Ancient Aleiens honors the end of the Mayan Calendar and celebrates the last beer festival of modern civilization - the Holiday Ale Festival. With a deep mahogany hue and fermented with an Alt yeast strain, it offers a clean toasted malt profile, finishing with a bright citrus and floral hop presence. We conditioned this beer on 80 pounds of chocolate nibs from Theo Chocolates in Seattle with the addition of rich Guatemalan coffee from Water Avenue Coffee in Portland.
Ancient Aleiens has a deep dark cocoa taste up front that warms into a sweet coffee expression, finishing with a fruity hop aroma. Smooth toasted malt flavor balances the rich cocoa bitterness. It has the brown hue of iced coffee with a tan head. The coffee sweetens the beer in the middle, lending to nutty, caramel, and chocolate coffee flavors. Flavors swirl to a focused, clean finish, ready for the next silky, rich sip.
Specialty Beer
ABV:
7.10%
Ninkasi Brewing Company
Eugene, Oregon