Shiner Birthday Beer Chocolate Stout

Happy 106th birthday to Spoetzl Brewery in Shiner Texas. To celebrate, they've brewed up a nice thick chocolate stout. It pours a deep, dark brown with some ruby highlights - you're hit immediately by the chocolate. It's brewed with cocoa nibs, so that's no surprise. A little too  much chocolate for my taste, but not so much that it makes for an unpleasant drinking experience. The mouthfeel and the underlying chocolate malt and coffee notes are all there, making it a good solid stout, despite the overkill on the chocolate. If you like chocolate egg creams, them you'll like this!