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The Art of Darkness
Feb. 13th, 2009 08:20 amThe Big Time had a little festival of beer and chocolate yesterday evening. Scott and I donned our beer aficionado hats for the event. There were eight dark beers and four Theo chocolates on offer. The owner of Theo Chocolate was on offer too. Well, I guess he was just there shaking hands with everyone. He asked us how we liked the chocolate. I told him the curry chocolate was fantastic. The vanilla wasn't half bad either. I wasn't hot on the Ghana, although Scott liked it just fine. The other one was a blend of some kind that was quite good.
On the beer side, there were three of their regular dark beers (Coal Creek Porter, Buck Mulligan Dublin-style Stout, Old Rip Oatmeal Stout) and five that were infused or conditioned in various ways. The best of these was Holy Mole, which was a winter ale conditioned with roasted cocoa nibs, fresh serrano and poblano chiles, and cinnamon. In other words, a Mexican mole flavor. I love mole, and I loved that beer. I was also quite fond of the Sweetheart of Darkness, which was the oatmeal stout infused with Lindemann's Framboise lambic. The coffee porter and coffee stout were a bit too strong on the coffee side for my tastes, while the stout infused with cocoa nibs didn't taste very chocolatey to me at all.
I was quite buzzed after consuming samples of all these beers and xanthines. Some of the beers should still be available today, I would guess. Theo chocolates seem to be more widely available now too. I found a bar of Theo's orange-flavored chocolate by the checkstand at Market Time last week, and it was utterly delicious.
On the beer side, there were three of their regular dark beers (Coal Creek Porter, Buck Mulligan Dublin-style Stout, Old Rip Oatmeal Stout) and five that were infused or conditioned in various ways. The best of these was Holy Mole, which was a winter ale conditioned with roasted cocoa nibs, fresh serrano and poblano chiles, and cinnamon. In other words, a Mexican mole flavor. I love mole, and I loved that beer. I was also quite fond of the Sweetheart of Darkness, which was the oatmeal stout infused with Lindemann's Framboise lambic. The coffee porter and coffee stout were a bit too strong on the coffee side for my tastes, while the stout infused with cocoa nibs didn't taste very chocolatey to me at all.
I was quite buzzed after consuming samples of all these beers and xanthines. Some of the beers should still be available today, I would guess. Theo chocolates seem to be more widely available now too. I found a bar of Theo's orange-flavored chocolate by the checkstand at Market Time last week, and it was utterly delicious.
