEN), OATS (GLUTEN), Hops, Yeast
An imperial stout fronted with flavours flowing directly from the holiest of hops for a meandering menagerie of malted music making, moving slow and easy through honey, cherry, chocolate, and coconut cacophonies.