Certainly, the world is full of people who love both beer and chocolate. And although these are completely different food products, made of something else, they can satisfy both the body and soul of a human being! It's a pity that these two flavors cannot be combined! Wait ... how can it not be?
Beer with chocolate - does that sound absurd?
Or maybe not necessarily? Are there few flavor variations in the world that seemingly have nothing to do with each other, and yet together they make a wonderful composition? It turns out that the variation of wheat and hops with cocoa and the addition of milk is not such a new idea. Attempts to combine beer with chocolate have already taken place and have taken many forms. And we will say even more - more than once they have delighted the palates of the most demanding beer and chocolate lovers! Are you curious how this connection can be made?
He snacks with beer, so forget about fingers
Many things are associated with a traditional beer snack. Salty sticks, crackers, cheeses, chips - the list could go on! But did you know that you can add chocolate to it? If this sounds strange to you, we encourage you to break your fear and try it, and the taste sensations may turn out to be unearthly!
Does every beer go with every chocolate? Connections are different and to a large extent determined by the individual preferences of each person. Chocolate is recommended for both light and dark beer. Some suggest bitter, others - milk, and still others experiment with white chocolate!
Want to try but wonder where to start? Bet on contrasts! Try to break a strong beer with a solid bitterness with the velvety of milk chocolate. For a sweeter dark Porter try dark, bitter chocolate. Take your time - learn about these tasting sensations, get to know them, and then take steps in further experiments.
How to eat chocolate while drinking beer?
As it may turn out, eating chocolate while consuming beer is not such a simple and obvious activity! Beer is drunk chilled, and chocolate releases its range of flavors when exposed to heat. And what to do with it? We repeat - haste is not your ally here. Try to savor the taste, squeeze out of it as much as possible and as long as possible! Place a piece of chocolate on the tongue. Don't bite him! Let it dissolve and show its taste potential. Only after consuming chocolate, when you still feel its aroma in your mouth, take a sip of cooler beer!
Two in one - chocolate-flavored beer
Since fruit and milk beers have already been made, why not make chocolate beers? As it turns out, cocoa has long been used by brewers to produce beers with a rich, complex flavor. Chocolate beers are usually dark beers. Their production is most often handled by smaller, so-called craft breweries, although larger beer producers are also inspired by this idea more and more. What is the combination of dark beer with chocolate? The testers describe interesting taste sensations, starting with a chocolate aftertaste, a sweet aroma, broken at the end with more or less bitterness. Certainly, it is a beer that not only can, but should also be enjoyed!
For beer drinkers who still don't have enough chocolate, we can offer another idea - nibbling chocolate beer with chocolate! Because who said you have to limit yourself? Contrary to appearances, such a combination does not have to mean satiety - a piece of dark chocolate washed down with chocolate porter can further enhance the taste sensations and bring out even more interesting aromas. A concern will probably arise here: is such a combination of caloric beer and caloric chocolate a good idea? Well - we do not encourage you to consume such a mixture every day, but can you not afford a bit of such original delight once in a while?
Chocolate mulled beer
It is a cool autumn / winter evening and you dream of a cup of something warm, but you hesitate between hot chocolate and mulled beer? Don't choose, just prepare the chocolate mulled beer! Prepare a bottle of light beer, pour it into a pot and heat it up. Add a tablespoon of honey to it and gently stir it, constantly keeping it on low heat. After a while, you can add the juice squeezed from the orange half to the mulled wine and add 4 cubes of dark chocolate. You can add a little spice to the mulled wine by adding a pinch of pepper. Voila! Enjoy your meal!
We hope this article encouraged you to experiment with flavors. Sometimes it is worth going beyond the patterns and starting your own journey through flavor combinations. It may turn out that it will be full of new experiences and discoveries - not only interesting flavors, but also your own preferences and tastes!
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