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Petes Place 1919 Choc Beer

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2538
OVERALLStyle
Serve in Shaker, Weizen

bottled
common

on tap
available

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RATINGS: 232   WEIGHTED AVG: 2.7   EST. CALORIES: 150   ABV: 5%
COMMERCIAL DESCRIPTION
Choc beer was named after its place of origin, the Choctaw Nation. The Choctaw people brewed a homemade beer and taught the Italian immigrants, who came to work in the coal mines, how to make the home brew. Pete Pritchard was one of those immigrants. He came to the US with his family in 1903 and began to work in the coal mines at age eleven. At twenty-one years of age, he was nearly killed in a mine accident. After the accident, Pete Pritchard began making and selling choc beer, along with sausages and cheese in his home in Krebs. A prosperious business developed and in 1925, Peter formally opened a restaurant in his home. Pete's Place Restaurant served choc beer until 1932 when Pete was arrested for the brew.

In 1964, Bill Prichard, the sone of the original owner, developed a "gentleman's agreement" with the powers that be about the illegal choc beer...until a statewide newspaper ran a front page, headline story about the agreement. That was the end of choc beer at Pete's until Joe Prichard, Bill's son who now wears the chef's hat and has the choc beer recipe, reintroduced choc beer as a legal brew in 1995.

Choc brand beer is brewed in small batches in our brewery using the finest ingredients. Starting with beer-perfect Krebs water, we blend American Malted Barley, wheat, and roasted malts with American-grown Liberty and Cascade hops to create more than just a beer... a legendary Choc beer is unfiltered, so all the flavor we create stays where it belongs. And since it's unfiltered, you may notice a cloudy haze in the beer. This is normal. Tradition dictates Choc beer be "bottle-conditions," which means it's fermented a second time in the bottle, as well as aged in the bottle, resulting in a thin layer of yeast at the bottom. You can choose to carefully decant the beer off the yeast, or simply drink it, as we do, and let the yeast travel into your glass. Either way, we hope you enjoy our beer, a handcrafted Krebs original. Style: American wheat Color: Golden opaque Ingredients: 2-row malted barley and malted wheat, Liberty and Cascade hops Bitterness Units: 15 IBU's Alcohol: Alcohol by volume 5.0%, Alcohol by weight 3.9, also available in 3.2% Alcohol by weight version


2.2
   AROMA 4/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 4/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 8/20
daknole (5474) - Scottsdale, Arizona, USA - JAN 25, 2012
Cloudy apricot color. White head. Served I’ve cold. Aroma of orange and wheat. Sweet malty flavor, wheat, clove.

2.8
   AROMA 4/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 6/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 12/20
Pershing (272) - Garland, Texas, USA - JAN 6, 2012
Not a bad beer. Mine poured a clear gold because I left all the yeast on the bottom of the bottle. Medium to low carbonation with hardly any head after a few minutes. Excellent malty taste without the hops being over done. This will make an excellent session beer.

2.1
   AROMA 2/10   APPEARANCE 2/5   TASTE 4/10   PALATE 2/5   OVERALL 11/20
fiveacestx (85) - Texas, USA - JAN 2, 2012
Bottle - Pours cloudy yellow with an average foamy head. Has a citrus taste to it and a medium mouthfeel. It was ok but I was ready to move on to something else.

2.7
   AROMA 5/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 5/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 10/20
jhamp9 (163) - Texas, USA - NOV 28, 2011
Pours a hazy golden color. Head dissipates quickly. Citrus and wheat aroma. Nice refreshing carbonation but flavor is lacking.

2.7
   AROMA 5/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 5/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 11/20
Headbanger (2072) - Aurora, Illinois, USA - NOV 25, 2011
12oz bottle 11/25/11 (Jack’s Mountain Home)-46° in Tulip-Pours a hazy orangish amber with a small white ring for a head. Aroma of wheat, citrus, pepper, and grass. Taste of wheat, citrus, spices, pepper, and clove. This light bodied brew is a nice hot summer kinds day beer.

2.6
   AROMA 7/10   APPEARANCE 2/5   TASTE 5/10   PALATE 2/5   OVERALL 10/20
corby112 (1862) - philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA - NOV 19, 2011
Pours a very cloudy, dark golden yellow color with banana hues and a thin white head that quickly fizzles away. Not much in the way of lacing. Spicy aroma with some pepper and cloves countered by some bready yeast, citrus fruit and banana. There’s a nice amount of lemon zest providing a nice counter to the spice and yeast notes. Thin bodied and slightly watered down with soft carbonation and some zesty spice up front that lingers over the yeast and fruit notes into a slightly dry finish. Hints of pepper and clove up front countered mid-palate by a nice bready yeast presence followed by some lemon zest and faint banana. Overall, this beer has all of the characteristics of the style but nothing stands out and it kind of bland.

3
   AROMA 8/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 6/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 8/20
AWMiller (476) - Mansfield, Texas, USA - SEP 21, 2011
This is one great session brew! This brew poured up a cloudy, hazy, murky golden colored body with a small fizzy head that dissipated quickly and left minimal lacing. Very citrus-y, lots of hefty malts and yeast. I did not detect the usual banana scents that are usual in this brew style. This wheat brew was a nice change from most other hefeweizens (although I like to keep hefes and wheats in their own categories) as it had a nice, smooth, creamy texture and very easy to drink.

2.6
   AROMA 5/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 5/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 10/20
magsinva (284) - Virginia, USA - SEP 5, 2011
bottle - slightly cloudy pale orange. Aroma is orange and wheat. Taste is slightly sweet. Palate is light lingers a bit. Overall, not bad, but not the best I’ve had.


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