Blank Slate #40 Black Magic
Monocacy Brewing Co.

On tap at Monocacy Brewing in Frederick, MD.

This one pours a light golden amber, with a small head, and a little bit of lacing.

This smells like sweet vanilla cream, chocolatey and nutty coffee, hazelnut, and caramel.

This is brewed with coffee, vanilla, and cacao nibs- I get loads of the first two, but not much of the second. It doesn't really taste like a stout- but I'm not sure they were going for that. I only mention it because sometimes breweries do this sort of thing to approximate a stout. This is creamy but slightly grainy, with a nice roasty but sweet coffee profile, and vanilla creamy frosting. The base cream ale doesn't come through much except for the aforementioned graininess.

This is light bodied, crisp and light and creamy, with a good level of carbonation.

This is definitely a fun little beer.

Such an interesting beer with cream ale base then expresso, cocoa nibs etc added. Some how this works quite well once you adjust to the bizarre intro of new blended flavors.