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Look out, world! It's time for Marz to pop up and be the new darling of breweries. Looks like this is a Mexican brewery, based on the very Mexican style I have before me. What? Illinois? Well, I assume they have their share of immigrants from the south, so maybe that's why they decided on this style. I don't know why we've gone with a milk stout instead of a chocolate stout, but I like both kinds, so let's go!
The black beer has a white head that just doesn't want to live anymore. As a result, the thin ring that is left is a ghost of what may have been. The thickness of the liquid wasn't significant enough for me to compare the beverage to a stout that was aged in barrels (be it whiskey, bourbon, or wine, or even something else). So the milk stout just doesn't like to retain head, and I can respect that stance. The clumps of stuff at the bottom of the glass makes me wonder what this gunk might be, so looked it up - and it's (likely) yeast. The aroma is sweet chocolate and spice, but I cannot tell that it's cinnamon (that might just be my allergies).
Bottom Line: Odd. And I can think of better.
First sip is dry, somewhat sweet, and lightly spiced with cocoa. I really want to taste cinnamon, but I don't taste it. There is some spice here, but it's diffused and kind of amorphic. Heck, I would like the chocolate to be more forward. When it comes down to it, I would prefer that this not be so dry. I mean, this is a chocolate cinnamon beer that is based on a milk stout. How is this not a sweet treat for me to eat?
Tip-in is spices (almost peppers) with some earth and almost no carbonation. The middle slips into a nice, smooth beverage with sweetness rising, spices sent to the back of the throat, and dark chocolate meeting earth in the middle. The finish is still dry, but it has a chocolate sheen to it that seems to make it brighter, somehow.
Bottom Line: Odd. And I can think of better.
2.5/5
