The Mayan Chocolossus
8-Bit Aleworks in Avondale, Arizona, United States 🇺🇸
Stout - Pastry / Flavoured - Imperial Winter|
Score
7.24
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If you think you know Mayan chocolate beers, think again. Rich and chocolatey, you won’t be ready for the end of the world, or the end of the beer glass. Warriors (the hop kind) are sacrificed to make this behemoth of a brew, and each ingredient is sourced as close to Mayan standards as modern production allows. The annatto may not dye your mouth red to strike fear into the hearts of your enemies, but this complex boss will have you begging to remain in its shadow.
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Ibrew2or3 (10834) reviewed The Mayan Chocolossus from 8-Bit Aleworks 9 years ago
Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 10 | Overall - 8.5
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.