{"id":6736,"date":"2025-11-29T22:38:30","date_gmt":"2025-11-29T22:38:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.davedrinksbeer.com\/?post_type=embm_beer&#038;p=6736"},"modified":"2025-11-29T22:42:31","modified_gmt":"2025-11-29T22:42:31","slug":"troegs-chocolate-elf","status":"publish","type":"embm_beer","link":"https:\/\/www.davedrinksbeer.com\/index.php\/beers\/troegs-chocolate-elf\/","title":{"rendered":"Tr\u00f6egs &#8211; Chocolate Elf"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_6737\" style=\"width: 235px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6737\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-6737\" src=\"https:\/\/www.davedrinksbeer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/PSX_20251129_172858-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.davedrinksbeer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/PSX_20251129_172858-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.davedrinksbeer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/PSX_20251129_172858-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.davedrinksbeer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/PSX_20251129_172858-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/www.davedrinksbeer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/PSX_20251129_172858-1537x2048.jpg 1537w, https:\/\/www.davedrinksbeer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/PSX_20251129_172858-1240x1653.jpg 1240w, https:\/\/www.davedrinksbeer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/PSX_20251129_172858-508x677.jpg 508w, https:\/\/www.davedrinksbeer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/PSX_20251129_172858-scaled.jpg 1921w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-6737\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.beeradvocate.com\/beer\/profile\/694\/634749\/\">Tr\u00f6egs Chocolate Elf<\/a><\/p><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>A 50\/50 mix of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.davedrinksbeer.com\/index.php\/beers\/troegs-the-mad-elf\/\">Mad Elf<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.davedrinksbeer.com\/index.php\/beers\/troegs-grand-cacao\/\">Grand Cacao Chocolate Stout<\/a>. Flashlight shows a clear ruby hue, head retention is solid, smells of chocolate, coffee, and cherries. The taste is smooth and moderately sweet with flavors of cr\u00e8me br\u00fbl\u00e9e, milk chocolate, salted caramel, and maraschino cherry on a silky soft and smooth full body. The finish is long and moderately low in bitterness, featuring notes of dark chocolate, coffee, vanilla, herbal hops, and subtle honey. Overall, this is a fantastic beer, with the chocolate and coffee flavors and smooth body of the stout really complementing the Elf while also providing contrasting flavors.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;FRESHEST BY 2\/5\/26&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":6738,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","embm_styles":[185],"embm_groups":[],"embm_menus":[],"class_list":["post-6736","embm_beer","type-embm_beer","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","embm_style-blend"],"embm_profile":{"malts":"Pilsner, Munich, Caramel, Chocolate, Special B, Roasted Barley, Oats","hops":"Galena, Hallertau, Saaz","additions":"Peruvian Cacao Nibs, Natural Vanilla, Lactose, Bing, Lambert, Van, Royal Ann, &amp; Montmorency Cherries; Local Pennsylvania Wildflower Honey","yeast":"House Ale, Spicy Belgian","abv":8.7,"ibu":30},"embm_extras":{"availability":"","notes":"","beer_number":null},"embm_untappd":{"id":6480254},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.davedrinksbeer.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/embm_beers\/6736","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.davedrinksbeer.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/embm_beers"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.davedrinksbeer.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/embm_beer"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.davedrinksbeer.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6736"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.davedrinksbeer.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/embm_beers\/6736\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6739,"href":"https:\/\/www.davedrinksbeer.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/embm_beers\/6736\/revisions\/6739"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.davedrinksbeer.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6738"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.davedrinksbeer.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6736"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"embm_style","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.davedrinksbeer.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/embm_styles?post=6736"},{"taxonomy":"embm_group","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.davedrinksbeer.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/embm_groups?post=6736"},{"taxonomy":"embm_menu","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.davedrinksbeer.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/embm_menus?post=6736"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}