Funnel Cakes
Ethereal Brewing

With Ethereal Brewing, the fair is always open. Moulded from peanut butter, lactose and bourbon barrels, their Imperial Stout is an indulgence in a glass.

Dark and russet in brown, the deep bronze Funnel Cakes builds a dainty creme of froth upon the pour. A dense aroma of chocolate, peanut, coffee, caramel, spice and vanilla greets the nose in dessert-like fashion. Deliciously sweet, the malty flavors open up with a chocolatey tone of root beer and sorghum.

As the dark ale develops over the middle palate, a roasty, toasty and nutty flavor brings out the best of the peanut butter additions but without tasting like peanut buttercups despite carrying a vanilla, caramel and chocolate tone onto the tastebuds. Whisky spice warms the senses with its own caramel, toasted oak, vanilla and bourbon spice to assist the peppery and woodsy hops in a malty forward late palate.

Full bodied and trending slightly cola-like, a sarsparilla spice and a root beer quality blends well with the peanut butter character for a sweet and savory finish with a long, somewhat flat after palate of warmth and whimsy.