Third Eye Brewing Double Astral chocolate imperial stout has won numerous awards over the years, but that doesn’t mean brewmaster Kelly Montgomery is done tinkering with it. He recently brewed a batch using Liberian cacao from Kemu Farms and Haitian PISA nibs, both roasted by Violet Sky Chocolate. Here’s how it came to be.

Third Eye Brewing Double Astral is an Imperial Stout brewed with cacao nibs from Maverick Chocolate. It’s a familiar concept, but it’s beautifully executed in this Great American Beer Festival gold medal-winner.