A gem from a pastry OG.” - James Massey, Owner and Head Brewer, Two Tides Brewing Company, Savannah, Ga. I almost get a hint of cinnamon on the finish, too. The base beer is so damn luscious and drips with sextra-sticky chocolate, vanilla, toasted coconut, and coffee, all in perfect proportions. The coffee variant of Imperial German Chocolate Cupcake Stout is a personal favorite. “Few breweries do pastry stouts better, and have just as sweet people brewing them, than Angry Chair. It’s well balanced, not overly sweet, yet still rich with lots of chocolate flavor.“ - Paul Garza, Brewer, Wild Onion Brewery, Lake Barrington, Ill. Head brewer Adam Cieslak’s Fat Pug oatmeal stout and Morbidly Obese Pug double milk stout are both great, and here I get deeper chocolate fudge flavor. “I recently had Maplewood’s Morbidly Obese Pug: Extra Fudge, made with two types of chocolate, vanilla, and lactose, and felt I could have at least a few cans to myself. The combination of blueberry and subtle cinnamon on the nose, with dark chocolate sweetness on the backend, makes it a delicious dessert beer.” - Rachel Edwards, Head Brewer, Oozlefinch Beers & Blending, Fort Monroe, Va. “ Ingenious sent us its Blueberry Crumble milk stout for our FML fest and, although I don’t often choose a hefty pastry stout, this one is perfectly balanced. Bottle Logic uses it exceptionally in this bourbon barrel-aged imperial stout, and paved the way for so many in the pastry style.” - Matthew Garcia, Founder, Homage Brewing, Pomona, Calif. Vanilla is super hard to pull off, especially using whole beans with prices sky high, and the high usage you need to really break through the thick base of a pastry stout. “ Bottle Logic’s Fundamental Observation showcases one of the best uses of vanilla in brewing, in my opinion. Keep reading for details about all the recommended pastry stout beers! North Park Double Barrel Mostra Before Dying.Angry Chair Geiger Imperial Salted Chocolate Sweet Stout.Angry Chair Imperial German Chocolate Cupcake Stout.Maplewood Morbidly Obese Pug: Extra Fudge.
The Best Pastry Stouts Recommended by Brewers: So what are some of the style’s best examples? We asked 14 brewers (a baker’s dozen, plus one!) around the country to opine on what pastry stout takes the cake.
That’s evident even in the names of these brazen brews, which often boast of their sugar-smacked makeup: Double Stuffed Oreo Fudge Bucket. The rise of pastry stouts has seen their purveyors swat away all notions of subtlety and push the envelope, and then dip the envelope in chocolate and toasted coconut flakes, all while exuding a great sense of fun and adventure. But before, they were largely employed as accents, their role to meld with the style’s inherent flavors. Sure, imperial stouts have incorporated these kinds of ingredients for years now.
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