KING OF THE ROAD

King of the Road is an institution in skateboarding. Started by Thrasher magazine in 2003, it's a demented, roving adventure that follows various skate teams across the country as they compete to accomplish a set list of tasks, some of which carry great risk of bodily harm, and others that don't involve skateboarding at all (but still might carry great risk of bodily harm). VICELAND has teamed up with Thrasher for the latest season, which will feature the Birdhouse, Chocolate, and Toy Machine teams hauling ass across America, throwing their bodies and whatever dignity they might have had into the wind for a chance to become the reigning King of the Road.

Founders - Breakfast Stout (double chocolate oatmeal stout)

If you're like me, you're trying to get breakfast food at any and all times of the day. Thanks to Founders you can at least drink it all day. Breakfast stout is an imperial oatmeal stout, so it's big at 8.3%abv, but it goes down ever so smooth. It's the lumberjack slam with a coffee on the side in a glass of beer. Brewed with sweetened imported chocolate and Kona and Sumatra coffee beans, I can tell you already want one now. Go for it. Run to your local beer store and make a mixie sixie of stouts for the cold ass nights you may or may not be experiencing. When you've had 4 of these because you couldn't resist the flavor paradise that was occurring in your face, think of me. Thank me later. Cheers!

My Score: 1oo

Rate Beer: 1oo

Beer Advocate: 1oo

Bell's - Special Double Cream Stout

It's that time of year, where I just talk about stouts for a while. Why? Because Aren gets mad and hits me when I don't. Bell's Special Double Cream Stout. Now, if you're like me and have a dairy allergy, this name may send you to the hills screaming. No worries! I wouldn't do that to you. This stout is only named for appropriately describing it's ever so creamy mouth feel, and in fact, has no dairy in it. Sweet relief! Double cream blends 10 different malts to achieve it's flavor of roast, dark chocolatey, coffee-type flavors without focusing on the burnt, smokey aspect like most stouts. This one's all velvety goodness, baby. So curl up with your 26 cats and a blanket and have a 6er of this handy. Maybe, just maybe, your winter won't suck so much asshole. Cheers!

NOTES:

ABV 6.1%

Ages UP TO 12 MONTHS

My Score: 90

Rate Beer: 99

Beer Advocate: 89

Flying Monkeys The Chocolate Manifesto

Chocolate lovers rejoice. I have found for you, the most chocolatey beer around. It may be like drinking boozy chocolate milk. Or a million melted tootsie rolls. With booze in them. Flying Monkey brewery's The Chocolate Manifesto is your Wonka beer. It's huge in everything from a 10%abv, to flavor, and mouth feel. The lactose sugars make this one a milk stout and it is ever so creamy. Roasty, sweet, cocoa, caramel. It's dessert in a glass. The packing is as eye catching as it can be, too. So you're sure not to miss this on the shelves. Try playing around with some hard ciders and making snakebites with this one. I've had this beer mixed with McKenzie's Pumpkin Cider and it was pretty damn good. Had Halloween written all over it. Pair this with an insulin shot. Cheers!

My Score: 89

Rate Beer: 98

Beer Advocate: 93