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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I am not a craft beer fan by far, eventho I run the one and only craft beer/growler station in Easley, SC, But this theobroma is a great great sipping beer. I love it!!

750ml bottle obtained at the Liquor Shoppe in Tygsboro, MA. Pours a hazy dark golden-amber body with a half inch of off-white head. Aroma consists of pepper, cinnamon-like quality, with chocolate, bubblegum, nut, and banana. Hot pepper, coming off as a cinnamon like quality, with a fair bit of bubblegum, nut, banana, with come cocoa in the undertones, with some notes of fruitiness. Surprisingly light-bodied with ample carbonation. No alcohol flavor or hotness to speak of, but the alcohol effects definitely make themselves known... Dangerously drinkable, unique, and complex - unlike any beer I’ve had. I definitely am impressed - if only this had been approved for NH! Really really good stuff - another slam-dunk for DFH!

Sampled at The Blind Tiger Very Special Cask night 2009. "Holy shit. Reddish brown. Blood and mud. Spicy chocolate, amazingly strong finish. Similar notes to an imperial stout. Vanilla, but honey! Full chocolate nose! Alcohol hides." Based on the exclamation points, I was really excited about this beer. Found this review written on a wrinkled napkin, it’s like a message from my past self demanding that I find some more of this ASAP.

Dogfish Head Brewing Company--Theobroma--Ale brewed with natural flavors (honey,cocao nibs, cocao powder, ancho chilies, & ground annatto). 2009 22 oz. Bottle. 9.00% ABV--70 IBU’s? (4.5 / 5.0) Amber Ale--Exotic--Thin fizzy mild lace head. Clear bright rich orange gold color. Sweet floral spice mild hop aroma. Annatto? Tangy sweet orange fruit crisp complex honey caramel malt peppery where is cacao body. Spicy ancho chilies clean crisp complex hot end. Pepper IBU’s. Sip! Sampled 8/29/2009. 2 @ $14.99 Each.

Very good ancient ale. But like all the brews in this genre this brew is very very fruity. A must for any dogfish head fan. Any time I’m out this brew will be on my shelf waiting for me.

Unlike much you will try on the market. Some of the richness of a porter without the bitterness and with a lightness of champagne. Chocolate, oats, cherries, caramel.

Poured from 1pt. 9.4 fl. oz. bottle into a stemmed glass. The color is slightly hazy orange with a yellow highlight and good amount of carbonation. It has about a finger or so of foamy white heat a slight amount of lacing. The smell is orange at first with some cocoa flavor in the nose. There is also a touch of honey as well. The taste is sweet with a honey flavor and a touch of vanilla. It taste like honey poured onto vanilla ice cream and now there is a touch of jimmies (chocolate sprinkles) flavor as well. The sugary flavor is hitting the back of my throat at the same place you would expect bitterness. Very interesting. The feel of this beer is has a smooth texture to it. It is very complex but goes down easy with a nice sweet aftertaste. Like most Dogfish Head beers this is really a great experience.

Can smell the chile spice, nice appearance. This has a good flavor. Don’t notice the cocoa much, but the chile is very evident. Flavor is sweet but not heavy. Pretty tasty.

Orange-amber hues stare at me from beneath a pithy blanket lined with lacy frills and shadowed by a soft haze. I am immediately enraptured by a massively aromatic nose of cacao, ginger, apricots, sugar syrup (the kind used in canned fruits), mangos, green bananas, ginger bread snaps, brown sugar, cinnamon, allspice, lavender and lilies. Woah. Green chilies tickle the back of my nose while all of her sugar, spice, and everything nice blends together in thirst-inducing harmony. I haven’t supped yet, and somehow I just know that once more Sam and Dogfish Head have done it again. There is a steady undercurrent of honey sweetness throughout our session together which leaves bitter fruit skins in the back. My lips are sticky with apricot and mango juices while spice permeates the entirety of her palate. Each iota of flavor stands on her own, but each iota of flavor also shares a bed with allspice, cinnamon, and ginger. Heat and spice tickle the back of my throat for which I give thanks to the great and powerful ancho chilies. I was most leery of the addition of ancho chilies in this beer because chilies and beer are not usually the most harmonious of marriages. But in Theobroma she is a gentle whisper with just enough spicy heat in the recesses to remind me of her presence. Never once does she overwhelm and make my supping experience a painful one. Caramel mingles with honey sweetness while gingerbread cookies and ginger snaps pepper my breath. I am intrigued by the lack of apparent ABV heat; I get more warmth from the ancho chilies than I do the 9%ABV within. The chocolate is very subtle and seems to be quite happy weaving in and out of her tropical fruits, green apples, honey and caramel sweetness than she could be as the center of attention. Quaff and repeat. I can’t turn back time, but when beers such as Theobroma are around to satisfy my thirsty curiosity, there really is no need.

A crisp golden ale. The nose is full of fruit and spice with plent of caramel sweetness to it also. It reminds me of honey cereal, tangerine, pink peppercorns (without the heat), waffle cones, Danish pastries with raisins and apricots. It is sweet and slick I. The mouth with a beautiful, delicate complexity, a tickle of heat, and a long honeyed finish. This is really great stuff.