Imperial Stout with Toasted Coconut, Toasted Sesame, Red Bean, Candied Lime Zest, and Rum Barrel-Aged Vanilla Bean

Seek the forbidden. Tread against the grain. The tides of cynicism shift throughout time. Justification lies ahead. A beer inspired by an evening of cocktails and dessert shared with the folks at The Eighth State Brewery at Greenville's Sum Bar. A blend of four carefully selected six hour boil stout bases was met with heaps of macaroon coconut before being conditioned on house toasted sesame, red bean paste, and lime zest candied in our kettles. After that we dosed it with a swath of rum barrel aged Madagascar vanilla beans to create an encompassing experience of coconut red bean mochi and candied lime chocolates all washed down with a rum snifter.