Obscura Cacao

Telegraph Brewing in Santa Barbara, California, United States 🇺🇸

Spiced / Herbed / Vegetable / Honey Regular Out of Production

Score

6.43

ABV: 7.3%

IBU: -

Ticks: 3

We teamed up with our friends at Santa Barbara’s Twenty-Four Blackbirds Chocolate to create Orbscura Cacao. Made with whole Dominican cocoa beans---prized for there subtle, fruity character and rich chocolate flavor--- Obscura Cocoa emphasizes notes of apricot, banana, and tropical fruit, all in perfect harmony with an underlying and unmistakable cocoa character. Pair this unique ale with one of the Twenty-Four Blackbirds artisan chocolate bars for the ultimate chocolate experience!

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4.1

nimbleprop (16838) reviewed Obscura Cacao from Telegraph Brewing 12 years ago

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 4 | Flavor - 4 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 3.5

750ml bottle pours a clear copper amber with some spitty, white head. Nose of raw peanut shells, toasted sesame, some cheap lager. Flavor is the same, raw peanuts, a little tobacco leaf, sesame oil. Nutty finish.

Tried from Bottle on 29 Nov 2013 at 13:03

7.6

bhensonb (22726) reviewed Obscura Cacao from Telegraph Brewing 12 years ago

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5

750 c&c from Bine & Vine. Pours clear copper with a slight off-white head. Aroma reminds me of an Abba Zaba bar. And I haven’t had one in decades. They are taffy and peanut butter. Full body. Quite smooth. I’m still thinking Abba Zaba. Definitely peanut butter with some chocolate. Or maybe it’s tobacco! It does have mixed fruit. It’s tasty, amazing ale. Just a bit hard to pin down on flavor components. Finishes towards dry, and , sorry, Abba Zaba.

Tried on 09 Aug 2013 at 18:23

6.8

BMan1113VR (8090) reviewed Obscura Cacao from Telegraph Brewing 14 years ago

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7

Bottle from batch 99. Pours with a hazy, deep copper-orange hued body with a massive, lightly tan head. Odd aromas. Estery, apricot, fruity, banana, dried stone fruit, earthy, dusty, cocoa, coffee, mild roast, vanilla, anise, pepper and dates. Flavors are of dried banana, plantains, vanilla and chocolate. Earthy, tons of cereal character, lightly tangy yeast esters. Earthy chocolate. Lively bubbles, light tartness, fruity and dry. Estery finish. Weird beer. Not bad, but very strange.

Tried from Bottle on 25 Feb 2012 at 10:31