Cocoa Channel
Pivovar Obora in Malšice, South Bohemian Region, Czechia 🇨🇿
IPA - Flavoured Special|
Score
5.93
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Kakao jemně zatemnilo tuto lehkou NEIPU, ale skutečný stín vrhá chmel Erebus pojmenovaný po řeckém bohu temnoty. Výrazné chmelové aroma tropického ovoce se prolíná s kakaovým podtónem. Světlý styl s temným srdcem.
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CBarley (1584) reviewed Cocoa Channel from Pivovar Obora 9 months ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 4 | Flavor - 2 | Texture - 5 | Overall - 6
Can, shared with Marko and Fin (who insisted I try this). Murky greenish golden. Starts with a nose of something must have gone wrong (ash, burned ash, burned rubber), quickly rushed away by chalky dusty cocoa powder, cherry sour, lactose. Taste is oily chalky, again burned rubber, sweetness.
Fin (18516) reviewed Cocoa Channel from Pivovar Obora 9 months ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7.5 | Flavor - 4 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
Can courtesy of Marko, cheers Marko, and consumed in the company of Ursula and Marko Saturday 19th July 2025 at the Mangled Ham tasting. Pours dirty yellow/gold with a small white head. The cocoa on the nose is quite nice, I was very hopeful to see how this would turn out, however flavour wise it's weird, very unusual, it's quite unbalanced. I think this combination could work in a different IPA, perhaps a session IPA just cannot carry the cocoa and it needs a more robust IPA and the cocoa in moderation but noticeable.
Marko (22746) reviewed Cocoa Channel from Pivovar Obora 9 months ago
Appearance - 5 | Aroma - 6.5 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 5 | Overall - 5.5
Can from Base Camp, Mangled Fly tasting. Murky muddy orange-ochre body, quickly disappearing off-white head. Some soft cocoa on oniony hoppy notes, vague orange. Lean, dry taste, too dried out (why did they use corn malt as well), astringent, cocoa, vague orange, bit yeasty. Not great, not enjoyable. Huuuh.
Gurthnar (14774) reviewed Cocoa Channel from Pivovar Obora 9 months ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5.5 | Flavor - 5.5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5.5
Tap at Pivni zastavka. Poor head retention, lots of haze. Weird pinkish greyish orange colour. Overall rather weird rather than interesting, or even tasty. Not a fan of this combo honestly. Med cocoa, med hops, rather general fruitiness though, stone fruits, a bit overripe. Average.