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Fresh off the heels of their Vehopciraptor release, the folks at The Unknown Brewing Co. have announced their second bottle — and it’s a doozy.

The full name of the beer is “La Jordana del Escorpion en Fuego Hacia la Casa del Chupacabra Muerto,” which roughly translates to “The Path of the Fiery Scorpion through the House of the Dead Chupacabra.”

The beer is a 10.1 percent ABV Mexican imperial lager brewed with agave nectar, serrano peppers and 99 real scorpions. It’s then aged on oak staves from tequila barrels.

Why scorpions? Founder Brad Shell asks why not? After all, this is a brewery that prides itself on stepping into the Unknown and encouraging others to do the same. When they first talked about aging this beer in tequila barrels, someone suggested they throw a single scorpion into one of the barrels. But Shell, perhaps channeling Hunter S. Thompson, said that “anything worth doing is worth doing with 99 scorpions.”

The food-grade scorpions were procured from Thailand, and added during the boil of the beer with the hops. While Shell is unsure of how the scorpions will contribute to the beer’s final flavor, he said he has eaten other bugs and gotten a light pepper flavor.

Unknown will release the beer on Sunday, Nov. 9. They will also be holding a chili cookoff that day. Bottles go on sale at 12:30 p.m. (limit two per person), and you can start sampling chili around 2 p.m.