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Degustation after a month – Chocolate beer

July 25th 2010 Posted at Alcohol, Experiments, General, Projects, Test
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Saturday, July 24th 2010

Tonight the pressure was getting too high.  I had to open one of these bottles that have been looking at me for almost a month.  The fermenting is over.  the second fermentation on the bottle should be over now.  Time to open one and check how it tastes.

I have a friend, Jim, from the USA and the first sip was left to him.

Oh yeah, and it was worth it.  Combined with Belcolade Papua New Guinea64 chocolate, the beer is dark in color with a smooth head. The flavor of oats, malts and a chocolate are balanced perfectly with the right amount of hops for a bittersweet finish.

You will hear more the upcoming days about the beer evolution.

Cheers

Alain

Pralines with liquor, definately worth a little secret

December 6th 2008 Posted at Alcohol, Chocolate
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Wednesday, december 3rd 2008

The lessons for this year are slowly coming to an end, so time for something special.

Close your eyes.  Imagine you bite in a praline with liquor in it (example : a Mon Cherie praline).  First you taste chocolate, then you bite through a little layer of sugar and then the liquor comes out.  To make these liquor pralines you need a good understanding of how the sugar is forming a crust around the liquor and a lot of discipline to work in the right conditions.  The technique is a little bit secret, that is why I don’t explain in detail how they are made.

(picture source : Chocolaterie Carre )

I don’t have pictures of the result yet since it takes at least 18 hours to let the praline create itself, weird huh…

I promise that there will be more pictures next week from the liquor pralines result.  I can’t wait.

Meanwhile, eat chocolate and be good.

Alain

Chocolate bullets for peace

November 13th 2008 Posted at Alcohol, Chocolate
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Make Chocolate, not war !

Wednesday, november 12th 2008

Today I learned more about using alcohol in combination with chocolate.  You can do so much different things with chocolate.  It is almost never ending.  Most of the items shown are made with Origine chocolate. Check the pictures and decide for yourself.

Snow truffle : White chocolate with cream and Glühwein

Advocat truffle : Darkchocolate with advocat 20degrees

Champagne truffle : Milkchocolate and cream with Marc du Champagne liquor

Passionfruit : Chocolate with passion fruit powder and Passoa liquor finished with powdersugar

Rhum truffle : Dark origine chocolate with 40 percent Rhum

Amaretto truffle : Milkchocolate with cream and Amaretto liquor

All truffles except the passion fruit truffle are made with alcohol.  Last week I learned more about alcohol and chocolate.  This week I get a better overview on how to use alcohol and chocolate.

See you next week !

Alain

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