Commercial Description: Choc beer was named after its place of origin, the Choctaw Nation. The Choctaw people brewed a homemade beer and taught the Italian immigrants, who came to work in the coal mines, how to make the home brew. Pete Pritchard was one of those immigrants. He came to the US with his family in 1903 and began to work in the coal mines at age eleven. At twenty-one years of age, he was nearly killed in a mine accident. After the accident, Pete Pritchard began making and selling choc beer, along with sausages and cheese in his home in Krebs. A prosperious business developed and in 1925, Peter formally opened a restaurant in his home. Pete's Place Restaurant served choc beer until 1932 when Pete was arrested for the brew.
In 1964, Bill Prichard, the sone of the original owner, developed a "gentleman's agreement" with the powers that be about the illegal choc beer...until a statewide newspaper ran a front page, headline story about the agreement. That was the end of choc beer at Pete's until Joe Prichard, Bill's son who now wears the chef's hat and has the choc beer recipe, reintroduced choc beer as a legal brew in 1995.
Choc brand beer is brewed in small batches in our brewery using the finest ingredients. Starting with beer-perfect Krebs water, we blend American Malted Barley, wheat, and roasted malts with American-grown Liberty and Cascade hops to create more than just a beer... a legendary Choc beer is unfiltered, so all the flavor we create stays where it belongs. And since it's unfiltered, you may notice a cloudy haze in the beer. This is normal. Tradition dictates Choc beer be "bottle-conditions," which means it's fermented a second time in the bottle, as well as aged in the bottle, resulting in a thin layer of yeast at the bottom. You can choose to carefully decant the beer off the yeast, or simply drink it, as we do, and let the yeast travel into your glass. Either way, we hope you enjoy our beer, a handcrafted Krebs original. Style: American wheat Color: Golden opaque Ingredients: 2-row malted barley and malted wheat, Liberty and Cascade hops Bitterness Units: 15 IBU's Alcohol: Alcohol by volume 5.0%, Alcohol by weight 3.9, also available in 3.2% Alcohol by weight version
12 oz bottle acquired in trade with Soonah. Pours a slightly hazy straw color with a 1/2" white head. Aroma is faint wheat and lemon. Light bodied palate with decent carbonation. Flavor is weak wheat, citrus with an even weaker malt backbone. Nothing outstanding, but a pleasant little quaffer.
Bottle thanks to Soonah Pale gold with a thin white head. Nose has faint wheat, more lemon and grain, lightly dusty. Flavor is similarly musty and grainy, light citrus giving it some levity. Pretty standard fare, though easily drinkable.
12 oz bottle from soonah. Poured a hazy bright yellow with a large fluffy bright white head. Aroma is grainy with some weak wheat notes. Nice medium to fuller mouthfeel and with average carbonation. Flavor is slightly acidic with some wet cereal notes and not much else going on.
Pours a cloudy golden straw with a small white head that falls fairly quickly. The nose is a dusty wheat, candy sugar and a faint citrus supporting note. It is fairly light-bodied, but it feels fuller due to assertive carbonation. The finish is dry with a bit of a mineral quality I rarely get from wheat beers. The flavor follows the nose with a lightly spicy/peppery yeast note added to the mix. This is a decent wheat that is not the "same old same old". That alone makes it worth trying.
Bottle. Pours a big, frothy white head. Diminishing. Hazy, golden body with yeast clouds. Grainy, dusty, somewhat doughy nose. Wheat, light citrus notes, some cookie dough, metal and a lingering tanginess. Light body, fizzy carbonation, slightly chalky palate. Overall a fairly boring rendition of an American Wheat.
Bottled. Poured near-clear medium golden with a moderate cap of white head.. some lacing stuck around. The aroma picked up tart lemongrass and wheat over a soft pale malt and honey base.. quite pleasant. The flavor opened with tart lemon zest and grainy wheat, with honey and bread settling at the core.. bitterness was mild and earthy.. lemon continued through the finish.. some sticky/tacky malts at the back that didn’t really help. Light-bodied and well-carbonated on the palate.. simple, but for the most part tangy, refreshing, and enjoyable.
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