The Chocolate Manifesto
Flying Monkeys Craft Brewery

From a 473ml can poured into a pint glass. A massive light brown head on an opaque very dark brown. Excellent head retention. The head diminishes to a foamy layer that sticks around to the end. Sheets of foamy brown lace.

Dark malts in the nose. Sweet. Tastes of roast and chocolate. Eventually gives way to a restrained roast softly bitter finish.

A very smooth and creamy mouthfeel. Medium body and carbonation. The ABV is hidden but creeps up on you. Overall and interesting beer that is well worth a try. An easy drinking big beer.

Feb 25 2026

At my lady Pamela's house; canned and chilled, 473mL in a pint glass. From the University Ave. West LCBO in nearby downtown Windsor. Canned January 29/25. My 26th beer from the Barrie, Ontario brewery, and 4th for 2026. Ridiculously embraced by Sundae the cat...

Drank this guy quite a lot with my buddy its one of his favorite beers to him. to me this is a very good but very generic milk stout would drink it again but it doesnt do much in the way of excitement

In my opinion, this is a bit overrated.

Marielyst 16/10 2025. 47,3 cl can from Marius Mortensens Eftf., Friesgade, Nykøbing F. Busy yellow can with a lot of text in English and French. “Brew Fearlessly” seems to be the tagline for the brewery.

Pours opaque dark brown with a mid-sized beige head. Stable. Settles as a thin but frothy layer of foam crawling up the sides of the glass. Substantial lacing.

Aroma is intense with a sweet and sugary odor of chocolate cake and alcohol. Brown sugar, brownie, toffee and caramel. Hints of coffee. Sweetened. Dessert galore.

Light carbonation. Thick, oily, viscous, soft, creamy, lightly tingling texture.

Flavor is fairly intense with a strong sweetness followed by a more moderate bitterness. Aftertaste is lightly bitter with a strong sweet undertone. Lingers for a while. Finish is boozy and semi-dry.

A boozy slice of chocolate cake.

16oz can, PD 04/07/2024 BB 04/07/2029
L: dark brown body; tall & foamy khaki head
S: very sweet aroma of Tootsie Rolls, fudge, vanilla, lactose perhaps
T: lots more Tootsie Roll, artificial chocolate syrup, fudge, cocoa powder, cacao nib, vanilla, lactose
F: medium-to-fill body, ample carbonation, sweet finish with a bit of sourness to it; artificial chocolate flavor lingers
O: this was just ok. Very sweet and I can’t get over the artificial chocolate flavors

 

 

Pours a very dark brown with a small dark caramel colored head on top. Smell is of straight up chocolate and a hint of a barrel? Has a roasted espresso taste with no notes of chocolate.

 

From the can art to the beer itself - a chocolate manifest, indeed!

Pours out motor oil thick and ends with a foamy yet short-lived tan head. The smell is deliciously all chocolate, no hint of the booze there or as you sip and enjoy. Speaking of the taste, it was just as full of chocolate flavoring with a hint of roast - which I liked (instead of the overpower roast flavor I have dealt with in recent stouts). A definite and welcomed change of pace. The mouthfeel was surprisingly more light than medium-bodied, but it was still creamy to the tongue. Overall, an exceptional dessert beer that hides its booze very well...

16oz can from my brother. Dark brown pour, one finger fluffy beige head. Chocolaty aroma, mostly cocoa powder and chocolate syrup. Taste is bit more restrained, chocolate, sweet, but also a bit dry. Lactose plays its part too, so it does end up with the whole chocolate milk vibe.

Colour almost black and cloudy, slight ruby reflections are visible. Medium-high, beige foam, built of small bubbles, moderately persistent. Gently draws circles on the glass.
Intensely chocolatey, sweet aroma. There is dark chocolate, there is milk chocolate, there are pralines and cocoa, there is warm, melted chocolate, chocolate liqueur. No matter how you describe it, the aroma constantly revolves around chocolate and only chocolate.
The taste is sweet broken, however, by a more pronounced, stronger bitterness. The bitterness is obviously cocoa in character. It is medium-high but long, perhaps even lingering.
The alcohol is well-balanced, gently "scratches" the oesophagus. Low saturation slightly upwards. Texture smooth, velvety, soft. Full body. A sweet, slightly sticky "film" remains on the lips. Aftertaste long, sweet with a distinctly bitter, longer finish.

 

 

Brewing style notes: Sweet Stout, also referred to as Cream Stout or Milk Stout, is black in color. Malt sweetness, chocolate, and caramel should dominate the flavor profile and contribute to the aroma. It also should have a low to medium-low roasted malt/barley-derived bitterness. Milk sugar (lactose) lends the style more body. This beer does use lactose sugar, so people with an intolerance should probably avoid this style.

Brewers notes: lactose sweetness gives the manifesto with a heavenly body of a milk stout and the indulgence We crave in chocolate. drink life to the lees. save the Earth. It’s the only planet with chocolate. And beer. The chocolate manifesto is a luxurious statement of the decidedly unfribolous indulgence of blending artisan chocolate and craft beer. Brewed to the definitive statement on chocolate and beer loved by all! rate beer 99 that’s a magic number. A true specialty beer with much thought and even more chocolate. This triple chocolate milk, stout is an indulgent treat for the beer geeks ready for a euphoric detour from the mundane. Horizontally traded, cocoa, nibs and powder. Give this beer naturally luscious chocolate flavor and aroma. Espresso notes, and the toasty tobacco aromas are part of the cocoa beans roasting, as well as the profile of the chocolate malt in this ruby, lit burnt Amber bodied brew. Three kinds of chocolate forest, grown shade, grown, cocoa, nibs, roasted whole cocoa powder, chocolate malt. Ingredients, water, barley, oats, lactose, cocoa, nibs, cocoa powder, hops, yeast. Brewed by flying monkeys, craft brewery, 107 Dunlop Street, Barry, Ontario, Canada, earth, Milky Way, the universe, infinity. For those seeking decadence and transcendence in a craft beer, we bring you The Chocolate Manifesto Triple Chocolate Milk Stout, a luxurious beer that demands to be shared among friends. With three kinds of chocolate, this beer is a euphoric detour from the mundane. Life is too short to brew beer that doesn’t matter to you.

Chilled 16 oz can pours a dark brown liquid with reddish accents crowned by a 1.5 finger taupe layer, good retention , settles to a solid layer

Aroma is chocolate , cocoa powder, toasty tobacco

Taste is cocoa powder , cocoa nibs , chocolate, roasted malts, faint coffee taste

Smooth , ever so slight coffee astringency on the finish , not too sweet

Good beer , I like it

“ a sweet declaration of flying monkeys brewing proclaimed through chocolate and beer. Extra strong beer. Always brewed in Canada.”

Pours perfectly. A decent fizz that settles a thick foamy two finger espresso cream head that remains.
Smells like a good quality dark chocolate shake. Pleasant sweet cocoa and hints of coffee notes.
Tastes dark chocolate first with milky malty aftertaste. Not as heavy as the dark chocolate smell and taste might lead you to expect.
This has got winter Sunday afternoon by the fireplace with digestive biscuits written all over it. Superb pint.

On tap at Swillburger/The Playhouse in Rochester, NY.

This one pours a fairly dark black color with a small head, and a little bit of lacing.

This smells like high quality chocolate milk, fudge, coffee creamer, and vanilla.

This is definitely quite chocolatey, but stops short of being ridiculous or syrupy, as the body isn’t huge. There’s a very creamy overall smoothness to this, with a solid and not overwhelming use of lactose.

This is medium bodied, very creamy, and very drinkable.

This was always a beer that semi-intrigued me on the periphery, and it was cool to finally try it.