A quick digest on Bean to Barstool covering the latest craft chocolate bars we're excited about!

The sisters behind Sisters A Chocolate in Ukraine are crafting beautiful craft chocolate bars in the midst of ongoing violence, hoping to bring a smile to their customers.

Goodnow Farms Chocolate makes several spirits-infused craft chocolate bars using spirits from Boston Harbor Distlllery and Downeast Cider, including Lawley's Rum, Demon Seed Whiskey, Putnam Rye Whiskey, and Unfiltered Hard Cider.

A quick digest on Bean to Barstool covering the latest craft chocolate bars we're excited about!

Bourbon barrel-aged Imperial Stouts, Barleywines, and other styles are among the most prestigious offerings in craft beer, and they can pair deliciously with craft chocolate. David Nilsen here offers a guide for pairing bourbon barrel-aged beer with craft chocolate!

A quick digest on Bean to Barstool covering the latest craft chocolate bars using beer, wine, spirits, cider, and other interesting ingredients!

Ruslan and Tetiana at Stranger Craft Chocolate in Ukraine are crafting beautiful single origin craft chocolate bars against the backdrop of war, trying to build hope amidst violence.

A quick digest on Bean to Barstool covering the latest craft chocolate bars using beer, wine, spirits, or cider!

In this peek at taprooms and travel through the eyes of a touring musician, artist Anna p.s. shares what she wants brewery taprooms to know about live music.

What does the word "local" have to do with being "craft"? Does it matter where beer and chocolate are made, and where their ingredients come from?

Belgian abbey ale styles like Dubbel, Tripel, and Quadrupel can pair really well with craft chocolate with just a little bit of planning. David Nilsen, author of Pairing Beer & Chocolate, walks through how to pair Belgian abbey ales with chocolate in this blog post.

If you’re a chocolate fan curious about beer, here are a few things craft chocolate fans are often surprised to learn about craft beer, from a professional beer writer.

Porter and Stout styles such as American Porter, English Porter, Oatmeal Stout, Milk Stout, Irish Stout, and some American Stouts can pair well with a wide range of craft chocolate bars, making them good to have on hand for impromptu pairings. The trick here is transcending the good pairings to find the great ones.

Ale Sharpton tells the story of the label art for City Built Brewing in Grand Rapids, talking with founder Edwin Collazo and artist Aaron McCall.

Kitu Chocolate Artesenal de Ecuador in Quito, Ecuador, makes bean to bar craft chocolate using Ecuadorian cacao and unique Andean ingredients like Ishpingo cinnamon flower and Togte walnuts.

Fruited sour ales can pair wonderfully with craft chocolate. The fruit flavors and bright tartness of these beers can find harmony in many inclusion bars. Here David Nilsen breaks down how to pair craft chocolate with fruited Goses, Berliner Weisses, Wild Ales, and more.

Beer writer David Nilsen reflects on a visit to Denver’s erstwhile Wah Gwaan Brewing, and the loss of great breweries during the current craft beer downturn.

Aeronaut Brewing recently brewed a Baltic Porter—a strong lager style that has some of the roasted malt flavors of Stouts and other Porters, but without the intensity—and aged it in bourbon and rye whiskey barrels for a year. After that, they split the batch into two casks, and dosed them separately with cacao and vanilla from Somerville Chocolate.

What is yeast, what happens during beer fermentation, and what tastes, flavors, and aromas does it contribute? Advanced Cicerone David Nilsen explains the basics of yeast and beer fermentation.

Non-alcoholic craft beer can pair very well with craft chocolate, but it comes with both limitations and challenges. In this guide, Pairing Beer & Chocolate author David Nilsen gives guidance for pairing NA beer with craft chocolate.