#violetskychocolate

#Repost @colvinology Weller Barrel Aged No Cake, a 12% imperial stout from Transient Artisan Ales (@transientartisanales) and Saint Errant Brewing (@sainterrantbrewing) with Violet Sky cocoa nibs (@violetskychocolate), vanilla, cinnamon, and graham cracker, aged in Weller bourbon barrels for 4 months, and the Master Grade AMX-004DMD Qubeley Damned . Not to get ahead of myself, but from the nose alone I have a feeling this is going to be one of the best stouts of the year. I’m getting dark chocolate and milk chocolate, strong notes of cinnamon graham crackers, toasted caramel, maple syrup, and a big hit of vanilla that makes this smell like cake batter. The sip is intense and complex, offering up a base of dark chocolate syrup, along with flavors of cinnamon, graham crackers, vanilla extract, and bourbon. The maple is definitely still present, as well as some sweeter milk chocolate notes, but these mostly end up being supporting characters which add complexity, rather than stealing the show. In contrast to Monday’s beer, this drinks EXACTLY like a 12% chocolate cake stout. The bourbon is never overpowering, but it absolutely makes its presence known and there’s no way you’d think this had never touched a barrel. This tastes like the best bourbon brownie batter you’ve ever had, and it is absolutely one of the best stouts I’ve had this year. I’ve had several bangers from Transient, but I have to say I’ve got a lot less experience with the collaborating brewery Saint Errant…but look, if they make anything else that’s even half as good as this, they’re an amazing brewery, and you should definitely grab something from them if you see it. Cheers 🍻🍻 . . . . . . . . . . . #transientartisanales #sainterrantbrewing #violetskychocolate #qubeleydamned #Gundam #gunpla #ガンダム #건담 #ガンプラ #건프라 #beertography #craftnotcrap #beerandgundam #beerstagram https://www.instagram.com/p/CU_sw-drSv1/?utm_medium=tumblr

Hello there! Daylight Savings day is the perfect day to unveil the newest #chocolateupliftxvioletsky collaboration chocolate bar: Endless Summer! ••• Made from lemon, peach, pitaya (dragon fruit), and lavender flowers on pure white chocolate (cocoa butter, cane sugar, whole milk powder), this bar extends summer flavor as it's like drinking a gentle peach lemonade in a flower field, and it extends physical chocolate bar beauty with its unique medallion and abstract expressionist design reminiscent of a field of stars. ••• This bar came about because I grew obsessed with lemonade while visiting lovely lively Lisbon this spring (#LisbonSpring2018) and started pairing it with chocolate, just as I put chocolate on my breakfast fruit like summer peaches. I've also been obsessed for several years now with the idea of not being cold most of the year. You see, I love sweet home Chicago, but winters have started to hurt more and more, and I dream of endless summer! Anyway, I talked about all of this with dear Hans of #violetskychocolate, an inclusion and edible flower genius as well as an imaginative chocolate-making genius as we know, in the context of new flavor ideas, and he brilliantly suggested adding lavender and pitaya to the lemon peach concept. We thought his amazing white chocolate would add to the sweet feel of summer, yet it's not too sweet; it leans a touch toward the savory. Hans then surprised and delighted me by creating this incredible design of sun, moon, and stars, with comet tails or the Milky Way trailing along the bar. Isn't it beautiful! And it's summery and delicious, perfectly uplifting on a dark fall/winter day! 🌞💜 ••• I'm bringing a bar to @nwchocolate this coming week and weekend; come taste and say hi at my mentoring speed round at the UnConference on Friday, or at my talk on Delicious Ethics at the festival on Saturday. Oh and the annual semi-impromptu Chocolate Uplift dinner during the festival looks like it will be Saturday too. Open to the trade and the public! ••• Thank you Hans for creating chocolate that inspires and unites! Happy Violet Sky weekend! 🌌 https://www.instagram.com/p/Bpw3NtRhAEL/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=jxm3r0imhcgi

New for an awesome autumn, and my first Holiday 2018 pick: @violetskychocolate's scrumptious and spectacular swirled Cajeta Brownie caramelized milk-white chocolate bar! ••• Outrageously creative Hans crafts this unique bar in an innovative process using goat's milk, plus touches of rum, cinnamon, vanilla bean, and sea salt, resulting in amazing creaminess, lower-than-you'd-expect sweetness, and deeper-than-you'd-guess flavor! ••• Do you remember #violetskychocolate's fabulous new Cajeta dark chocolate-topped caramelized white bar from 1 month ago? I'll share about that amazing bar again too, and couldn't wait to show you Cajeta Brownie! Why *Brownie?* Savor the warm aftertaste and you'll know! ••• Retail or other Holiday orders may be placed now, and just like new school supplies used to do, this bar is encouraging me to embrace awesome autumn! #upliftthroughchocolate https://www.instagram.com/p/BozDHJhgMI8/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=12b3e6ze38crv

Thinking about @harvard's Convocation to welcome first-years last week is so nice I'm going to keep doing it, and a fun highlight was sharing the new Cajeta chocolate bar by @violetskychocolate with new students; a typical comment was "best chocolate I've ever tasted!" ••• This bar, named after Mexican dulce de leche, is caramelized goat's milk white chocolate (yes: this is white chocolate!), topped with salted dark chocolate (yes: a chocolate bar with a chocolate inclusion, dark chocolate on white chocolate!), and it is one of those bars people can't stop eating! ••• Find #violetskychocolate in Boston at @beaconhillchocolates, or in Chicago at @hannahsbretzel, or in chefs' confections such as @mikkichewz! ••• #sustainable #slaveryfree #soyfree #smallbatch #scrumptious #homesweetharvard (at Harvard University) https://www.instagram.com/p/Bnlpy7vABwx/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1iy8o0mwwd0vh

Happy September! Look what arrived: @violetskychocolate, vividly wrapped paradise! 🌌 Can you tell which of these fabulous bars I opened immediately? Which one would you open first? 💜 You can find some #violetskychocolate bars at @hannahsbretzel in Chicago, some at @beaconhillchocolates in Boston, and some are new and ready to find you! #sustainabilitysaturday https://www.instagram.com/p/BnND17Ego6Z/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=16gncvj63922r

Chocolate and whiskey: what a blast to co-create and co-present an evening of pairings with @beaconhillchocolates and @bullyboybooze! 🌟 We featured 5 pairings of incredibly aromatic spirits from Boston's first craft distillery, with insanely delicious craft chocolate by @violetskychocolate plus boldly creative bonbons by @chocopicacho and @kc_chocolatier - all carried at #beaconhillchocolates - in the spectacular new barrel-lined tasting room at #bullyboydistillers! 🌟 A crowd favorite: #violetskychocolate Cloud Walking made from 77% Guatemala cacao with banana, piloncillo, and cinnamon, complex in flavor and playing with both umami and astringency; paired with Bully Boy's Boston Rum, 80 proof, 100% blackstrap molasses, aged for 3 years in the brand's empty whiskey barrels, with a "butterscotch bomb" flavor element. This pairing made people dream about the tropics or want to dance the bossa nova! 🌟 One woman in the audience had been on my chocolate tours in Boston with one of my Tourguides back in the old tour days, and recognized me from our tour literature; what a blast to be able to share uplift through chocolate then and now! 🌟 #BostonCambridgeApril2018 🌟 (at Bully Boy Distillers)

Texture explosion: #violetskychocolate's fantastic new Pierce the Veil chocolate bar, launched last month at the #nwchocolatefestival, features delicious ginger root, rose petals, and lime leaf, on 2-ingredient chocolate - cacao and sugar, all you need! 💜 The name Pierce the Veil reminds me of my corporate lawyer days - Google it if you need or want to! : ) - but here it makes me think of entering a special realm of truth and beauty through chocolate! 🌌 #beantobarchocolate #upliftthroughchocolate

"Not I, nor anyone else can travel that road for you. You must travel it by yourself. It is not far. It is within reach. Perhaps you have been on it since you were born, and did not know.  Perhaps it is everywhere - on water and land." #WaltWhitman 🌍 Traveling my road with homemade trail mix (glamour mix)! Here: #violetskychocolate with organic almonds and pistachios! No additives or unpronounceables! 🌞