Chocolate help

I think that a lot of beers use chocolate malt which can impart chocolaty flavor. Are you allergic to that or just real chocolate? just avoid anything that says' ' brewed with chocolate"

 

Chocolate malt does not contain chocolate. It's just called that because the amount of roast of the malt gives off chocolate flavors.

 

Every packaged beer I can think of brewed with chocolate indicates it is brewed with chocolate on the label. Some beers such as Brooklyn Black Chocolate have the term in the name, and others indicate chocolate flavors in a description on the label. These do not say brewed with chocolate, because they are not.

 

There is no requirement to list whether or not something is actually brewed with chocolate. Therefore, you must research every beer you suspect of actually containing chocolate (which are fairly few and far in between).

Source: Some dude who works at a brewery.

 

Jump in with both feet.
I am sure that the alcohol kills any chocolate stuff that would affect you

 

I'm pretty sure a Brewery is Required to Label a Beer that has been brewed with Actual Chocolate. TTB is Extremely Strict with their Labeling Procedures & Policies & has been well documented on several BA Forums.

 

I stand corrected then.

http://www.ttb.gov/beer/exempt-ingre.shtml

Thankfully none of my duties have ever involved labeling.

 

I think you are partially right. Although this knowledge comes from these forums as well as personal experience, I think a brewery just has to list a catch all such as natural flavoring/flavors in some states.

To the OP, if I were you I would just avoid any beers that have additives unless you know the addictives especially in stouts were chocolate is most prevalent than other styles.

 

OP I would jump in cautiously. As many have said many Chocolate Stouts contain no chocolate. I would go to your local beer store and check with the brewer for actual ingredients. Many brewers give their ingredients online. Of course some feel their recipe is top secret. Give money to the brewers that give you the info you need.

 

I had Southern Tier's Choklat last night and I thought I was chewing on a chocolate bar a couple of times!!!

 

very few actually add chocolate to their beers - but if says "chocolate" on the label there's a pretty good chance that it does have chocolate in it (as opposed to a beer that does not say "chocolate" on it).

Best bet is to simply email the brewery and wait for their official response.

 

If you enjoy the dark malts but can't do actual chocolate you might also try porters, black ales or alternate stouts. (Oyster stout, some oatmeal stouts etc)

 

Not sure about the percentage but most breweries will let you know on the label if chocolate is added. but just for the record -

Black Chocolate Stout, Sam Adams Cream Stout, Obsidian Stout, Narwhal, Old Rasputin, Stone Imperial Russian Stout and Ten Fidy are 100% malt based, no chocolate added. Enjoy....

 

Does it work this way with gluten too? I always knew gluten-free beer was a scam!!

 

Young's Double Chocolate 's label says "Ale with Natural Chocolate flavour added". Chocolate flavor is probably an extract based source, but who knows.