Mumbaicycle
3cross Fermentation Cooperative

 

Similar to the Chai Stout from Stone, or the first time I had it was the Indra Kunindra from Ballast point. It's an interesting idea, blending the creamy roasty stout characters with chai tea spices.

Light creamy slightly darker colored head, mild lacing, pitch black beer.

Nose brings tons of chai spice, loaded chai, mild earthy roast, some dark caramel malts, touch of chocolate, actually the milk choc starts to come through a bit more as it goes, little sweet stout fragrance.

Taste brings plenty of dark roasted malts, big roast with little acrid note, creamy with milk chocolate, and almost rancid lactose flavor but not quite there which I think is actually the chai spices coming through which thankfully wasn't too strong. Blended fairly nicely though. Some dark caramel flavors, mild burnt toffee and over roasted malts which I thought might happen due to the crazy dark color. The bitter tannins from the roast surprisingly play off the chai nicely. Finish is a bit sticky, more of the same roasty chai flavors lingering.

Mouth is med bod with creamy lactose feel and decent carb.

Overall this was better than I expected, didn't see these flavours playing nicely but this somehow works.