8-Bit Aleworks The Mayan Chocolossus

Aroma: 8 | Appearance: 9 | Mouthfeel: 9 | Flavor: 9 | Overall: 9

This 11.2% ABV monster, poured up on tap at AZ Strong Beer Fest 2016, exhibits an almost inky dark void of a body that has thin dark brown edges and supporting a thin mocha colored head of foam. As I swirl the glass for another aromatic pull I notice the beer virtually stains the glass with its deep dark beeriness. The aroma offers up dark chocolate, some dark baker’s chocolate and then a spicy sort of vegetable note, dark roasted malts and cinnamon like spices in the background. The taste is smooth almost to the point of being velvety with rich dark chocolate goodness. Behind all of the chocolate is a perfect supporting level of cinnamon and nutmeg like spiciness heading to midway. Into the finish it becomes somewhat spicier with kind of a candi sugar like sensation. As the beer warms the chocolate depth just gets deeper and richer and more rewarding with every sip.