Budweiser and Hershey's Syrup

It may seem that Dan's getting more air time on here than me. That's either because he's successfully masterminding a corporate takeover or just that he's unsuccessfully trying to urge me on and encourage me to post more than once a year. Whatever it is, the following was his doing.

Dan hails from America (sort of) and as a sort of American he has stupid taste buds and likes Reece's Peanut Butter vomit. He went to America recently and brought back some American wholesomeness in the shape of a bottle of Hershey's Chocolate Syrup. Since our beer of choice at home is usually Budweiser (Fosters if we're being cheap), that's what we were drinking. For some reason I can't remember now, I'd had half a bottle and put the rest in the fridge for later, which I'm sure contributed to the ease with which I was convinced to partake in the charade (it seemed less of a waste, should it go badly, as most of the beer was already drunk and enjoyed). Dan suggested that my beer and chocolate blog really should be graced with some sort of ultimate combination of the two and, although a perfectly good chocolate ale - which I had tasted some time around christmas - is available from Youngs, our local brewery, the concoction of choice was the previously mentioned Budweiser and syrup.

I mixed it around a bit. The syrup was of course a fair amount heavier than the beer.

I swigged it a bit. It was ok.

I swigged a bit more - more chocolatey and actually not bad.

I made Dan try some since a) it was his idea and I'd done it so fair's fair and b) he didn't believe me and thought I was acting and as soon as he'd had some I'd empty my guts into the sink.

It really wasn't that bad but why on Earth would you actually do this? Budweiser is much nicer without chocolate syrup in it. I'm sure chocolate syrup is much nicer when not mixed with Budweiser. It's kind of a waste really.

JG's Top Tip

Drink your Budweiser without any food products of any kind submerged in it. And that doesn't mean sieve it into your mouth through a brandy basket. Actually that might be alright...

Eat your chocolate syrup on something sensible like vanilla ice cream. These types of combinations are well known because THEY WORK. YOU HEAR ME RAMSAY? Him and his crazy experiments.

If you absolutely have to combine beer and chocolate into one consumable, I highly recommend Young's Double Chocolate Stout. Or if you're Scottish, a Mars Bar in beer batter.

Chocolate Warning

DON'T BUY FREDDOS! THEY'RE POISONED!

A peanut mistake

I stand corrected. This comment from Dan appeared in the Peanut Butter KitKat entry:

It is unfortunate, JG, that on such a prestigious and high-quality blog such as this, the Beer and Chocolate Blog, that such a glaring error was commited. I bring to your attention, lovers of beer and chocolate alike, that most unappreciated confectionary that is the Peanut Lion Bar.

While it's position on the coiled shelf of snack machines country-wide was prematurely ended, it was a gloriously delectable stint. The Peanut Lion Bar surpassed the normal Lion Bar in dozens of ways, technically, it's construction of wafer surrounding smooth peanut butter was one of legend. It provided a cataclysm of taste once your bite broke through the wafer box which, it could only be described, caged the savage butter treat that lay within. Beyond it's lucious peanutty centre the Peanut Lion had all the conventional Lion Bar could offer; wafer, caramel, crisp cereal pieces and smooth milk chocolate. What more could you want than this most toothsome of treats, this King of Confection, this Deity of Desserts?

You requested correction if you were wrong, and in this comment your correction lay. To imply that the KitKat is the first of Nestle's creation, or indeed any of our sweet providing corporations, to infuse chocolate with peanut buttery goodness is a most grave ommision. And I would challenge any who deny it's position.