A sampling of beers being made with traditional Latin flavors

"Yodo" is Spanish for iodine, and in 5 Rabbit founder Andrés Araya's home country of Costa Rica, it's a slang term for coffee, as in something strong and dark.

"We start with an Imperial porter at about 8.5%, made with two kinds of caramel malts, oats for creaminess and three different dark malts, including rye and a special one from Patagonia Malting in Chile. To this we add a solid helping of dulce de leche, a creamy milk caramel from Argentina. A little lactose (milk sugar) is added for a little back-end sweetness. Only when the beer is fermented, do we add the coffee," Araya said.