Empyrean Brewing Co. Sticky Sidewalk Barrel-Aged Imperial Vanilla Cream Ale

Empyrean’s Sticky Sidewalk hails from their Carpe Brewem line of barrel-aged beers, and it’s simply a hugely flavorful experience. The beer is brewed as an imperialized version of a cream ale, which is a sort of easy-drinking ale-lager hybrid style featuring fermentation at warmer ale temperatures followed by cold-conditioning (lagering) after fermentation. In the case of Sticky Sidewalk, Empyrean went massive on the malts, building a cream...