Dogfish Head Theobroma

Brewed by Dogfish Head Brewery
Style: Traditional Ale
Milton, Delaware USA

Serve in Dimpled mug, English pint, Stein, Yard

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750ml bottle. Deep amber- orange color. white head.. Aroma of freshly raked leaves. Slightly hopped mead aroma with a bit of chilli pepper spiciness. The flavor is very busy. Some peppery tingle in the esophgus. Full bodied. Creamy mouthfeel, like most DFH. Overall, it is very interesting.

Pours a transparent deep copper orange with a well-lacing froth of off-white head. Aroma of sweet toasty pale malt and a touch of honey. Body starts fairly full with some sugary sweet corn and grainy malt character with some mild spice toward a slightly warming light peppery finish. I don’t really taste any cocoa in there. A pretty interesting and drinkable brew, but would be nice if it had more cocoa flavor.

Bottle. Clear amber pour. Small white head. Aroma is peppery and spicy with strong cocoa notes and soft honey. Taste is lighter on the spices, strong cocoa notes, sweet almost candy like flavors, honey, and light chocolate. Body is soft but medium overall with a dense carbonation. Little bit of spicy hotness lingering in spots. Finishes with more strong cocoa notes, honey, spices, peppery notes and candyish flavors. Very tasty! The alcohol is nowhere to be found. My bottle states this is 9% ABV, by the way.

Not too bad and a great experiemental beer. Aroma was decent. Has a strong graininess with dark chocolate notes. Pour was a flat light orange with just a thin off white film for a head (which would usually get a 2) but the nice sediment floating around in the glass bumps it up. Taste was interesting. Amber malt flavor with a distant chocolate undertone and as it warms can taste a hot chillie pepper taste that wasn’t noticeable before. Moderate carbonation actually hurt this. WIth some strong carbonation would have been better. Kudos for DFH for having the balls to brew a beer this unique and distribute it

Hazy, Deep orange pour with a fluffy, quickly dissipating head. Aroma of devil’s food cake, honey, fresh pepper, caramel and vanilla. Flavor has a bit of must, some honey on the tongue with chocolate and caramel, then a great pepper chocolate finish. One of the most interesting ales i’ve ever had.

Bottle 2008: Pours a deep orange with good clarity and an off white fading head. The aroma is very interesting, both sweet and spicy- honey, nutmeg, cinnamon, evident cocoa (chocolate sponge cake subtleties) and soft vanilla. Has a slick body with nice tight carbonation. The flavor has an overall honeyish sweetness, but as it warms there are many interesting nuances. Some graham cracker notes, cocoa (but it’s very soft and subtle), nutmeg notes, mild peppery suggestions, and a late herbal note. A bit on the sweet side for me, but it’s very individualistic and interesting. The alcohol is also well masked.

Golden pour fluffy head. Honey on the nose. Interesting flavor. Pepper, cocoa nibs, and honey. This was better than I assumed it would be!

Sampled at WBF in Durham. Different than expected, and slightly better, I think. Very light, almost golden with big white head. I don’t love chocolate in beer. This was definitely more bitter cocoa than chocolate; nicely bitter chocolate flavor; malty and honey fruitiness and definite chili peppers. Very interesting, though not for all tastes, I’m sure.

Pours a bold orange/red with a full ½ inch white head. Smells of cloves, spices, vanilla, and honey. First sip is both spicy and mellow – very complex . A creamy milkshake like smoothness adds to great mouthfeel. Unfortunately, there is simply too much going on here with no one flavor taking charge.

750ml bottle from the KSBF ’08. Poured a medium and hazy amber color with an averaged sized off white head. Aromas of chocolate/cocoa, honey, spices, and roast. Tastes of honey, chilies, spices, and chocolate. Sweet. Alcohol content well hidden. Different and at times hard to pin down.