Mikkeller Mexas Ranger

Mikkeller Mexas Ranger

Relevant Links:
Mexas Ranger (Mikkeller Website)
Mexas Ranger | Mikkeller ApS (BeerAdvocate.com)
Mikkeller Mexas Ranger (RateBeer.com)

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After the Jolly Pumpkin Biere de Mars, here at Mikkeller Bar in San Francisco, I decided to have the Mikkeller Mexas Ranger. It had a thick head and a pitch black color.

Upon smelling the beer, I got the usual stout notes out of it and maybe detected a bit of the chili. I don't know, however, if I would have detected the chili from a blind taste test, but it certainly smelled different from a typical beer. Furthemore, it smelled more like the chili stouts I've had than the standard stouts I've had.

Next I rinsed my pallet with water (served upon request, automatically comes with no ice) and proceeded to taste the beer. Despite all the mentioned ingredients, the beer mostly tasted like a chili stout. There were some other tastes, but I had trouble choosing words to describe them. Aside from malty, I settled with noting it had a strange taste and that overall I did not like it.

While not terrible, the taste does fall below average. Perhaps this beer took too many chances with all the various flavors it incorporated. 6:01PM PT

Website Description:
Mexas Ranger

Ale brewed with spices, almond milk, cocoa, chili, black beans & avocado leaves.

– Spicy Porter
– Brewed at D’Proef in Belgium
– 330 ml
– ABV: 6,6%

Menu Description:
Mexas Ranger Stout w/ Almond Milk, Coca, Chili, Black Beans & Avocado Leaves | 9. | 6.6% | 25cl