Chocolate

Flying Dog To Bottle Mint Chocolate

Flying Dog’s Brewhouse Rarities Series is mostly draft only, one-off creations. Every so often one of these offerings gets promoted to bottles.

Coming soon to both draft and 12oz bottle is Flying Dog Mint Chocolate Stout.  The name is pretty explanatory. Continue Reading →

NoDa NoDable: Ginger Stout

This week’s NoDable release from NoDa Brewing (Charlotte, NC) is Ginger Stout, brewed with ginger and cocoa nibs.

Mother’s Chocolate Pumpkin Released

Today, Mother’s Brewing Company will release their second pumpkin beer, Squashed, into the Springfield market. This beer has only been seen in the tap room before now, and never in package.

The beer base is a porter, brewed with cocoa nibs, pumpkin Continue Reading →

Posted in Coming Soon, Duclaw Brewing, Headlines

COCOA FUEGO! Duclaw Puts Chili & Chocolate Together

COCOA FUEGO! The sound of yelling me Duclaw Brewing’s cchocolate, spicy offering.

Chocolate and chilies go quite nicely together. The hot and the sweet play off of each other very well. Duclaw Brewing knows this, and combined the two in a base stout.

The silky smooth stout is full-bodied with warm aromas of cocoa and roasted malt, a subtle hop presence, and a spicy chipotle pepper bite perfectly tempered by luscious dark chocolate. A new movement in flavor is rising…

Duclaw Cocoa Fuego will be available in 12oz bottles.

Style: Chili Beer (w/ Chocolate, Chipotle Peppers)
Availability: 12oz Bottles, Draft
Arrival: TBA

7.5% ABV

by Reid Ramsay
Posted in Coming Soon, Flying Dog Brewing, Headlines

Flying Dog To Bottle Mint Chocolate

Flying Dog’s Brewhouse Rarities Series is mostly draft only, one-off creations. Every so often one of these offerings gets promoted to bottles.

Coming soon to both draft and 12oz bottle is Flying Dog Mint Chocolate Stout.  The name is pretty explanatory. Flying Dog has taken a chocolate stout and added mint. Look for release information updates soon. Judging by the 2014 Release Calendar, Flying Dog Mint Chocolate Stout is planning for February.

Style: Stout (w/ Chocolate, Mint)
Availability: 12oz Bottles, Draft
Arrival: TBA

5.7% ABV

Read more: Flying Dog Brewhouse Rarities

by Reid Ramsay
Posted in Headlines, Troegs Brewing

Chocolate and Raspberries Collide in Troegs “Jovial”

Troegs Brewing is planning a new dessert imperial stout in bottles. Chocolate and raspberries become one in Troegs Jovial.

The base beer for Jovial is an imperial stout brewed with dark chocolate and raspberries. Troegs fermented Jovial with a Belgian yeast, for an additional flavor twist.

Jovial is an enticing Imperial Stout fermented with Belgian yeast and brewed with dark chocolate and tart raspberry. Brimming with optimism, Jovial reveals its enduring charm and infinite merriment with each passing sip.This beer is highly carbonated: Hold chalice and pour into center of the glass to release the yeast’s complex character.

Troegs Jovial Stout will be bottled in 375ml bottles. Release details to be announced soon.

Style: Belgian Imperial Stout (w/ Dark Chocolate, Raspberries)
Availability: 375ml Bottles.
Arrival: TBA

10% ABV

by Reid Ramsay
Posted in New Releases, NoDa Brewing, Videos

NoDa NoDable: Ginger Stout

This week’s NoDable release from NoDa Brewing (Charlotte, NC) is Ginger Stout, brewed with ginger and cocoa nibs.

by Reid Ramsay
Posted in New Beers, Surly Brewing

Surly Cacao Bender Beer

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by Reid Ramsay
Posted in Cigar City Brewing, Coming Soon, Headlines

Cigar City Hunahpu a Step Further: Aged in Two Barrels

Cigar City’s Hunahpu Imperial Stout is a perennial favorite, and a bit of a legend. Hunahpu, a strong imperial stout, is brewed with cocoa nibs, ancho and pasilla chilies, cinnamon, and Madagascar vanilla beans. The next release of it is in March, 2014.

Even more rare, are barrel aged editions of this brew. Now for the first time a “double barrel” edition will surface. Hunahpu was/is aged in both rum and brandy barrels (each a separate version of the barrel aged Hunahpu series) and blended together.

The result is sure to be rare (released in lottery or the brewery’s El Catador Club) and definitely mega trade bait. The brewery will announce details closer to release.

Style: Imperial Stout (w/ Cinnamon, Vanilla beans, Chili Peppers, Cacao Nibs. Barrel Aged. Rum, Brandy)

Availability: 750 ml bottles
Arrival: TBA. Brewery only

11% ABV 

by Reid Ramsay
Posted in Mother's Brewing Company, New Releases

Mother’s Chocolate Pumpkin Released

Today, Mother’s Brewing Company will release their second pumpkin beer, Squashed, into the Springfield market. This beer has only been seen in the tap room before now, and never in package.

The beer base is a porter, brewed with cocoa nibs, pumpkin pie spices, locally grown butternut squash and pumpkins and aged in rum barrels.

“We love pumpkin beers and really wanted to make this beer again,” said Jeremy Wicks, Director of Sales and Marketing. “Squashed is complex and yet extremely balanced. We’re really excited to get this beer out into the market for our fans to enjoy.”

Style: Pumpkin Beer (w/ Cocoa Nibs, Squash. Barrel Aged. Rum.)
Availability: 22oz bombers. Limited draft. Seasonal release.

7.4% ABV,  28 IBUs

by Reid Ramsay