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
12oz bottle. An odd white grape sweetness greets the nose at first. Dusty hay and metallic grain as the beer opens. Pours a light, bright and slightly hazy gold. Flavor is grainy and watery. Dry. Malted grain and cardboard. Quite bland. Thin to medium bodied. Watery with a virtually nonexistent finish.
Sampled at Cellar’s Wine & Spirits in St Paul, Minnesota and shared by Sk8tybrd. Pours a semi-clear straw brew with a thin white head that slowly dissipates to a fine film and white ring. Aroma of some light corn grits, bready malt with wheat, a touch of yeast and some citrus zest. Taste is light bodied, well-carbonated with a metallic texture with flavors of light multi-grain crystal malts, citrus zest and some mild Ivory soap. Finish is high carbonated metallic and a sharp bitterness that slowly disappears. This was my first beer from Oklahoma in over ten years. Back in the mid-90s I remember when only 3.2 beers were allowed to be made in the state. Nice to see a change.
Thanks to Sk8tybrd for providing these bottles. Hopefully we can get these into MN full time! Yellow color with no head. Kind of a marshmallow sweetness to the aroma. Light corn and wheat flavor. A little yeast on the finish. Decent wheat beer.
very attractive golden/yellow hazy appearance with frothy white head that disappears a little too fast. Aroma is of slight citrus and spice...kinda hard to find. Nice light wheat flavor, smooth and finishes clean. Totally drinkable.
Bottle courtesy of soonah! Thanks! Pours a hazy orangish-yellow. Small head that doesn’t last. Aroma of citrus and spice. Odd tasting... Very thin with wheat, spice, rice and dog food taste. Drinkable... barely.
This beer was a pain in the ass to find on the site as choc bring up everytype of chocolate beer on the site. Pours a nice golden with a foamy white head.Good smooth wheat taste, good aftertaste. Wouldn’t buy again but don’t regret having a 6 to drink
Apr. 2007 - I usually reserve my sub 5 ratings for beers that have offensive flavors, aromas, etc, but this was the least flavorful beer I’ve ever had. Cloudy yellow, some head, no lacing. The faintest flavor of wheat, very mild hops and some sour lemon. Actually, the lemon was more flavorful than anything else. Not BAD tasting, but that’s only because there was no taste!
12 oz bottle from Soonah; nose is grain, yeast, and light grassy hops with a very light fruity ester in the background; hazy yellow with a big white head; flavor is nready wheat with some light fruitiness and a tiny bit of bitter for a finish.
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