Blue Point Cherry Imperial Stout
Russian Imperial Stout
Blue Point Brewing Company, Patchogue, NY
On Draft at Barcade (388 Union Ave, between Ainslie and Powers, Brooklyn)
Barcade got their hands on this tasty little morsel last week from the folks out in Patchogue. Put the word “imperial” in front of anything and it gets you drunk. Add the word cherry to it, and you might lose your sanity, too. I’m not a fan of stouts, but at 2am with a good buzz going and nothing else particularly new and exciting to me on the beer list at Barcade, I go for the strong stuff. The chocolate aroma is overpowering. I’m trying to find the cherries, but I can’t. They’re masked in the taste, too, but they come through towards the finish with hints of fudge and cream. I’m looking for something in a dessert beer. This stuff is so thick, it stuck to my fingers when a little bit spilled out of the goblet. Typing these tasting notes into my phone was even an ordeal.
