Garage Project's Day of the Dead

I don't drink a lot of Garage Project beer. Mostly because it isn't available in as many places as some of its competitors like Tuatara or Epic. They are certainly one of the more experimental breweries around with all manner of small batch brews coming out trying all manner of brewing techniques. For me no trip to Moore Wilson's is complete without picking up a random beer to try. With Halloween having just passed the appropriate beverage had to be one of Garage Project's two Halloween specials and I decided on the Day of the Dead, a strong black lager. That's right, black lager. If I hadn't had it in the Czech Republic I would have thought it was a gimmick. In true Garage Project style they have mixed all sorts of random things into their brew like smoked chipotle chili and organic blue agave syrup (from cactus like in Tequila).

The beer itself has a nice dark look to it, like a stout, but as you would expect from a lager it isn't nearly as heavy to drink. You still get all the nice chocolatey, cocoa flavours but without the heavy aftertaste that comes along with a the porter our stout. I will be honest that I didn't really notice the chili or the cactus, but I would certainly drink this one again given the opportunity (I bought another bottle for the cupboard so the opportunity will arise again...)