On tap @ the brewpub. Dark brown body, very close to black with a small fluffy off-white head that disappear as fast as the lagerboys do when they see this beer. Nice aroma of dark malt, chocolate, fruit and pepper. The flavor here is a bit special and takes you through a couple of phases before the finish line. The immediate flavor is dark malt and chocolate/cocoa beans then it feels like some tickling green pepper before the hot chilly dominates totally for a while. A few more hot sips and then I recognize some pleasant piney bitterness. The body is fine and balanced and then the cocoa returns for the aftertaste. Of course it’s too hot for talking about balance here, but I enjoyed it as it is, a hot chili beer and the cocoa makes a fine contrast for the total experience. Of course I have another one. --- Beer merged from original tick of Torgersen Hot Chocolat on 27 Oct 2013 at 11:43 - Score: Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7. Original review text: On tap @ the brewpub. Dark brown body, very close to black with a small fluffy off-white head that disappear as fast as the lagerboys do when they see this beer. Nice aroma of dark malt, chocolate, fruit and pepper. The flavor here is a bit special and takes you through a couple of phases before the finish line. The immediate flavor is dark malt and chocolate/cocoa beans then it feels like some tickling green pepper before the hot chilly dominates totally for a while. A few more hot sips and then I recognize some pleasant piney bitterness. The body is fine and balanced and then the cocoa returns for the aftertaste. Of course it’s too hot for talking about balance here, but I enjoyed it as it is, a hot chili beer and the cocoa makes a fine contrast for the total experience. Of course I have another one.