Truffle Shop
Impact
Original version of a bar... of the old-stool saloon variety.
These alcoholic shots are the decoctions of former monk Willem DeGroot who traded the Holy Ghost for some direct spirit & strength - probably over the course of several late late-nights during an agnostic period between dipping Eucharists into wine & opening a truffle shop in the shadows of hookers & gamblers across the state border in Nevada.
Just answering God’s darker calling... bearing names like Café Diablo, 151 Rum, & Chocolate Oblivion.
The kind of priest when walking into his confessional to bare your sins, you start with “OK Father, you first.”
These alcoholic shots are the decoctions of former monk Willem DeGroot who traded the Holy Ghost for some direct spirit & strength - probably over the course of several late late-nights during an agnostic period between dipping Eucharists into wine & opening a truffle shop in the shadows of hookers & gamblers across the state border in Nevada.
Just answering God’s darker calling... bearing names like Café Diablo, 151 Rum, & Chocolate Oblivion.
The kind of priest when walking into his confessional to bare your sins, you start with “OK Father, you first.”
Presentation 4.8 / 5
very Erté, almost flamboyantly dramatic from a pointed personality donning stove pipe hat & bicycle bar moustache; hunks & tufts of chocolate w/ great swirl-top designs
Aromas 4.4 / 5
smells drunk; when the appetite wants to be sated
Textures/Melt 7.9 / 10
| Shells: | medium-thick |
| Centers: | creamy pillows yield & then strike; mid to occasionally light-bodied |
Flavor 43.6 / 50
fortified & vaporous; never wanders in the Land of Nod or gets shy w/ the elements; very plain lexicon; bold, integrated, & sueded
Quality 24.9 / 30
Some of the best use yet of Callebaut denominations. Happy mean between candy palettes & more exacting demands, for a fine midpoint.
Selections
| Couverture: | Callebaut |
151 Rum – vapor-kill flamed by 151 until cocoa smooths over & out at the back
Key Largo – lime key smooth, tropics thru & thru
Café Mocha – mousse hollow w/ neither a center nor a hole; just pure whipped presence
Double Dutch – 3-cocoa blend equals triple Dutch; excellent
Café Diablo – fortified coffee straight to the border of cocoa, cut slightly w/ orange zest
Black Tulip – cognac & secrecy mysteriously combine into a brushfire
Chocolate Oblivion Torte – twitch too sweet, otherwise a thicker congested cousin to a Chocolate Bruno; moist mud mousse; excellent cross-spectrum appeal
Key Largo – lime key smooth, tropics thru & thru
Café Mocha – mousse hollow w/ neither a center nor a hole; just pure whipped presence
Double Dutch – 3-cocoa blend equals triple Dutch; excellent
Café Diablo – fortified coffee straight to the border of cocoa, cut slightly w/ orange zest
Black Tulip – cognac & secrecy mysteriously combine into a brushfire
Chocolate Oblivion Torte – twitch too sweet, otherwise a thicker congested cousin to a Chocolate Bruno; moist mud mousse; excellent cross-spectrum appeal