Chocolates and beer? Yes please!

You may have read about wine tasting with cheese and chocolates, but have you ever thought about pairing chocolate with beer? I have. Read on for more on this subject.

My first amazing experience was during the summer of 2012 pairing a chocolate truffle with an aged barleywine. The outcome was amazing, so when I saw a public television program called Dakota Life describing Chubby Chipmunk in Deadwood, I thought a chocolate beer pairing was needed.  The program was called “The Sweet Life”. I fired off an e-mail to the business. Mary “Chip” Tautkus soon responded to the e-mail and a pairing was arranged.

Six different truffles were sent to try. An article from the Craft Beer Association was used to help guide the pairings. My friends and I shared various amazing beers in an afternoon tasting. In general chocolate pairs best with darker beers such as porters, stouts, barrel-aged beers and sours. Lighter beers and India pale ales don’t pair as well.

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