Biere de Chocolat
Almanac Beer Company in Alameda, California, United States 🇺🇸
Porter - Pastry / Flavoured Regular Out of Production|
Score
6.99
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Our Biere de Chocolat celebrates the long and lauded history of chocolate production in San Francisco. Our aim was to create a beer bursting with cocoa flavors and aromas, balancing sweet and savory to create a complex but quaffable chocolate brew. To accomplish this we partnered with Dandelion Chocolate in San Francisco to create this rich brew brimming with chocolate character. Working with the unique flavors of Dandelion’s single-source beans, we created this decadent beer by layering in smoked and dark-roasted malts with citrusy Ivanhoe hops from Clearlake, CA. Finally, we added a blend of hand-roasted cocoa beans sourced from Madagascar and Río Caribe, Venezuela. The Madagascar beans add bright berry-cocoa flavors, while the Río Caribe adds dark chocolate and bourbon notes. A touch of vanilla rounds out the supporting flavors to create an eminently drinkable beer that is a chocolate lover’s beer through and through.
Formerly brewed at Hermitage.
Formerly brewed at Hermitage.
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6.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Bottle. Beermoth, Manchester. Clear, very dark, reddy brown. Sticky film of tan head. Cocoa. Light coffee bean. Taste is cocoa dry. Thin, watery palate. Finishes dry, with a light bitterness. Sets off great this one. Lovely chocolate. But lacks any oomph, thereafter. Disappointing.
Tried
from Bottle
on 15 Sep 2014
at 14:34
8.2/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottle at Appellation. Pours black, nose is milk chocolate, biscuity, taste is sweet, dry, biscuit malts, rich chocolate.
Tried
from Bottle
on 30 Aug 2014
at 01:50
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Bottle at beer dudes tasting at Appellation Wines Comely Bank thanks to BenH I think. Appearance - opaque black with a nice fawn head. Nose - milk chocolate digestive biscuits. Taste - more malty chocolate. Palate - medium bodied with a nice crunchy texture and a balanced dry finish. Overall - lovely beer.
Tried
from Bottle
on 30 Aug 2014
at 01:44
6.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Bottle, tasting at Appellation Wines. Dark brown body with a thin beige head. Light lacing. Aroma of milk chocolate, digestives and caramel. Flavour of strawberry jam, biscuit, chocolate and ash. Medium body with a smooth texture. Soft fizz. Straightforward and tasty.
Tried
from Bottle
on 29 Aug 2014
at 13:51
6.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Bottle at MAD tasting, cheers BenH! Pours brown, thin off-white head. Aromas of chocolate milk. Taste is more chocolate. Nice beer if you like chocolate.
Tried
from Bottle
on 29 Aug 2014
at 03:37
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6
Draft courtesy of Matt at Naja’s, thanks! Black, yellow beige head. Aroma of milk chocolate. Taste is pure chocolate syrup. Tasty and dessert-like.
Tried
from Draft
on 21 Aug 2014
at 08:20
6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Wally’s, LA: Pours dark brown with creamy head. Aroma is vanilla and hazelnuts. Seriously, if you rate this beer and fail to mention the vanilla, you need to rerate this. Taste is sweet, with plenty of the above flavors, plus some chocolate and loads of sugar.
Tried
on 19 Aug 2014
at 22:37
8.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 9
THANKS! More than half of a 355 ml. bottle. Bottle is gorgeous as with all Almanac beers. Dark brown, creamy mocha head. Sweet cocoa butter (or at least how I imagine cocoa butter tastes like), sweet sugar, chocolate syrup, exotic sugar,… Taste is pretty much liquid cocoa butter (same comment), exotic sugar, chocolate syrup, cacao beans, creamy mocha, light bitterness in the back, tastes more like actual cacao beans / etc. than extracts or artificial stuff. Body is a bit lighter than I would have preferred. Really reminds me of ST Choklat, bit lighter than I prefer for this kinds of beers to be but very lovely all the same.
Tried
from Bottle
on 15 Aug 2014
at 01:39
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Pitch black beer with a small beige head. Malty fruity aroma with chocolate, vanilla, caramel and cream notes. Malty caramel and chocolate flavor, licorice, cocoa powder with a light hint of roasted coffee.
Tried
on 02 Aug 2014
at 06:48