There's ambitious, and then there's whatever Adroit Theory Brewing Company was thinking when they built Two Hundred. This crowler-only release starts life as a classic Russian Imperial Stout, which on its own would already be a substantial beer, and then gets conditioned on heaping mounds of toasted coconut and cacao nibs before being transferred onto peanuts, pretzels, and decadent white chocolate.
If that ingredient list reads like a dessert table rather than a beer recipe, that's very much the intention. The brewery then finishes the whole thing with what they call their cream treatment, softening the final product into something closer to a liquid candy bar than a traditional stout. Adroit Theory's own description sums it up best: they started, they added, and then simply noted "you are welcome."
Purcellville's most creatively unhinged brewery has built an entire reputation on stacking flavors most people wouldn't think to combine, and Two Hundred might be the fullest expression of that instinct yet. Coconut, cacao, pretzel, peanut butter, and maple is not a combination that appears anywhere else on a beer menu, and that's precisely the appeal.
Available now as a limited crowler pour, this is very much a "get it before it's gone" situation, consistent with most of Adroit Theory's rotating specialty releases. It's a dessert in beer form, built for someone who wants their nightcap to double as an actual snack.
Whatever the significance of the name Two Hundred, the ingredient list alone earns it a place at the top of anyone's must-try list this week.