Happy Valentines Day!! Chocolate and Sweet Beer!

Valentines Day is around the corner.  Are you looking a special present for that beer drinker in your life?  Craft Beer Chubu is here to help you.  Recently, I have tried some some Japanese chocolate beers and a unique sweet beer.  Enjoy!!

These three excellent beers are from Kanagawa's Sanktgallen Bewery.  They can be bought in the second floor basement of Takashimaya at JR Nagoya Station and at Yanagibashi's Odakaya Liquor Store.  These beers are priced around 450 yen per bottle.

Sanktgallen's Imperial Chocolate Stout
ABV 9%

Nose: dark chocolate
          slight coffee
          roasted malt
          slightly sweet

Taste:  hints of bitterness from hops
            roasted malt
            bitter chocolate
            somewhat strong due to the high alcohol content
            dry roasted coffee beans

This beer is recommended for those who are looking for a full flavor beer that has a slight kick to it.

Sanktgallen's Smoked Chocolate Stout
ABV: 6.5%

Nose:  dark chocolate
           roasted malt
           coffee beans
           somewhat smoky

Taste:  coffee beans
            dark chocolate
            smoky
           roasted malt
           slight bitterness
           somewhat thin

This beer is recommended who are looking a stout that is not heavy but has a flavorful punch.

Sanktgallen's Kukoto Sweet Stout
ABV: 6.5%

Nose:  sweet
           malty
           hints of coffee bean
           hints of brown sugar
         
Taste: smooth
           somewhat sweet
           somewhat bitter
           brown sugar

This is a very refined beer.  The brown sugar from Okinawa adds an interesting dynamic to the beer.  Would go great with Japanese food.


There is one more beer available for Valentines Day, and it is not recommended.  It can be at the Seijo Ishii supermarket.  One bottle is 630 yen.

Shirayuki Chocola Premium
ABV: 5.5%

Nose: milk chocolate
          chocolate spread

Taste:  low bitterness
            clean
           light
           milk chocolate

This is a very superficial beer.  The milk chocolate in this beer is very disappointing.  When tasting it, it tasted like fake chocolate.  This beer was clearly made for Valentines Day.  It is a light disappointing beer that is expensive.