Color:	root beer
Surface:	liquid
Temper:	good refraction
Snap:	n/a

vanilla-caramel
hops
sawdust
sweet sassafras
cocoa
clay & twine
old mahogany dried wood
settles into lots of licorice & molasses

quite the complex

Texture:	mid body
Melt:	all pre-bottling

the Aromas repeat except in reverse, dominated by molasses, & without the manifold notes swapped out by carbonation -> vanilla-caramel + cocoa-toffee

Carbonated chocolate fizzing up what Choclo brands as "sparkling happiness" (click image upper right to enlarge)… on trend with such joys as "happy eggs" from free-range chickens now stocking the grocers.

Close to "the real thing" & yet so far off. Requires tweaks verging on reformulation rather than an overhaul.

INGREDIENTS: water, sugar, cocoa extract, carbon dioxide, orthophosphoric acid, E150d colorant, citric acid, flavorings

Reviewed July 3, 2014