Fonseca Bin #27

Fonseca Terra Bella

Fonseca Panascal 2005

Taylor LBV

Taylor 20 year Tawny

Croft 10 year Tawny

Well the circle is complete.  What started four month’s ago with Stone’s version of Saison du BUFF has come full circle with Victory Brewing’s release of Saison du BUFF.  Having never had any of these, I hear they are all very different, and they are all pretty tasty.  Of course I haven’t heard anything about the Victory release yet because it is so new, but I understand that the Dogfish Head version is slightly better than the Stone version. The jury is still out on the Victory version. So nice the see that the circle is complete. Here it is, Victory’s Saison du BUFF…Woop.

Theobroma

This beer is based on chemical analysis of pottery fragments found in Honduras which revealed the earliest known alcoholic chocolate drink used by early civilizations to toast special occasions.  The discovery of this beverage pushed back the earliest use of cocoa for human consumption more than 500 years to 1200 BC.  As per the analysis, Dogfish Head’s Theobroma (translated into ‘food of the gods’) is brewed with Aztec cocoa powder and cocoa nibs (from our friends at Askinosie Chocolate), honey, chilies, and annatto (fragrant tree seeds). It’s light in color – not what you expect with your typical chocolate beer. Not that you’d be surpised that we’d do something unexpected with this beer!

This beer is part of our Ancient Ales series – along with Midas Touch, Chateau Jiahu, and other – step back in time and enjoy some Theobroma.