I have twitter…but I also don’t remember my password and for some reason don’t want to reset it. Why? Because I constantly have to reset and remember passwords for work and stupid websites I need and twitter, although a funny medium, is just not worth reseting my password. So instead, here is a twitter like feed of the highlight of what Joyperks (that’s me) and her Valentine (that is #thehubs) did.
#thehubs heard of this class hosted on zoom for Valentine’s Day where we would learn about tasting beer and chocolate. It was super unique and for weeks I looked forward to it. 1) I’m a nerd and like to pair stay at home dates with learning 2) I like beer 3) I like chocolate 4) we were supporting local places (Bosque Brewing and Eldora Craft Chocolates).
And so #thehubs signed us up and paid the fee, picked up the local beers (Bosque brewing did a great job at ensuring it was all the beers needed and just one can of each all packaged and at a good price). And then the chocolate squares were shipped to us by Eldora. So we were all set up days in advance with all of the ingredients! We were also emailed tasting note PDFs for beer and chocolates for us to print and use during the class. We were also given a guide on tasting technique/palate cleansing and how to best prepare for the class (for example chocolates needed to be room temp). And so begins my thoughts on this Zoom valentine’s beer and chocolate tasting and pairing class that I typed while zooming and endulging in beer and 70% dark craft chocolate.
P.S. Sorry if it is all over the place…this is how my mind thinks!
Omg all of these people on the class are old, like Medicare old (Joyperks note: it should be an honor to be this old (65+)…means you get good health care benefits)
Oh look! Young people, oh wait, those are the presenters
I can tell who the chocolatier is—he’s wearing an apron and looks fancy casual
Great sermon about loving ourselves first and how we can do this by enjoying this class
New Mexico’s brewers guild—yes they do hold a lot of power which is why they were somehow allowed to stay open when the bars were closed…still don’t quite understand that
A barrel is 2 kegs..good to know!
Bosque does care about the community—like restoration pizza (Joyperks note: check this place out!)
Lol she just said friendships strengthen over beer on a NICE 90 degree day in a patio (how is 90 degree weather nice?)
How long till we can have the chocolate?
There are over 200 flavors of chocolate?! Wow! This guys thinks badly of regular store chocolate. Slave labor is a big deal…I might feel bad eating nestle chocolate now
I like this chocolate guy! Farmers get paid 200-300% more by craft chocolatiers which is why craft chocolate costs so much
3 bean to bar places in NM (Joyperks note: cacao bean to chocolate bar is what this means)
oh…apparently this presentation is being recorded
Craft chocolate process similar to coffee making…per pictures (Joyperks note: there is roasting)
3 c’s: complement, contrast, cut/cleanse
I should have eaten a bigger lunch…I’m hungry
Partner—I’m so glad they didnt make us turn our video on or introduce ourselves (Joyperks note: I would have been mortified if they had made us do that…though the other participants seemed to love having their video on)
Mmmh this elephants on parade is good! Raspberry light (Joyperks note: this was a beer)
Im not good at tasting chocolate…can only tell if it tastes good or bad
Don’t feel like eating more—definitely satiated (Joyperks note: while tasting chocolate, just one part of a small square)
Wow! at the 2nd try the chocolate gets fruitier
We have 7 beers left…I’m going to get so drunk…definitely ordering deliver dinner (Joyperks note: shared amongst two ppl we only had max 1/3 of each can of beer)
Open haze space—I like this…do I like IPAs now? This would go well with pretzel and beer cheese—dry hops.. I can feel this beer in my nose
Wow this is going to take a while…we are barely in our 2nd pairing
This chocolate is so different!
Jk after the 2nd sip I don’t like IPA’s
This chocolate got sweeter after the beer
Ok smelling yourself resets you sense of smell (Joyperks note: assuming you aren’t wearing scented products this is a real thing that was taught)
Drink scotias to get DRUUUUNK (Joyperks note: ABV/alcohol % higher than other beers)
Why did I have a healthy lunch? My stomach needed carbs to soak this alcohol (literally only had like 3 sips of 3 beers….such a lightweight)
Should have had a Pepcid before this…is it too late? (Joyperks note: proceeded to take 20 mg of famotidine (aka generic Pepcid))
Well…I’ve put on my Snuggie and had a Pepcid
Is she done talking?
Naptime after this
She said it is alot of beers so ok if you get goofy—I like this Bosque gal
She also just said you have ether been consuming not enough of too much during quarantine (Joyperks note: both applies to Joyperks…it depends on first half or second half of the pandemic 2020 year)
If I don’t like this Mexican chocolate does it mean I’m not Mexican?
I don’t like it, I guess I’m not Mexican
Beer took that gross taste away (Joyperks note: thankful for this because the chocolate from Mexico was the least favorite)
I really need to take a nap after this
So I’ve been pronouncing Gose wrong. It is pronounced goes- uh.
Omg I can smell the pickle tastes like pickle juice beer (Joyperks note: Joyperks loved Pickle Down Economics Gose beer from Bosque Brewing)
How much pickles did they use? I want a ham sandwich with this
Or something salty
I need a case of this pickle beer now!
#thehugs took the pickle beer away…because I was too enthusiastically drinking it (Joyperks note: Joyperks really liked the pickle beer)
Maybe I am Mexican— I love this mole chocolate
Hello spices!
Star anise
Red Chile
Mole chocolate with pickle beer is OMG amazing (Joyperks note: Joyperks favorite pairing of the night was this)
I need to make smores with this
Taste more clove/Chile with the Pistol Pete (a beer) in the mole
Will the Eldora choc give us a tour?
You can put the spice on the bottom of the chocolate instead of inside?! How cool—how do I get Steven (the wonderful chocolatier teaching us about chocolate) to be my friend?
THE END.
What did you do for Valentine’s Day? Do you think beer and chocolate belong together? What is your favorite beer? What about favorite chocolate?
I want to know what you think in the comments!
Joyperks 