BAG JACK

Everyone is familiar with the Halloween tradition of parents extracting a Dad Tax or a Mom Toll before they will let you eat your Trick or Treat treasure. Siblings, Werewolves and Strangers aren’t as kind. They will jack an entire Trick or Treat bag, especially if it is full of the good stuff. We took one of our favorite Porter recipes, which already had a dose of chocolate in the profile, and added a bag of great Halloween candy. Being the Jackers rather the Jackees, we had our pick of the candy aisle. We went really heavy on candy bars with caramel and peanut butter. Nope, our mission rejected sour gummies, Skittles, Peeps, hard candy and especially candy corn. The result is a velvety smooth chocolate Porter with both peanut butter aroma and flavor and a hint of caramel in the finish. Unlike Van Halen, we used all the colors of M&Ms and the result was a Halloween treat of a beer.