 Beerlando (1352), Orlando, Florida, USA
Aug 25, 2008 The pour yields an extremely dark mahogany brown body with a small, quickly fleeting, foamy tan head. Minimal soapy lacing finds its way back to the body. The aroma is nice enough, showing sweet, dark cocoa, lactose, scorched caramel, and hints of pipe tobacco. I didn’t pick up any pepper on the nose. The flavor is a whole different ball game! Dry, dusty, earthy spice notes and hot cayenne pepper assault the roof of the mouth. Bittersweet chocolate and day old coffee provide for the malty background, but they do little to counter the hot, acrid spice notes. Thin bodied for the style, the active carbonation only serves to intensify the peppery heat. The burn is quite intense on the way down. This is definitely different, but its a bit over the top for me and severely lacking in palate.
KingpinIPA (817), Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA
May 27, 2008 Dark color. Smell of coco, malt, spice and pepper you would put on pizza. Taste of chocolate, malt and peppers. Strange brew.
General_Gao (2575), Iowa City, Iowa, USA
May 18, 2008 12oz bottle. Thick, oily pour. Opaque black in color with a lasting tan head. Some lace was left behind at the end. I smelled subdued chocolate, but not much else. Slightly sweet and full bodied with plenty of fire from the cayenne. The heat was a nice accompaniment to the sugar and distinct cocoa flavor. Despite the somewhat lackluster nose, this was actually an interesting beer if you like spicy food/drink.
NeonLX (258), Wisconsin, USA
Apr 23, 2008 I’d bought a four pack of Viking’s "Berserk" but someone had slipped one of these in without my notice...until I got home. Didn’t think I’d like it but gave it a whirl anyway; after all, I’d paid for it. From a 12-oz. bottle, this pours a deep brown with sizable beige head. Nice chocolate aroma on top of the more typical stout roastiness. Fairly subdued initial chocolate taste mixed with a roasted coffee-like flavor. Pepper kicks up near the end and hooboy, it’s pretty hot! A fun beer--and a reasonable stout.
brewblackhole (1239), Muskego, Wisconsin, USA
Mar 16, 2008 Chocolate and bready,and some spice, must be the pepper, in the end it smelled like chocolate on pizza dough,taste WOW,this is different,you get an initial chocolate taste in front,fades into a basic wort sweetness, then on comes this peppery burning in the back of your throat,very warming,very interesting,you know I like it,and will seek to but some more. Thanks Kingpin
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