Who doesn’t love a slice of cake?
That’s the simple thought that set us on the path toward creating the Cake Shop Quartet. This is the latest iteration of our mixed set of pastry stouts inspired by some delectable theme. This year we head to the bakery in search of a few classic desserts. All four of these beers were brewed using the same base recipe—a 7.0% ABV pastry stout loaded with dark malts and lactose, which gives the beer a thick and creamy finish. We then split up the base beer into four parts and add in some extra flavour inspired by the four desserts we’ve chosen to represent.
Lamington – Chocolate and Coconut
Tiramisu – Coffee and Vanilla
Black Forest – Chocolate and Cherry
Mud Cake – Chocolate, Chocolate, Chocolate!
Three out of the four beers this year rely on real chocolate to bring the flavour combo to life. We use cacao mass, which is essentially 99% dark chocolate that provide intense chocolate flavour without any added cocoa butter or sugar. As you can image, the brewery smells amazing when we are adding this ingredient to the beer!
The Tiramisu flavour is given a big dose of freshly roasted coffee by our friends at Stash Coffee. We have used their Italian style roast to give this beer the true espresso character you would expect from the traditional dessert.
The finishing touch for all of these beers is to dose them with nitrogen on packaging day. This lends them a silky smooth body and brings out the sweetness of the underlying beer for a truly decadent drinking experience.
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