I like Dogfish Head Brewery. They make some really interesting stuff and, since they’re just over in neighboring Delaware, local to me.

Spotted a news item today (although I’ve seen mention a few times before this) and thought I’d share.

Dogfish Head brews up ancient Aztec cocoa beer

Over the past few years, [Dogfish Head owner Sam] Calagione and his brewers have been working in conjunction with the University of Pennsylvania’s molecular archaeology department on finding – and recreating – recipes for beers of from bygone eras, which have included Midas Touch, brewed from a recipe found in the drinking vessels of the cursed king’s tomb, as well as Chateau Jiahu, a 9000-year-old Chinese recipe dating back to the Neolithic period.

The latest offering, available in September, is Theobroma, which translates to “food of the gods,” in Greek. Far removed from Greece, however, the beer is a recreation of a central American recipe for the earliest chocolate drink in existence, consumed by the Aztecs.

That certainly sounds interesting. I’ve been on a big chocolate kick lately and I find archaelogy and paleontology fascinating. Can’t wait to try it.

Dogfish Head: Theobroma