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Stone Brewing and Tease Chocolates Halloween Party
October 31, 2018 @ 6:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Stone Brewing and Tease Chocolates Halloween Party
Willy Wonka inspired generations of kids to dream of owning a chocolate factory when they grew up — but Julie and Topher Farrell have achieved it in real life. Tease Chocolates isn’t a factory on the scale of Wonka’s, and there’s no chocolate river in the Stadium District chocolate shop. But they do make their own chocolate from cacao beans, which they turn into bars, truffles and caramels, all made by hand right there in the shop.
As part of Peaks and Pints’ second anniversary celebration, we’re pairing Tease Chocolates treats with Stone Brewing Co. craft beer on Halloween night, beginning at 6 p.m. We’ll pair five different Stone beers with a specific Tease caramel, truffle or chocolate. Peaks and Pints sat down with Stone Brewing over a box of Tease treats, which was kind of strenuous. Some beers we had to go back two to three times to see if they would work. Yeah, we know.
The idea of beer and chocolate is not new, as even Stone Brewing has brewed delicious stouts with chocolate. In fact, chocolate and beer pairing dates back to the ancient Mayans. We’re not sure what inspired Mayans to pair chocolate with beer. They never played beer pong or debated the place of a lemon wedge in the hefeweizen, but they were all over fermented-corn beverages. Their chocolate apparatus featured a spout to aerate the frothy hot liquid. Mayans must have discovered beer and chocolate make great mediums because they are both versatile and accommodating to other flavors, while maintaining their own flavor profiles. Then again, Mayans stuffed their dead mouths with corn. It’s a fact chocolate can enhance the beer just like beer can enhance the flavors of the chocolate.
We’ll update the exact pairing soon. We’re eating 25 more Tease treats to find the perfect pairing with our keg of 2014 Stone Old Guardian Barley Wine.
Pro tip: Apparently, avocado toast is now enough of a thing that it merits a Halloween costume that you can actually search for and buy on the Interwebz.
STONE BREWERY AND TEASE CHOCOLATES HALLOWEEN PARTY, 6 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 31, Peaks and Pints, 3816 N. 26th St., Basecamp Proctor, Tacoma, no cover
