Theobroma
30 Oct
Name – Theobroma
Country – United States
Type – Chile Beer
Appearance – Poured a very bubbly dark orange color. The bubbles ran up the side of the glass keeping the white head around for a good bit.
Smell – Sweet smells of honey and cocoa. Get a little boozy whiff in there too.
Taste – Quite sweet with honey, white grapes and a little cocoa coming out. There is a very mild pepper taste but not nearly as much as I expected. Has a slight alcohol bite at the end.
I was a little hesitant to pick this up after my last encounter with a chile beer but Dogfish Head rarely lets me down. After first sipping it I was happy to pick it up. The pepper taste was quite mild and not very easy to pick up. I picked up grapes that reminded me of a white wine that made it sweet but enjoyable. I really don’t agree with the tagging of chile beer but I can understand since it has ancho chilis in it. But I found this along the lines of a Belgian dark. If the price on this ($14) wasn’t so high I would definitely pick it up again.
Overall Grade – B
I had this on draft a couple months back. I drank 4oz and couldn’t continue to drink it. I don’t recall what I didn’t like about it, but just didn’t sit well with me. The first Dogfish Beer I didn’t like and hopefully the last.
Yeah with their odd styles I can see every so often coming across something you don’t like.
I haven’t embraced the chili-beer concept just yet. I’m hoping that someone else in The Brew Club picks one up, then I’ll try it!
I’m looking to get Theobroma. Any suggestions in Northern California or Missouri? Any shipment options?
Hi Nick, thanks for stopping by. I would recommend first asking your local story to contact whoever distributes Dogfish Head in your area. Because if the distributor can get it for you then you can save a good amount of money on shipping.
But as for online here a place I found that has it.
http://www.vintagecellar.com/Merchant2/merchant.mvc?Screen=PROD&Store_Code=VCOS&Product_Code=27769_1