Pearl Street Grill & Brewery Billy Bonka

My fiancee ordered a glass of Pearl Street Grill & Brewery Billy Bonka, and the overwhelming chocolate aroma from the seat next to me encouraged me to order my own glass. First of all, I love the name as a play on Willy Wonka. The beer pours a black color with a frothy tan head. When smelling this beer, the words that entered my mind were “Holy chocolate, Batman!” It really is an infectious chocolate aroma, as it consists of dark Belgian chocolate, mocha, toasted malts, coffee, and cream. The taste is chocolaty and almost as powerful as the aroma, yet silky smooth on the tongue. There are bits of cream, toasted malts, coffee, mocha, and a dry finish with cocoa powder lingering on the tongue. The alcohol content is not posted online, but I would guess it to be around 6.0% ABV. Another beer I tried from Pearl Street, and another positive impression. If you are a chocolate lover, this beer is for you. While other flavors surface, this beer is about chocolate and chocolate only.

Pearl Street Grill & Brewery Sabres Edge

While killing time in Buffalo, my fiancee and I decided to stop in to Pearl Street Grill & Brewery. I ordered a glass of Sabres Edge, a Double IPA. The beer pours an amber color with a frothy off-white colored head. The aroma consists of grapefruit, tangerine, caramel, and pepper. The taste is bitter and citrusy with lots of grapefruit on the front end. Besides the grapefruit, tangerine and lemon takes focus before the finish brings out a dry and piny flavor that leaves some hop oil behind on the tongue. The alcohol content is 8.0% ABV. For my first beer from Pearl Street, I was quite impressed with their Double IPA. It wasn’t overly bitter, but I loved the hop oils and resins left behind on the tongue that let the flavor linger for a while.