Dogfish Head Theobroma

Thin head with good carbonation. Sweet honey like aroma with some fruity white grape, spices, a hint of cocoa and an aroma that I am familiar with but just can’t place at the moment. Appearance is a hazy dirty orange. Slighty flat in the mouth and quite sweet. More honey and grapes and cocoa. Light alcohol presence and warming and a pretty smooth and light to medium bodied palate. Some spices late swallow and maybe a bit of heat from the chili peppers. Finishes clean and sweet. As usual, Dogfish Head comes up with the wacky, off-the-wall brews. This one is not too bad though.

This brew poured a cloudy, amber color. It had a nice head that collapsed slowly to a thin foam. The aroma had a slight hint of honey and hops to it but not much else to warm you of the upcoming taste. The taste started off pretty sweet but ended with a spicy kick at the end. It was so weird and complex, I couldn’t really come up with anything else it tasted like. The texture was very carbonated and thin. But, like the taste, it was extremely complex and crowded.

light brown in color with a nice white head (that actually lasts). Although the head fades over time the aroma does not. It smells like honey, some strange malts that I can’t quite pick out, and a sharp spicy smell. The taste is very peculiar and starts out sweet and sour and then quickly fades into spicy. Very interesting...

Dark golden color with a diminished head of light beige bubbles. Fruity vinous aromas, akin to my Grandmas (Insert Fruit Here) homemade wine. Strawberry, rhubarb, gooseberry, you name it she tried to ferment it. Hints of light malt and touch of spice. Pale malt start. Sweet grains and some herbal hops in the middle. Sorry to say, but seems like a malt liquor. Grainy and husky. I do catch a mild burn in the back of the throat from what I am assuming must be the chiles. ALso am tasting a bit of green pepper in the middle. Quite thick in feel. LIght honey in the finish along with the spice. Linger is actually rather dry. With just a bit of spice and alcohol. I was really hoping to catch a bit more chocolate in this one. I really only catch a peppery hot, honey, heavy malt liquor. I’ll just say it was an interesting experiment.

Orange pour with a quickly dissipating fluffy head. A very faint aroma of chocolate. A sweet malty syrupy beer with a strong honey base flavor with hints of cocoa. Not as "out there" as I’ve come to expect from Dogfish. This could have passed as a lighter scottish ale type beer.

Pours a pretty orange with a slight memory of a white head.This is successful where so many DFH beers of this nature fail me, in that it isn’t sticky sweet. Aroma starts nice, cocoa and chili evident, but ends with a faint garbage note. Chile heat and chocolate balance out, with some really nice heft and complexity to it. Interesting beer.

750 ml bottle shared with Slipstream. Pours an orange golden vistalite with a medium off white head. Aroma of honey, malt, orange peel and herbs. Taste of honey, malts, herbs and light orange peel.

Dark gold pour. Mellow, malty aroma with some interesting spicy notes. An unusual flavor - once again, Dogfish Head goes out on a limb to create an exciting brew from historical sources. Hats off to them for that! Theobrama is malty with some spice tones, a bit of cocoa and hot pepper. A little lighter and sweeter than expected, but a very fine, adventurous beer. Thanks to Adrian for opening a fifth of this.