15th October 2025
Can. Very expensive can from the Nitrox pub in old Kotor. Oily looking black beer, a decent bubbly dark brown head. Palate is smooth and viscous but has decent fine carbonation on the back end. Dark chocolate malts, a little dark chocolate cream. Some ice cream van chocolate syrup. Fair old chilli wack here, certainly leaves the soft parts of your north and south sizzling after the swallow. Mezcal brings all sorts of things going on. Ripe fruit liqueurs and licorice flavours, rich. The chilli aspect is a tad too much for me, not the hotness but it's dominance. The Mezcal barrel was a beaut and should have been given more room to shine. But this is a minor not pick in what is a rich, rewarding and pretty darn quaffable brew.