Bottle sample at a tasting at Stas’s place. Thanks Stas & Vova. Black with a nice brown head. Strong aroma of roast and lots of chili peppers, somewhat vegetal, coffee and a bit of smoke. Roasty flavor with some sweetness, smoke, coffee, a bit of chocolate, some vegetal peppers and and mildly hot finish. Medium to full-bodied.

Bottle from Cornelius. Black body with a huge tan head. Great lacing. Aroma of chilli pepper and milk chocolate. Flavour of smooth roasted malt and a very light spice. Thin body with a watery, slightly oily texture. Soft fizz. Tasty, but less spicy and complex that I hoped.

Bottle. Pours a black color with a small longlasting tan head. Has a roasted malty chocolate and chili aroma. Roasted malty spicy chili and chocolate flavor. Has a roasted malty chocolate and chili finish.

(330ml bottle from LCBO) Pours extremely dark brown with a moderate, fairly dense brown head. Aroma of dark and roasted malts, roast is medium, coffee and chocolate cake notes, a little smoke and chipotle heat as an undertone. On the palate, slightly sweet dark malt core, with a dark fruitiness, black coffee, moderate to high roast, a little coffee, smoky, chipotle flavor and moderate heat. The beer is quite dry from the middle on, heat from chipotles prominent and drying, some flavor and smoke too, dry roast bitterness supports that character. Finishes with a soft lingering burn from the peppers in the mouth and on the lips. Moderate body with moderate carb. Definitely a chili beer, this, but it’s a well balanced one with the porter body being just robust enough. I liked the way the nose conveyed chipotles without heat, and the palate had that nice heat in the mouth without burning the throat or stomach. Recommended brew.

Bottle shared at a tasting, 10/6/14. Pours a dark brown with a thin tan head. Fair head retention. Aroma of chocolate, roasted malt, apple skins, apple, scotch tape, peppers. The taste is roasted malt, chocolate, green hops, smoke, chili peppers. Medium bodied, mild heat.

Bottle from the LCBO, Brown almost black pour with a small dark brown head. Nose is dark chocolate, coffee, vanilla, roasted malts and some spice. The roasted malts are the dominant theme providing a light sweet and medium bitter tone from start to finish with a a significant amount of heat and smokiness coming from the peppers lingering on the finish. Medium slick mouth with soft carbonation. Interesting, but not as outstanding as i expected.

(bottle) very dark brown colour with a tall brown head; aroma starts with vegetables, then smoked fruit, then smoked dried peppers, finally roast; rich, balanced flavour with a long medium bitter and hot finish; very nice, possibly best of this style I have had

Imported from my RateBeer account as Mikkeller Texas Ranger (by Mikkeller):
Aroma: 7/10, Appearance: 4/5, Taste: 8/10, Palate: 4/5, Overall: 16/20, MyTotalScore: 3.9/5

10/IX/14 - 33cl bottle from Geers (Oostakker) @ wedding anniversary tasting on a MF boat tour with captain Erwin - BB: 1/IV/18 (2014-983)

Dark brown to black beer, creamy beige head, little stable, bit adhesive. Aroma: bit metallic, chlorine, mocha, sweet, caramel, bit dusty. MF: lovely carbon, medium to full body, creamy smooth texture. Taste: pretty sweet, caramel, bit sugary, sourish touch, hoppy, bit floral, little spicy. Aftertaste: bit hoppy, chlorine, bit metallic, soft spiciness, bit of alcohol, pretty bitter, roasted. Very nice one!

Bottle kindly shared by MisoW, many thanks. Dark brown color with huge beige head. Aroma of roasted malt, coffee, chilli in background. Roasted malt, coffee, dark chocolate, chilli in finish. Tasty.