Hot Chocolate
Valkyrie Brewing Company in Dallas, Wisconsin, United States 🇺🇸
Stout - Milk / Sweet Regular|
Score
6.02
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jmagnus87 (3289) ticked Hot Chocolate from Valkyrie Brewing Company 10 years ago
nimbleprop (16712) reviewed Hot Chocolate from Valkyrie Brewing Company 15 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
Scored this as a bonus in a trade. 12oz bottle pours a watery, almost opaque super deep brown with a head that was initially super frothy and then fades to nothing. Toasted bread aroma, light coffee, light malt, some earthiness. Flavor is sweet, chocolate, brown sugar, coffee with cream, toasted bread, malts. Finish is a little watery but with a cayenne pepper kick in the back of the throat. Needed more of a beer base to hang with all the other stuff happening in this.
deyholla (22727) reviewed Hot Chocolate from Valkyrie Brewing Company 15 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
Bottle. Pours black with a dark brown head with a gray hue. Aroma has note of chocolate with a slight spicy note. The flavor begins with a sweet chocolate flavor but the spice builds throughout and finishes with a nice kick.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 4 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 4.5
Had this at the Great Lakes Beer Fest. I was very excited to try this since I’m a big fan of two of Viking’s dark beers. Upon first sip I almost gagged, all I could taste was spiciness and hops. The next beer I drank after that (different beer, different brewery) still had the taste of this lingering. Will not try again!
nuplastikk (10473) reviewed Hot Chocolate from Valkyrie Brewing Company 16 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5
12oz bottle. Brown-black color, opaque. Fluffy beige head that fades away. The aroma is very chocolaty, with maybe just a touch of heat. Big chocolate tastes up front, with some mild cayenne pepper in the aftertaste. I find this aftertaste to be a little unpleasant, but certainly unique in the beer world. Pretty much a pleasant chocolate stout with a peppery heat that grows as you drink it.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5.5
Thanks to goldtwins for sharing - very carbonated, foamy pour - a tad tart in the nose, with a little dough and cocoa - flavor starts a little tart, too, with notes of cherry, followed by moderate chocolate - the pepper doesn’t show up until the finish, and builds after a while, until you can tastes the vegetal character as well as the spice - these qualities don’t mesh well with the chocolate flavors - interesting, I guess.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5
Well now here’s something different. Huge chocolate aroma with a nice roasty background. Seems like there’s a little rummy alcohol in there too, or maybe its the peppery kick of the cayenne? Right there in the first sip, the cayenne is unmistakeable. Check that - if I hadn’t known the beer had cayenne, I would have thought it was a spicy fusel alcohol. Well built stout behind the pepper, with plenty of roast and good smooth carbonation.
Clarkvv (16523) reviewed Hot Chocolate from Valkyrie Brewing Company 20 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
2004 bottle from Robertsreality! Thanks man, this hit the spot! Cocoa brown head is gone as soon as I look up from writing my note on its color. Beautiful (to me) murky brown, highly unfiltered body. Deep burguny sheen on a hot chocolate background. Smells of cocoa, marshmallow, vanilla. Flavor? Yes! I exclaim. Sweet cocoa is not overdone, not syrupy and not cloying. Cayenne pepper burns nicely while swallowing and lingers well on the aftertaste. Soft, very near to uncarbonated. Very even mouthfeel, slippery you might say. Graham crackers and cocoa on the finish, some chocolate malt is hidden in there, faintest hint of roast. Medium body. Damn I enjoyed this!
JK (8181) reviewed Hot Chocolate from Valkyrie Brewing Company 21 years ago
Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 5.5
It was hard to classify this between sweet stout and spiced. The pepper is so prominent I decided spice was the best category. The aroma starts like an oatmeal stout, then chocolate followed by the pepper. Thick and syrupy, black. Flavors of chocolate and pepper; enough for a small burn on the back of my throat. Different for sure, but overall the pepper and chocolate work. Heavy palate, similar to the big swede. Kind of gritty from the cocoa. Like this beer or not, the innovative spirit of Viking is something more brewers should have.