RAVENSWOOD — It's like the guys at Spiteful Brewing had advance warning we'd be looking for ways to keep warm this week.
How else to explain the perfect timing of the release of their newest beer, a brew inspired by Mexican hot chocolate.
Malevolence: Chocolate Caliente Russian Imperial Stout brings the heat — it's flavored with vanilla beans and cocoa nibs and spiced with cinnamon, chili flakes and dried pepper.
"The beer warms you up," Calvin Fredrickson, Spiteful's "business guy No. 2," said in a statement. "Most Chicagoans hate themselves for living here in the winter. This beer will lessen that self-loathing."
Beware: Malevolence, rolling out in 22-ounce bottles, packs a 10.5 percent alcohol-by-volume punch.
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