Meso-Americans once made beer from cacao seeds. Yes: Chocolate Beer. There are some modern chocolate-flavored beers in the world today, but they usually don’t actually have chocolate in them and are marketed to the Valentine’s Day enthusiast, which puts them in an gimicky, unflatering category for me. Like SPAM (the meat product, not the email), yes, just like SPAM. And I won’t eat SPAM and I won’t drink chocolate beer that has no chocolate in it. Ammend that: If it’s just chocolate-flavored then I’m not going near it. If it’s beer with chocolate added to give it flavor then I’m not going near it. If I’m going to give it a go it would have to genuine, authentic, beer-brewed-from-cacao-seed chocolate beer. Now that sounds tantalizing.
Yes, this concoction of the Mayan’s…it sounds like something I want. Very. Badly.
Give. Plz.
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Matt–this is new to me. I would love to try choc beer. After I drink a beer or 8, I always get a craving for sugar. Seems like choc beer would take care of that during the buzz phase, rather than after.
Also, I am going to try your Grenadine and Corona idea. I had never heard that before either, until just the other day, another beer friend of mine said to try it. I will let you know how that turns out.
Now, if you have some good hangover headache prevention tips, I’ll be in your debt forever.
I know, or even the Harry Potter famed Butter Beer sounds good to me. As for headache prevention, I don’t think there is such a thing…I just suffer till it’s over…
Surely we can find someone to make this? I think I must have some. Or maybe I’ll give it a shot.
I just found your blog. I like it. I write too, but I am evidently going about it entirely the wrong way. I’m the blog most likely to have something on sorghum…haven’t yet…but it’s right up my alley.
Rosie: Glad to have you around! At first glance I think your blog is very likeable :-) I’ll be watching for that sorghum syrup post!