Reunion - A Beer For Hope 2011

Bomber. Pours a dark brown that lets reddish highlights shine around the edges. Head is alright at first, but dies down and leaves very little on the sides of the glass or on the surface. Aromas have quite a bit of chocolate and cream with a heavy dose of malt, but the malt comes across as rye and oat... not sure if that’s in there, but that’s what I’m picking up. Flavor starts off like a grain silo (or the dust that poofs out of your grain when you pour it into a new container while homebrewing), but then the chocolate takes over just for a bit until the chile heat starts to point to the finish. It finishes with a well-balanced spicy heat, but the malt bill that leads to the finish line just isn’t for me. Too sweet, too something...