Yum, chocolate

There are a lot of blog contests in our food channel, but many of them don’t lend themselves to beer. One which does, and which is quite timely coming as it does after Halloween and before Thanksgiving, is this one from choclatebytes. And the question is … drumroll please … what chocolate product are you thankful for?

So easy, that one, it’s chocolate stout. Many chocolate stouts, such as Brooklyn’s Black Chocolate Stout, carry that moniker not because they contain chocolate, but because they use a dark malt which resembles chocolate. More sophisticated palates than mine also claim a certain cocoa taste in the resulting beer as well. Some, however, such as the Double Chocolate Stout brewed by Wells & Youngs, contain real chocolate. Either way, a good solid stout, with or without chocolate, is a fine way to end a good meal during this time of eating and merriment. Maybe I’ll get a couple of bottles for our post-Thanksgiving meal drink.

As an aside, a Stephen Colbert Wag of the Finger to Brooklyn for a website which doesn’t appear to be compatible with the Safari web browser.

Photo from Phillips Candy House