I didn't start drinking craft beer until 2008, when a friend introduced me to Hop Head by Tree Brewing . And it took another year or two before I had my first craft stout: Shakespeare Stout by Rogue , which is in my mind the quintessential American Stout and still one of my top ten beers after all these years. Stouts have seen a lot of change over the past decade. Brewers are adding all kinds of flavours to stouts: coffee, fruit, peanut butter, salted caramel and more. Easy Bake by Eighty-Eight Brewing Co. is an entry in to the sweet or dessert stout category, brewed in collaboration with Pretty Sweet , a Calgary bakeshop. The objective behind this beer was to replicate the flavours of Pretty Sweet's Salted Caramel Chocolate Cake. Name: Easy Bake Brewery: Eighty-Eight Brewing Co. (with Pretty Sweet) Style: (Salted Caramel Chocolate Cake) Stout Alc/vol: 8.5% OG: unknown FG: unknown IBU: 35 Malt: Chocolate, Caramel, Demerara sugar Hops: Unknown Yeast: Unknown...
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