February Stout Month has officially taken over our Western redcedar tap log, and The Seven Stoutdoms are now fully in motion — a month-long journey through shadow, roast, velvet, and a little beautifully questionable decision-making. Each week a different realm rises, reshaping the mood of the cedar taps, and now we’ve crossed into Week Two: The Black Coast. This is the shoreline where coffee stouts, cacao-laced beasts, and breakfast-leaning indulgences gather like storm clouds over dark water — rich, aromatic, a little dangerous, and entirely designed to carry you deeper into winter with purpose. The Stoutkeeper has turned the map toward espresso tides and dessert-dark horizons, inviting you to trade February’s gray for something warmer, thicker, and quietly electric — a realm where indulgence meets beer flights and every taster pour feels like a lantern swinging over midnight waves. Welcome to Peaks & Pints Stout Month The Black Coast Flight.
Peaks & Pints Stout Month The Black Coast Flight
Hellbent Moon Tower Stout
5.6% ABV | American Stout | Seattle, WA
A quiet late-night skyline settles into the glass first — roasted whisper, soft cocoa glow, and a calm presence that doesn’t need to shout. Hellbent Brewing keeps the roast dialed just right, layering toasted caramel and gentle coffee warmth over a body that stays smooth and endlessly drinkable. Moon Tower Stout finishes dry and steady, dark chocolate and mellow malt fading cleanly as if the evening itself decided to dim the lights and linger.
Bale Breaker Dormancy Breakfast Stout
6.8% ABV | Coffee Breakfast Stout | Yakima, WA
Dormancy Breakfast Stout rises like first light over sleeping hop fields, espresso-dark and quietly humming with intent. Roasted barley and cocoa powder lead into toasted oats and bittersweet chocolate while Bale Breaker lets locally roasted coffee shape the rhythm rather than overwhelm it. The bitterness lands firm but civilized, leaving a grounded finish that feels more sunrise ritual than dessert indulgence.
Fort George Salted Caramel Cavatica Stout
8.8% ABV | American Stout | Astoria, OR
Midnight dessert energy arrives before the name even does — dark cocoa hush, caramel glow, and a faint brush of sea-kissed salt rolling through the aroma. Built on a familiar stout backbone, Fort George Brewery layers burnt sugar, espresso roast, and chocolate malt slowly, keeping sweetness in check with structure and patience. Salted Caramel Cavatica lands smooth and contemplative, its finish lingering like a campfire confection that chose elegance over excess.
Great Divide Peppermint Bark Yeti
9.5% ABV | Imperial Stout | Denver, CO
Winter steps forward here with polished boots and a cool mint shimmer hovering above a roasty imperial core. Great Divide folds peppermint, cocoa, vanilla, and a touch of lactose into the dense Yeti frame, turning power into something layered and strangely graceful. Peppermint Bark Yeti opens with bittersweet chocolate and espresso bite before gliding into creamy mint softness, finishing dry enough to keep the sweetness from drifting into candy-cane chaos.
AleSmith Brewing Speedway Grand Prix: Banana Cream Pie
12.0% ABV | Imperial Stout with Banana, Vanilla & Coffee | San Diego, CA
Somewhere along The Black Coast, dessert and coffee trade secrets while the tide rolls in thick as ganache and nostalgia hangs in the air. Ripe banana and vanilla cream rise first, then roasted coffee and dark chocolate muscle their way into the conversation as AleSmith Brewing anchors everything to the formidable Speedway base. Speedway Grand Prix: Banana Cream Pie moves slow and velvety across the palate, each sip flashing banana pudding silk and espresso bite before settling into a cocoa-drenched hum that lingers like a diner jukebox after last call.
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