Mikkeller Texas Ranger

Well now this is different, even for Mikkeller. Nah scratch that it's just another stroke of genius (?) from the Dane.

This is absolutely beautiful to look at. Solid, pitch black, attractive mocha head, soupy and velvet. Smells delicious too, real quality presentation to this stout reflects the quality of brewer, and the quality of content.

Mouthfeel's brilliant too, the taste develops like a king stout throughout, top quality. But then you think, why is the back of my throat burning? And look it up on your phone. And realise it's filled with Chipotle peppers. The effect is pretty interesting. It's really quite spicy this, tastes of roasty jerky bbq, and it gathers down your throat rather than front of mouth. The beer itself is a bit like chili chocolate - two things I like, and together they're interesting, but actually flawed because they are not complimentary flavours.

It's hard to know what to give this. It's brilliant beer but just not my favourite thing. It seems there are two barrel aged versions of this also .. wow. The concept alone is mindblowing. 8.0