Top 10 beers brewed in Ontario by ratebeer average

Craig · Post by **Craig** » Mon Sep 29, 2014 10:55 pm

midlife crisis wrote:^ Agreed. Pretty confident we are thinking of the same two. Ugh.

Some people just like chocolate. I've heard people describe both of those beers as the best beers they've ever had in their entire lives. I don't get it either.

Belgian · Post by **Belgian** » Tue Sep 30, 2014 12:47 am

Craig wrote:
midlife crisis wrote:^ Agreed. Pretty confident we are thinking of the same two. Ugh.
Some people just like chocolate. I've heard people describe both of those beers as the best beers they've ever had in their entire lives. I don't get it either.

Chocolate tends to make everything taste overwhelmingly... like chocolate. It's probably not even the beer they like - but I'm happy if they do. Maybe it's a gateway beer to something with more balance.

Hell people like red wines that taste more like a spicy raspberry chocolate dessert than anything I would ever drink. There's gold in them thar hills...

sprague11 · Post by **sprague11** » Tue Sep 30, 2014 4:31 pm

I've had friends from the states RAVE about both FM chocolate beers.

MatttthewGeorge · Post by **MatttthewGeorge** » Tue Sep 30, 2014 6:58 pm

sprague11 wrote:I've had friends from the states RAVE about both FM chocolate beers.

People here on BT rave about Southern Tier's Chokolat and I think the FM beers are very similar.

El Pinguino · Post by **El Pinguino** » Wed Oct 01, 2014 2:19 pm

If you know what to expect I think they're good beers....the FM chocolate ones. I've had chocolate indulgence (Ommegang) and Choklat from ST...they're all pretty crazy, but great to enjoy every so often.

midlife crisis · Post by **midlife crisis** » Thu Oct 02, 2014 5:05 pm

Yes, fair enough, and I've been known to serve Choklat in small portions at the end of a special occasion dinner. But Top Ten beer in Ontario? Never. To me that means something you look forward to sitting down and having a couple of nice pints of. But I suppose others' criteria may vary.

Belgian · Post by **Belgian** » Thu Oct 02, 2014 5:15 pm

El Pinguino wrote:I've had chocolate indulgence (Ommegang) and Choklat from ST...

WADR to Southern Tier (esp. the MoKah) I think the Ommegang Indulgence is on a whole higher level of chocolate ex-beeriences, it's just quite good and worth a grab, even at the seemingly high price. Maybe I lucked out on a particularly good bottle?

I remember Rogue Chocolate Stout (where'd Rogue go?) used to do well here, and the beer had a nice balance and even kept a long time in the beer cellar. I was always hoping for the excellent Mocha Porter to show up...

Kish84 · Post by **Kish84** » Fri Oct 03, 2014 8:45 pm

I'm currently drinking Chocolate Manifesto for the first time. The aroma and taste both remind me of Pot of Gold chocolates, not one piece, the whole fucking box at one time.

I don't dislike it, but it's not Top 10. If it were in the $6-8 range I would consider getting it again, but at $12, no chance.