Valentine's Day is coming up and, to us, what could be better than celebrating with some craft beer and chocolate? How about raising money for The Greater Boston Food Bank? What if we told you you could do all those things at the same time?!

Well on Saturday, February 11th, 2012 from 2-6pm you can! Drink Craft Beer is taking over the Taza Chocolate Factory Store and we're doing some pretty cool stuff.

Taza Chocolate is a bean-to-bar, organic, direct trade chocolate company that has been growing like crazy over the past years. We met them when it was just a couple guys in a factory in Somerville and we’ve watched them grow to national distribution. To us, it’s incredible what Taza Chocolate is able to do with just a few select, high quality ingredients. It actually mirrors our love of craft beer, as brewers do the same with a few simple ingredients. That’s why we think that these two are such a perfect complement to each other.

It’s no secret, Taza Chocolate and Drink Craft Beer have long been friends. We’ve done not just one, but two events together in the past where we’ve paired some of the best craft beer on the market with our favorite bean-to-bar, organic chocolates. But we’ve never brought you all to the factory before!

Given the reaction to past events, we knew we had to do another and what better time than right before Valentine’s Day? So, with that in mind, we’re taking over the Taza Chocolate Factory Store on Saturday, February 11th from 2-6pm and offering you a chance to try four delicious chocolate and craft beer pairings! All we ask in return is a $3 donation at the door, 100% of which will go to The Greater Boston Food Bank.

Every dollar that gets donated to The Greater Boston Food Bank allows them to provide 2.5 meals to those in need, so your $3 donation will provide 7.5 meals! If you bring just one friend with you, that's 15 meals for people who are going hungry.

For just $3, you'll get:

• Four samples of craft beer paired with four Taza Mexicano Chocolates
• Meet Rob Lucente, Co-Founder of Peak Organic Brewing Company
• Meet Caitlin Jewell & Jeff Leiter, Co-Founders of Somerville Brewing Company (aka Slumbrew)
• Hang out with Devon and Jeff from Drink Craft Beer
• A chance to provide 7.5 meals to those who are in need

The pairings you'll get to try are (Check out DrinkCraftBeer.com for a full description of the pairings):

• Peak Organic Oak Aged Mocha Stout with Taza Mexicano Salted Almond Chocolate
• Slumbrew Happy Sol Blood Orange Hefeweizen with Taza Mexicano Ginger Chocolate
• Sixpoint The Crisp Pilsner with Taza Mexicano Orange Chocolate
• Narragansett Porter with Taza Mexicano Coffee Chocolate

This is an awesome chance to come and try some great chocolate, drink some amazing beer and meet some of the coolest brewery owners in New England! Not to mention, you'll be raising money for a great cause. Come on out and see us on Saturday, February 11th!