When Iron Horse made our first variation on Irish Death, our most popular dark beer, it was a mistake. A sleepy brewer let the mash get sparged with too much water making a 'light' irish death. In a moment of start-up ingenuity or desperation, we ran to the store for some cocoa powder and to the local coffee roaster for some beans and tried to turn bad to good. It worked!! Mocha Death was born. 20 years later, Mocha Death is Rise-ing again but this time the mistake was made by Rise. When they weren’t looking, the sleepy brewers at Iron Horse pulled a sleight of hand and caused them to believe we are a reputable partner and dosed some Rise coffee in our Mocha Death. Thankfully we take our beer seriously so we didn’t totally buttonhook the folks over there at Rise too badly. And in an act of seriousness, we proposed a collaboration with Rise. This union fills us with enthusiasm since Rise provides good energy for good people to do good things which is just what Iron Horse needs to fulfill our purpose of creating human connection with fermentation. Start and finish your day with some Rise coffee, the latter in the form of Mocha Death. Find Mocha Death and other Iron Horse beers and Rise coffee at fine retailers in Washington, Oregon, Alaska, Montana and Idaho.