HS Australian Chocolate

submitted about 9 years ago by CheebaSteebaFrugivore

##HS Australian Chocolate##

Summary
Again, thanks to /u/Vurve for finding this gem. To me, this is a nice, smooth, somewhat sweet, dark chocolate. It's got a great flavor, but if you bring it too high, it's going to get dry and a little funky, so I think this works best as an accent to other chocolates or to give just a touch of cocoa to a mix. It is quite nice by itself, but then it's just chocolate and can be a little boring. I don't find it to be grainy necessarily, but it does have a bit of texture like you would expect from a dark chocolate. Overall, I think this is quite a nice flavoring, but I don't feel it will work as a solo chocolate for a full chocolate flavor. This is a fairly concentrated flavoring, so start low.

On the Nose
Cocoa

Recommended Usage
Stand alone: 1%

In a mix: 0.25%-0.75%

Throat
Mild

Ideal Pairings
Other chocolates, cream, coffee, tobacco, berries.

Steep
Give this one a good 3-5 days to homogenize.

Recipe Idea: Thin Mint
Ratio: 15PG/85VG
Steep: 3 days

Ingredient|%| :--|:--| FLV Creme de Menthe|1.75%| HS Australian Chocolate|0.5%|

FLV Creme de Menthe is the star here, but I felt to capture the essence of a Thin Mint it needed just a touch more of that chocolate, preferrably a darker chocolate that's slightly crisp, hence the HS Australian Chocolate.

Please if your opinion differs, or you have another review for this post it in the comments. Will help the master list with multiple reviews in one spot.

Comments

4 points

by Vurveabout 9 years agoVurve with the Swurve

Glad you guys are enjoying Australian Chocolate!

I do find it to be a very dry chocolate, which helps lend itself to the dark chocolate flavor.

Also, that's pretty much got to be a perfect thin mint! I thought FLV creme de menth was pretty damn good on its own, but I can definitely see it needing more chocolate since you mentioned it.

3 points

by Loco_Mojoabout 9 years agoDiketones, Schmiketones

My dude you are putting in work. I like your style of pairing recipes with your flavor note reviews. I''ll definitely give this a shot whenever I eventually order some HS flavors.

3 points

by CheebaSteebaabout 9 years agoFrugivore

Thanks brother. I think the ability for an ingredient to work in a mix is a true testament to how good it really is.

3 points

by ID10-Tabout 9 years ago

Ooooo.... Thin Mints, yummy. Do Samoas next.

2 points

by mlNikonabout 9 years ago

no, tagalongs!

2 points

by vapaioloabout 9 years ago

Vienna fingers!

2 points

by CheebaSteebaabout 9 years agoFrugivore

Lol k let me get right on that :p

2 points

by ID10-Tabout 9 years ago

Here let me help you: FLV Macaroon, FA Coconut, FA Cookie, HS Australian Chocolate apparently, and some kind of caramel.

2 points

by CheebaSteebaabout 9 years agoFrugivore

Lol I think you're about 97% there with that one hahaha. If you can get that one right people would go nuts over it

2 points

by Vurveabout 9 years agoVurve with the Swurve

Samoas have been /u/Chrisdvr1 white whale.

If you look at his history of flavor reviews, it totally make sense.

2 points

by ID10-Tabout 9 years ago

Wow, you're right, it totally makes sense. All those cookies, chocolates.

I think /u/Apexified 's gonna beat him to it.

3 points

by Apexifiedabout 9 years agoDiketones, Schmiketones

Well /u/chrisdvr1 is partly to blame for the fact that I have said "Kris with a K" five million times in my life. I guess that makes us arch enemies... I must beat him now.

2 points

by Trevorxgageabout 9 years agoProud Sidebar Reader!

I LOVE HS Australian chocolate. I too picked it up on Vurves recommendation and it's the perfect dark chocolate I'd been looking for. Currently working on a German chocolate cake using FLV chocolate deutsch and this just hit that deep cocoa note perfectly in it.

2 points

by Chrisdvr1about 9 years agoProud Sidebar Reader!

I have been slacken need to get bake in to it damn Wayne and his competition

2 points

by CheebaSteebaabout 9 years agoFrugivore

Lol been wondering where you at! How you beans brother?

2 points

by Chrisdvr1about 9 years agoProud Sidebar Reader!

Good just totally wrapped up in creating a recipe for this contest I picked a flavor profile that I was having a hard time hitting and I'm not sure I'm even done yet but the contest is over recipe is submitted and now I can do other things

2 points

by mlNikonabout 9 years ago

I like your recipe but was wondering which flavor is giving you that cookie impression? would this benefit from a touch of inw biscuit or fa cookie?

3 points

by CheebaSteebaabout 9 years agoFrugivore

It's got a little bit of crispness from the chocolate aspect, but it is missing some texture as far as the cookie goes, so some INW biscuit, FA cookie, or CAP sugar cookie would be a great addition.

2 points

by VAPORMARKabout 9 years agoProud Sidebar Reader!

I got some Australian Choc a few weeks ago. ELR recommends it at 1% in mixes and at 5% stand alone. I tried a test mix at 5%. At 5% percent it does not taste like chocolate, even after a few weeks of aging.

1 points

by CheebaSteebaabout 9 years agoFrugivore

What does it taste like?

2 points

by VAPORMARKabout 9 years agoProud Sidebar Reader!

I just tried it again on a freshly wicked RDA. It tastes like ... chocolate! Not dark, not milk but like the chocolate part of a Lindt truffle, or some euro bonbon. There are elements of a Swiss chocolate, but it is not milky enough for that.

I will try it again at a much lower percentage.