Chunkzilla's Revenge Imperial Stout with Ghost Pepper, Cinnamon, & Cocoa Nibs

Review Date 4/1/2022 By John Staradumsky

           

It was the last stop on my birthday pub crawl in Woodstock, Georgia, and I was at the Daily Draft, a pour your own sports bar. The concept is interesting, a multi-tap bar where the servers can bring your beer or, as I said, you can pour your own. Your server takes a credit card and links it to a Daily Draft card. You then take that to one of the numerous taps lining the walls, and you’re on your way. A simple tap on the sensor at the base of the taps allows you to pour, as much or as little as you like. Beers are charged by the ounce so a sample or a full pint, the choice is yours.

For my first selection, I went for Anderby Chunkzilla’s Revenge. Anderby says:

WARNING: If you aren't a pepper fan, this beer is not for you. We infused our Chunkzilla Imperial Milk Stout with Cocoa Nibs, Cinnamon and Ghost Peppers. Thick and dark, the cinnamon brings a warming aroma that compliments the chocolate and Ghost Peppers bring a heat that lingers.

Let me say this about that: they aren’t kidding about being a pepper fan. Fortunately, I am a pepper fan, which is why I went for this one. I will confess I have complained countless times about pepper beers lacking any real spice. Chunkzilla’s Revenge makes up for all of those disappointments. This beer has real heat, heat that lasts, heat that lingers. It is a sipping beer for sure, because you will definitely feel the burn.

I chose a full pint of this beer, not realizing that it is as strong as it is (12.5% by volume, which was displayed right there on the screen, duh on me). The beer has 14 IBUs and I paid $.749 cents per ounce. Total Wine sells it for $18.99 a 4-pack of pint cans, only $.99 censt more than you would pay for that 4-pack at the brewery.  

Anderby Chunkziila’s Revenge pours to a jet-black color with a medium tan head of foam and a nose of spicy cinnamon and pepper. Taking a sip the beer is full in body, rich and roasty with dark chocolaty cocoa, spicy cinnamon, and at the last fiery ghost pepper heat.

I want that heat in a pepper beer and this one delivers!

 Glad I tried it?  T

Would I rebuy it??

 

*Pricing data accurate at time of review or latest update. For reference only, based on actual price paid by reviewer.

(B)=Bottled, Canned

(D)=Draft





 

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